. Historical notes : Public Library of New South Wales. 50 THE ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF. SIR WILLI A ^i MAcAKIIil KTrustee, 1870-82. educational topics, among groups ofPublic School teachers in far outlyingand thinly populated districts of theState. In 1882 the Trustees ordered fromHome a number of embossed books inBraille tvpe for the blind. These wereplaced in the Lending Branch. InAugust, 1894, they were transferred bythe Trustees to the three Public Institu-tions for the blind in, and about,Sydney. The books numbered, in all598 volumes. In June, 1893, the PrincipalLibrarian produced, as a

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. Historical notes : Public Library of New South Wales. 50 THE ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF. SIR WILLI A ^i MAcAKIIil KTrustee, 1870-82. educational topics, among groups ofPublic School teachers in far outlyingand thinly populated districts of theState. In 1882 the Trustees ordered fromHome a number of embossed books inBraille tvpe for the blind. These wereplaced in the Lending Branch. InAugust, 1894, they were transferred bythe Trustees to the three Public Institu-tions for the blind in, and about,Sydney. The books numbered, in all598 volumes. In June, 1893, the PrincipalLibrarian produced, as a result of several vears of labour, his Austral-asian Bibliography. It was an impos-ing quarto of 1,245 pages, elaboratelydescriptive of the Ausfraliana of theLibrary. On the 25th August, Walker retired from the PublicSerxice on a pension. He was a manof great industry, conscientiousness,and enthusiasm, entirely devoted tothe Library, and possessed of a kindli-ness and urbanity which endeared himto his officers and helped to popularisethe Institution with its clients. vShortl

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