. Historical notes : Public Library of New South Wales. NO. I, terrys BUILIi . r I IT ST. In which the Library was located from 1827 to 1831. THE PUBLIC LIBRARY OF NEW SOUTH WALES. buildings of Sydney. The house in which the Library was located was themost northern of the terrace. It stood on the site where Messrs. Raine& Homes offices now are, the present number of which is 86 g-round-floor of the building wasoccupied by the Committee for themanagement of the Sydney Dispensary,afterwards the Sydney Infirmary andDispensary, now the Sydney Library was on the first f
. Historical notes : Public Library of New South Wales. NO. I, terrys BUILIi . r I IT ST. In which the Library was located from 1827 to 1831. THE PUBLIC LIBRARY OF NEW SOUTH WALES. buildings of Sydney. The house in which the Library was located was themost northern of the terrace. It stood on the site where Messrs. Raine& Homes offices now are, the present number of which is 86 g-round-floor of the building wasoccupied by the Committee for themanagement of the Sydney Dispensary,afterwards the Sydney Infirmary andDispensary, now the Sydney Library was on the first floor,and the upper story was occupied byPeter Cooke, who acted in the dualcapacity of Librarian and Dispenser atthe modest salary of ;£40 a year. Therent (/,i2o) was paid in equal propor-tions by each body. The Library wasopen from i to 5 In July,1828, an alteration was made, the hoursbeing from i to 4 and from6 to 10 Cooke was succeeded in February,. 1829, by Charles Henderson, Clerk committeeman, 1S26-31, 1S33-4, cV- 1836. to the Corporation of Church and School Estates. He resigned in April of the same year, and was succeeded by George Baxter. The bulk of the work, during the early years, fell upon De La Conda-mine, who continued as Honorary Secretary until his departure with hisRegiment, (the 57th Foot) in 1831. For several years Messrs. Berry andWoUstonecraft were the Honorary Treasurers, and amongst the most activemembers of the Committee were Rev. Wm. Cowper and Rev. R. Hill. At the outset the books were of a very high educational order, what wewould call, to-day, standard works for a Reference Library. Before twoyears had elapsed the inevitable cry for light and popular literature fiction was required. The books were too grave in character. These THE ORlGiX AND DEVELOPIVIiiNT OF complaints, and the fact that the subscriptions were falling off, alarmed theCommittee, and the London agent was instructed to pav more
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