LOCAL NEWS. .

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume I, Issue 3, 7 March 1866, Page 2

LOCAL NEWS. .

NELSON INSTITUTE. ANNUAL MEETING. . . The annual meeting of the members of this • institute was held last evening, Mr.- H. Adams, President, in the chair. The Secretary, Mr. Percy, read the following report :- Report of the committee of the Nelson,lnstitute, for the year ending 31st December, 1865. The committee in presenting their report beg to express their regret that owing to the severe illness of Mr. O. Curtis, the Treasurer, they were unable to present, the. subscribers with the usual annual statement of accounts, at the last annual meeting. Two years accounts are, therefore, „ laid before you. .. ■-•■... - '. During the latter part of. tKe :p,ast..year,::\ upwards of 70. name's were, added jjai the- list of subscribers, ana!- the paid list of subscribers^ at thejclose of the year, numbered. 1 79. '- - : " Eighty-nine .volume's- have ( been. .added.lio,.., the library during the pastyear,;l4 pf which. , were received from the Nelson Book Club, as per arrangement. , . ' ',-.•'. The maintenance of the reading .room continues to. be a heavy, -tax' upon ihe funds of the institute, and the'committee would urge;: upon the members the necessity- of-endeavor- •■ ing to. increase //the . means ,ofa.prov.idin'gv/forj\ that department ; as at present -Rafter ;.deii'ay^: : iDg the cost of periodicals, newspapers, and