MASTERTON INSTITUTE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1347, 7 April 1883, Page 2

MASTERTON INSTITUTE.

ANNUAL REPOBT OFOOMMITIEE, At a special meeting held yesterday the following report and balance sheet were adopted:— ~. On'behalf of tho Masterlon Institute' and Public Library,.l beg,to-.submit the following report of the proceedinßß of tlig retiring committee for the past twelve nt'ojiths for your : appovat" ',' i~. .The committee with the exseption of the'.chairman of the Town Lands Trust (Mr E, Eeist) and myself were elected by ttre ratepayers and snbscribara in.-Mafoh last year, arid since ttfeir appointment the gentlemen forming'.the. committee, have, taken a special interest in the management of theinatitution. : The monthly meetings have.been well attended, the average, for.each,meeting being 8 members. Sixteen meetings haw been held during the year,, and the at. tendance of the various members has been as follows., J. ft. Boddinjitpn "ifa. J. Paytonlß^W. Sellar 16, D.'.McGregor 12, W. T, Grundy 18, A..;E,,^Oarr f 9, I.H,Be^hamß l "A.;W.Hog(!I3,'A J Bisb 10, M.,Cas>lbergß, B. feisty r:< subscribers to .the library/, for Jhp. year ending 31 December 1882 numbered 85,-of thqse ( C3 wereyeajly a,nd.22 ( hal(',. yearly, the-aabfl'criptidris amounted to'£2s • 10s, being.an increase as. compared ;with 1882 of This result is mainly owing to the commitloe providing'a.supply: of new books, the sum of £3617e lOd having been expended in this direction, A lura of ill&.fidchto-ilad 'ken expended in Kbinding'the 'old 1 , vplumes, 'which .tf'ork has been'exeoute'd/ih avery 'Batisfaotqry ll manner. : 'V: I;; , ..' .. ;,, . . "The books'in'the library- number 1376' volumes, and atfe.claasified as follows:-? Fictioii992,' essays reviews 'and ./speeches 121.-; Science add general'ltn'owledite;39, history '4Bj4rwels7 &o;% Mj poetry and.drama 32, Works of. reference : 5 23. ■,,,,: :vi.l.»rv\rt-" iV '??: '"■ ' i, The public reading room .during'tho past year has been well.frequented. Afte* periment' h'aß'be'en?made ! of'openin^it> between;qertain -hours .eu/ .average. 'aboui.'ll4>s 'visitors, arid ■'considering' this- roaqH^is' 13 taken, for the, summer ( months; only, it shews' 'that' the-.'privilege'; is- duly ;«■;;' predated. Thanks ate due :W*|p '•'-■■ ' ' '.Vjs^''.

charge of "ifie .readitiK ' room on Sun'daya and tho committee tike ibis opportunity of publicly referring to ■ his services.... ■ . ~;.. '.,,_ A considerable, number of extra-news-; •■.'..papers magazines both Colonial i and ■'■. %fity been procured for .the room and the roilowing are now, regularly : laid' on tlio toading dbska and table on wrival .'—British and Amarijpap; _Qraph'io,- - Illustrated"' London ', jNowb, Saturday Beview,., I 'Quarterly Be.v|§w t ilCb'rh'hilt Maßnzinej Punch, J.udy, Athoiieum, Fiohl, Mail, Weekly. SM.smiiii, Glasgow Mail, .Dublin ■ English Mechanic, Publio'Opinion, tifio Americanj' Harpers Magazine,*-LW-don Sooietyj Contemporary ! .'Roviow.. Colonial;— A.us(rnlasian t -' 1 Auslrahan Sketoher, Sydnoy Town and Country, -. Auckland Evening Star, Auckland News, New Zealand Horald, Evening Star Thames, Bay of Plenty v Tiiriea, ; Hawkes •" 'Bay -Horald, Hawkes 'Bay /Weekly Courier, Taranaki News,' Wanganui Chroniole, Mauawatui Times, Manawatu Standard, New Zealand,Mail,\'N.ow ZeaTiuio?, Evening Post, Wairarapa,Daily, Wuirarapa Standard, Wairarapa. Star, Wainjrapa .Observer, Marlborough Express, Nelson Colonist, Grey Riyer Argus, Lyttelton Times, Canterbury < \Veekly Press, ;Tiraaru Herald, Oamaru' Mail, Otago- Times, Echo, and luvercargill ! Weekly Times, ,: The upper room of ihe.lnstitutfl ishow licensed'and the Committee expect that it will now b.e used more frequently fur meetings, &c, which will hqlp .toint'fe'asVthfl revenuo of the Institute. Ag'raht was mado by the Government during last session of L6OOO to be distributed amongst the public libraries- 6f . the colony, of this Bum.-.Masterton has received L7413s 6d which by a. resolution " passed by the Committee, will be.usedaa follows:—lst in completing imperfect sets of books, 2nd in procuring monthly supplies of new works, 3rd in rebindmg books . requiring same.

