THE REFERENCE LIBRARY.

Evening Star, Issue 3858, 6 July 1875, Page 3

THE REFERENCE LIBRARY.

A meeting of the eoTumitt.ee of the above was hold t -dny, and attended by his Honor the Superintendent (in the chair), Captain Hutton. Professors Shand and Bale, and Messrs M Glashan and J. S’. Webb. Sir J L C Richardson, as Chancellor of the University’ asked for a reply to its Registrar’s communication of May 15, covering the following resolulution adopted four days befoie by ihe University Council, “ That the Council intimate to the committee its willingness to take charge of the library, subject to the general understanding that it shall be be made as largely available for the use of the general public as possible, and that it adopts for the present the rules submitted by the committee, subject to the modification of inlo 2, suggested by the Professoiial Hoard, but reserving the right to modify rr alter Ihe inles hereafter as it may think fit.” The suggestion of the Professorial Board above referred to Was

—that the library should be open on every week-day between the hours of 10 am. and 1 p.m., and also on every week-day except Saturday, between the hours of 2 p.m. and 4 p.m., except when it is closed for the purposes ot inspection, as provided by regulation 3, On the motion of Mr M'Glashan, the Keference Committee to-day carried the following resolution, a copy of which was at once forwarded to the Chancellor of the University That this committee thanks the Council of the University for their willingness to take charge of the library on the terms named in their resolution of May 11, and hereby agrees to those terms.”