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Patea Mail, 27 March 1882, Page 4

WANGANUI I IMMENSE REDUCTIONS! IMMENSE REDUCTIONS! FOR TWO WEEKS ONLY! RRVIOUS TO OPENING UP OF NEW SEASON’S GOODS! KEVIOUS TO OPENING UP OF NEW SEASON'S GOODS! AT VET Ell BELL’S r.;U: WITHOUT RESERVE ! “ ; W IT BOUTRESE R YE ! I WA N (i A N LI 1 !

PA TEA INSTITUTE.

NEW SCHEME OP WORKING.

THE newly elected Committee desire, to place before Subscribers and the Heading Public a programme of improvements to be carried out by public manifest th at the Institute has been latterly in j a languishing condition, an earnest effort is i how being made ; ,to enlist pubjic assistance and sympathy foi\ increasing. the; .use and attractions of, the Institute, and making it really wbrthy of the district. 1 Finances. f ; . The present debt on the building is .£250, requiring ah annual interest of £25. There is also a : current indebtedness of about £6B; f The, 'committee are satisfied that thdassets of the „ Institute would,; if , realised, exceed- the r amount of liabilities ; and while leaving,the. debt on building untouched at present, it is decided to wipe off the current; liability of £6B' by obtaining a ; bank overdraft secured' on the joint and several undertaking of the committee.; . The; income is small rand uncertain at present,, but is capable of a large .increase* as the : committed believe. That appears obtainable, ; tjrstly, by popularising the Institute so as to .raise the number -of Sub cribers’frohi hbout 75 to 150, and ■ probably much more ; secondly, by .public entertainments and lectures to be given> in .aid of Institute funds,; .and-.thirdly Jby,, donations and life-memberships.,;,. The committee estimate that from these several sources a 1 total income 'of£2oo‘iirthe first year may be assured. They are confident ; that; with' generous; Co-operation; and nomndue tax on public sympathy, tjie first year’s ineppm mayapproach £3OO. The committee’s expenditure will, however, be based on the safe estimate of £2OO as the first year’s fevCnue. ’■

Proposed Expenditure—New, Books.,

The Committee estimate that £IOO will cover all current expenses and contingencies, (apartofrora new books); and perhaps pay off' part of the overdraft. .This will leave about £IOO ‘available for :,the , purchase of new books during the current year. An immediate selection of new and desirable books will be made ; and in order that the attractions of the Library may be increased without; delay, a portion of;the first batch of n6w; literature will be. purchased * within the; Australian colonies, and placed in the catalogue for early ; issue tor members.; Another;: and ; more extensive selection of new books will be ; obtained from England, ‘Wy the ! best ‘ means of selection available to the committee: Other.batches of new, procured , from time to time; and the committee will in this .matter aim. at.. a, ; policy of judicious liberality in keeping the Library supplied with the most attractive and useful literature of the day : /Adi.! testes iwill ,be consulted, within reasonable limits as to cost... All the, best Magazines will be kept available to readers. The Library. A new Librarian has been appointed, and the • commit tee, hope, thereby, to secure regularity of. attendance, courteous, attention to Subscribers’ wants, besides orderly cleanliness within ihe building.’ The subscription will be £1 per annum, as before ; payable yearly, half-yearly, or quarterly in advance. This