A pollivm taken, which resulted favorably lo enable the Council to,raise tho sum of £4OO to relieve certain gentlemen on previous Committee, who were uuarantors for this amount. Tho Town Lands Trustees have granted an annual sum of £SO towards paying the interest and sinking fund of tho loan, thus leaving the entire revenue derived from rates and subscriptions for the use of the l . Council in the future. The balance sheet, which is annexed (and duly audited), shews receipts and expenditure since the Ist January, 1882, to the 31et March, 1883, a period of 15 monihs. It was thought advisable by the Committee to adopt this course, as its term of office expires on the latter date. The ordinary receipts for the 15 months have been i'3l3 6s 2d, and the expenditure for the same period £3Ol 10s Id, leaving a credit balaueo of £5 15s 2d. This amount will be augmented by the amount referred to in the statement 'of assots. The Committee desire also to record their appreciation, of the exceedingly valuable services that have been rendered by their honorary Sooretary andTreasurir, Mr W.' Sellar, his duties having, been "of an unusually onerous character, and performed in a manner that ba3 materially contributed to the welfare, of the institution, aud the success financially and otherwise that has attended its management. .'■'/■' ■'■» A, BisHy ' Chairman. s

balance; sheet fob ' fifteen , months ending 31stmahch, 1883.

;:'; Examined and compared with the books '[' and vouchers, anil found correct.;..,,. ]'. G, B. yiMkmm} \ ~, v, '■ li-BKOWN (Auditors. a"!!.! :(;£% SELLAR.X •■ i Hon.''Secretary and Treasurer," • Maaterton, April. 2,1883. ;•

tWaMERIOAN Pl^ioiM •FOR 1883., . ■ There are. two propli'eta iu America who have delivered . themselves of remarkably unpleasant, predictions for 1883. _ The first is James. M.. Swormdetlt.of Cincinnati, ;■ His lucrubrntioria ■ are us follows: • ■v.----.

'"A great financial panic will 'sweep like; wildfire over- the v United States some time in 1883, which willprostrater all I industries, paralyse all-business, awl ,thro)v out! of'employment every man, woman, and child in the country. "The condition of the working classes will become so desperate that i they ; will .rise up like a flood" fintl"■ sweep away both Church aiitl State, and till the land with violence. "Satan will wheel a fleet of seven great comets into line. One will plunge into the snn, producing a great out' burst of solar light and heat, The moon will bo as light as the siin, and. thcliglitof the sun will be increased sevenfold. The other six will'affect tho rivers, the sea, the earth and tho. air. •' . "The millennium or reign of Christ, will begin in the United States 40' years before the rest of the world is made new by the good King."

The other hails from Now York.' He claims to have had visions, dreams impressions, and warning from " spirit guides" of remarkable changes and disasters to take place soon, He predicts another civil war for the United States, Not only this country, but! every nation and people on earth will feel the horror of war, famine and pestilence, earthquakes, flood and terrible convulsion of nation. The last king or queen ever to sit upon the throno of England sits there now, Soon the only form of governmonfc will be the republican for all people.

THE GRAND MASTER OP MYSTERIES. "News from the invisible world" for 20 stamps of Is 8d is, it must be admitted, a cheap article, if one considers the handsome fees paid for information concerning the doings on our own small planet, When in addition to this, "talismans for victories over enemies"—at a scale price raging from 10s to £5, according to quantity required, " celestial signs and character's on parchment or virgin gold," "witching presents," and other information of a like nature on other equally reasonable terms are offered to the world it not surprising that there should be' a large demand. The Nostradamus who offers all thi? describes himself as " Methratton, the Great Seer of England, Philosopher, Astrologer, and Grand Master of Mysteries"; but it came out in the mysterial atmosphere of the Birmingham Police Court that he was better known as John Pfartwell, It appears that a sceptical Yorkshire vicar saw Lis advertisement in one of! tie papers, and sent copies of the. ad V vertisement to tho Birmingham Police authorities' His.view of the matter was amply confirmed, for some two : or three • hundred letters, all enclosing money, were found in " Methratton's" possession, nearly all of thorn from "girls and women," in most cases re r questing "their seven years' future." Tho Bench was imgallant .enough to express astonishment that "so many fools could be found in the Kingdom,"' and consigned the "master of mysteries" to his cell, where he is doubtless reproaching himself that he did not take care to look well into his own "future" before troubling about that of other people. If he foresees a longish term of.seclusion for for himself, his prediction, seem likely enough to be verified.—English paper.

