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Zealand'" iTr *7* a copy of "Letters from Early New S SS -wr, Si'r S?olm'bluu aôut Tir v* ;™ M " «»> public,,,», of J United St. J the <w ItaLta B tk' a History of the Bank for One Hundred Years"; from the Henry George FoundaXn London u set of their publications; and from the executors of the late F W Oaklev 'books of «l pprngs »,„1 New Ze.l.nd p.rli.m.ntery cartoons. V.riou, politic! orLisa.S' in Great Britain responded generously to our request for a regular supply of their party literature ■ and' we have also received regularly from one of thp lar,riii,r n ■ n «erature, and the following: American Library Association, A. D Amos P A "R l /w ir 2 »s tees H M. Chapm (Rhode Island), Commonwealth Dried Fruits Exnort fYmtml ~rL (Sydney), Brigadier MffiKS), Sor of Empire Service (8.8.C.), Empire Parliamentary Association, G. M (AuckkndT Branch), ETS(pSSL^S, nT iSsr-Jts % %' ills R The valuable collection of trophies, addresses, portraits, &c„ belonging to the late Rieht Hon . J. Seddon, Prime Minister of New Zealand, which was deposited with Parliament bv the family some months ago, is at present housed in the Library. The trophies are dispkved n7w I 7 case m the mam reading-room, and the other portions of thecdSection wffl lILT f opportunity presents. The portraits form a valuable addition to our ItS K v attaining considerable proportions. portrait collection, which is Deposited Collections. mg I: b s,f« sns w Ti,f e f/rn entailed is not excessive and the arrangement promises to be satisfactory t K +V, society's books are more readily accessible to thek Members and at the s me V addition to the scientific sections of the General Assembly lihrarv T+ V available as an cataloguers have overtaken the leeway in our own work to be able to'complete th° P 't7 S °° n a # deposit, which will make it of greater value to all interested cataloguing of this Staff Wobk. The protracted recess since Parliament was prorogued in October mfi W a •overtake a good deal of work which had been awaiting for such an opportunity' P nT V 0 been made with the shelf list, which is now approaching completion THs task wHeh o^® 88 ! j making about 130,000 cards, was commenced some years ago in the hope that theexistit Vff u carry it out as time offered from routine duties Proems LrW •? , existm B staff could the work being essentially of a clerical 7? f whom the work has been brought almost to completion The shelf list will he nfJ t I ? to the cataloguers (whose work is concentrated on the first floor) and to users ? under present conditions have only the catalogue on the ground flLrTo consult 7 ' messengers c£L Trt Tl Good progress has been made with the portrait index, and since the end nf • 1 ,1 Sinclair Papers, which were presented to the Library some years aao bv [),- HiJi tave been properly arranged, short-calendared, and bound, Thfs is a small bS mthi «1 214 letters and journal.. Dr. Sinclair .a. Colonial Seor.to 184«6 and .to f noted Z 'T," and the papers throw much light on the early political history of AT™ 7 1 j f scientist, exploration in both Islands. 7 political History of New Zealand and on scientific

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