. Historical notes : Public Library of New South Wales. i6 THE ORIGIN- AXD DEVELOPMENT OF clung to their proprietary rights ; if the Institution were to be transformedinto a Public Library, they not unnaturally required some equivalent for the money( prob-ably about/^ 3, o o o )which hadbeen expen-ded in books,fittings, andfurniture. A resolu-tion was fi-fnallv passedbv the Com-mittee, on25th Octo-ber, 1838, tothe effect thata special. ^l. S which the Library was located from 1840-3. room should be appropriated for the use ofthe general public (or non-subscribers),who would
. Historical notes : Public Library of New South Wales. i6 THE ORIGIN- AXD DEVELOPMENT OF clung to their proprietary rights ; if the Institution were to be transformedinto a Public Library, they not unnaturally required some equivalent for the money( prob-ably about/^ 3, o o o )which hadbeen expen-ded in books,fittings, andfurniture. A resolu-tion was fi-fnallv passedbv the Com-mittee, on25th Octo-ber, 1838, tothe effect thata special. ^l. S which the Library was located from 1840-3. room should be appropriated for the use ofthe general public (or non-subscribers),who would be provided with the books ofthe Library for perusal and reference, butnot for loan, between the hours of 10 5 ; access to be by ticket, signedby a member of the Committee, and renewedevery three months ; the expense of anextra Library Attendant thus incurred, to bedefrayed by the Government. The Gover-nor would not agree to this proposal, andthe Committee, on being informed thereof,wrote to Sir George Gipps as follows :— The Committee having again maturely con-sidered the subject, regret that, consistently with
Size: 1941px × 1288px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, bookidhistoricalnotesp00bladric