ALLEGED CANCEE CUKE. • • A' lady contributor to the Eural Yorker writes:—" Four years ago ,1 learned a remedy for cancer, which T never knew to fail in effecting a cure. It came to my knowledge in this manner. A lady, at whose house I was stopping, had a sister whose face was terribly disfigured, the nose being almost entirely gone,- and the throat so much eaten away that the girl could not speak in a way inelligiblo to any but those accustomed to her. The fores were all healed, and had been for years, and there was no appearance of eruptions or any impurities of the blood She was so disfigured that it would have almost seemed a mercy not to have save her life, but she was an example of what the medicine could effect; While I was at this lady's house I met agentleman who I happened to know had been afflicted with a cancer, which had caused him much anxiety. He had recently spent some time in New York under the treatment of a celebrated cancer doctor, but without obtaining relief, I informed the' lady of these facts, and she gave him the, receipt, Thiswasfouryears ago, Isawthegentleman a few months since, and inquired' about the cancer. The reply was;" Oh, it gives me no trouble; if I have any fear of it I take some of Mrs S.'s medicine, and it's all right," I have a;i aunt., between 50 and 60 years old who had" an internal cancerous tumour, causing her much suffering and'(renderingher for much of the timeunableto work; She had been treated •by manyeminent physicians, and had spent huu--dreds of dollars, but all to little purpose. Jty the last., few months she.h.as jOeen, taking this medicine," and says she has not been so well for years,/ I; might'mention other cases,but perhaps these will be sufficient, I have never knowi it to fail in a single instance to • cureimpurity of the blood; whether'danced' ous or otherwise. I wish I cpulcl.'i'n-, ; spire in others the same-confidence, which I feel, for I am 'certain jLwould mitigate a vast amount of suffering. Cancer cure:—2oz sulphur, |oz. of .quicksilver, loz of cream of tartar, joz of ;saltpetre. Put into d' pint, pf molasses, stir; take a tablespponful before going to bed. For outside application : t One bottle of British oil, loz of red precipitate. The sulphur and quicksilver must be thoroughly 1 mixed for a long time in a druggist's, mortar, and then the other ingredients'! added. I wish this could.be published in. every paper in the-land, and that-in v after years I'.could have the satisfaction of .knowing that many have been saved from 'horrible suffering and death by its flse, and that it may be regarded as i a reliable Monthly.! ■'■•'■

RECEIPTS. £< s. P., £ S, D, To Ldiii .„ ... . ' 400 0 0 „ Donations ... 2G13 0 ■ „ Subscriptions 27,11 '3 • I, Kates...' ... 135 ie. 7 ■ ,i Rent of Eoom 19 5 0 „ Rant of Lauds 28 12' 5 „ Sale of Books 014' 6'" '."'■' „ Govt. Grant 7413 5 ... 313 6 2 £m 6 2 EXPENDITURE, £ S. D. £ S. D. 'By BarikOverdraft 3W-. 10 2 „ Costraisingloan 18 10 9 .■-*, *405-011 „ Interest 41 7 11 . „ Salary of Custodian and CommiBsim . ,„ 67 2 8'' „ Insurance ... 20 12 10 „ Lighttng 27 8.0 „ Firewood 8 16 6 < „ Advertising ... 2 00 . „ Printing & Stationery 717 0 „ Papers & Magazines 31 19 9 . „ Books &rebind-ing-uld books... 48 2 3 ■„ Furnishing ... 6 13,7 „ Repairs and alterations ... 24 18 9 „ License Fee ... 2 2 0 „ Rates 7 19 3 „ Law costs ... 1 7 0 „ Sundries 2 9 1 „ Stamps & Post ■ Cards 113 6 30110 1 „ Balance - ... 515 2 £713 6 2 Liabilities, i ■ r . £ 8. D. £ 8. D, ■•■To'Auditors' Fees 2 2 0 f 2 2 0 ■ „ Balance .., 886,4.9 4838 '*0 9 '"" ' Assets. £ s. d. £ y D, - By BerjU'iTemper-/ . ■■ ''<■'' i",' is • • ■ ance.Society.J6,. *•••■ -Acclimatisation / » i ..•■■■ Society 10s ... 'fl'lb .0 ;i'i ,,,; i, Rents, Foroalers „x •!■: ,.-■ ■• ills, Borough ■:.,,:.) . ( Council,' £ 2 2s 3 3 (C-'.iV }~ • • fjj Town Lands Trust 1 r'o; '•'■ 0 '. ,'-„ Interest Refund ;-;r>! say.... ' .'.. 15 V'tfi-'V- '''■■ :! ' ,, Rate$Reiund...' - -.-r-rT7T.J2.19-3 „ Donations • in ■ Arrear...';.;.!.; ■M}%rtW- r .r, »;■'•■ "'•''. :•—w-.'.4il3 '6 - ■ „ Books Valued at 200 .0. 0 '■•• f, Fittiags /Vftlqed '•■■■•.'■■•(,■'' ,', i ■: 100 0 0 .„ .'..-. V •" ' .' . • , 7T-7-:300 O.i ".''■' .'. £388' 6 9