. Historical notes : Public Library of New South Wales. OLD BOOK STAMPS, 1870-80. For the first few years, new books were purchased at the rate of about1,500 volumes annually. In later years (subsequent to 1887) the yearlyaccessions ran to from about 3,000 to 5,000 volumes. At the present timethe Reference Library contains about 140,000 volumes, the Lending Branch29,000 volumes, and the stock, from which country libraries are supplied,about 6,000 volumes—in all about 175,000 volumes. The number of visitorsin 1905, was as follows :— Reference Library ... ... ... ... ... 175,029 Lending Branch .
. Historical notes : Public Library of New South Wales. OLD BOOK STAMPS, 1870-80. For the first few years, new books were purchased at the rate of about1,500 volumes annually. In later years (subsequent to 1887) the yearlyaccessions ran to from about 3,000 to 5,000 volumes. At the present timethe Reference Library contains about 140,000 volumes, the Lending Branch29,000 volumes, and the stock, from which country libraries are supplied,about 6,000 volumes—in all about 175,000 volumes. The number of visitorsin 1905, was as follows :— Reference Library ... ... ... ... ... 175,029 Lending Branch ... ... ... ... ... 137,704 Newspaper Room ... ... . ... .. 351,890 Total 664,623 44 THE ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF. Several of the Trustees, during the years whicli followed the establish-ment of the Library as a Government Institution, devoted a large amount of time to its management ; particularlyto the examination of booksellers listsand the purchase of standard works,essential to the initial equipment of afirst-class Reference Library. hi thisdirection special acknowledgment isdue to the great debt which the Institu-tion is under to the first President,Charles Badham, —the greatestscholar Australia has known—and alsoto such men as W. B. Dallev, ProfessorStephens, W. A. Duncan, N. , J. D. Lang, W. B. Clarke,and vSir William McLeay ; all of themnot only booklovers, but also men of SIR WM. MACLEAY. hjgh attainments and cultivated tastes. Trustee, iS70-91. The benefactions from private indi-viduals have been considerable. In their annual reports from time totime, the Trustees have acknowledged these specifically. The Wisebequest has been already referred to. In February, 18S5, Me
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