NEW PLYMOUTH PUBLIC LIBRARY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 301, 19 December 1900, Page 2

NEW PLYMOUTH PUBLIC LIBRARY.

A MtCETINQ of subscribers to tho Now Plymou I) Library was lielil in tho i()oijfi(ij! (Jhfj.rjtbuiM on 'l'lieglay ovonin?. 'lb,e /report ty the ijjeoiijig stated that tho library coiitinuo.l tp progre k, and that tho iiicomo had moru than sufficed to moot the expenditure). Ufooneo was made to the unfortunate accident which h;i|j|> ncd t tho librarian, Mr. A. Moifc ii, in Match last, necessitating si:c months' loavo of übaeuco,and ovontually being the cause I ( !is resignation. Subscribers weio notified Miss F loo, who had boon appointed to fill tho p<sit op, had given satisfaction, Ia rftsponso to au application for the Govorntnout subsidy grunted to libraries, tho maximum amount allocated (£23 Os 7d) bad been receivod, and expended in books of, ppfereneo and of an eduoitivo character.' A of books rekting to New Zealand and pjyaesk generally had been received! Mr. W, Ff. Skinner rendering very valuab'o a.ssls taupe in itboir selection, Tho present Krrangoment of. a parcel of books being received from tho Homo agents, Messrs. Boil aj)d Btadf.ute, by o .eb 'Frisco mail wan w.irln g sat ■shot rily. 'J'lio nunibur of book* i>u IJjp shelvoa was! 4011, of .which MO") werjp. hotion ami 1000 history, 'biography, poetry, etc., I 'while tho Now Zo-land section' comprised ' r )4 books. The catalogue lias' beon brought up to date, and 102 cojiics sold. It was hoped that oyery subj scribei' would procure a copyj

The Hon. W. T. Jennings kindly donated ft pircel of almanacs, edited by the late Mr. W. H. J. Sellerr, and these had been placed in the Library forraferoncfi. The balance-sheet auditfld by tho Government Audit Department, was appended to tho report showing that oa the 30th September thoie was a credit balance of £66 16.»10d, the whole of which had since been piid out forboiks and periodicals. It was decided that members should have the privilege of introducing bona fide visitors who should for a limited period have the privilege of using the Library.