. Historical notes : Public Library of New South Wales. WINI. LITHGOW. Committeeman, 1826-7. THE ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF The books, upon arrival, were deposited at the warehouse of one ofthe founders of the Institution, A. B. Spark, until a suitable housecould be found. One of the tirst steps taken by the Committee was to solicit loans of books from members,with which to make a start. About fivehundred volumes were obtained in thisway. Some of them were subsequentlypresented to the Institution, notablythose of J. T. Campbell and Archdeaconf^ ^i&^ ^ap Scott. Many of these remain on our. A. l;

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. Historical notes : Public Library of New South Wales. WINI. LITHGOW. Committeeman, 1826-7. THE ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF The books, upon arrival, were deposited at the warehouse of one ofthe founders of the Institution, A. B. Spark, until a suitable housecould be found. One of the tirst steps taken by the Committee was to solicit loans of books from members,with which to make a start. About fivehundred volumes were obtained in thisway. Some of them were subsequentlypresented to the Institution, notablythose of J. T. Campbell and Archdeaconf^ ^i&^ ^ap Scott. Many of these remain on our. A. l;. , & 1834-5. shelves to this day. Operations werecommenced with about 1,000 volumes o\\ist December, 1827, in No. i, TerrysBuildings, Pitt-street. Terrys Buildingsconsisted of a terrace of live large three-storied houses, erected by Samuel stood on the block of land whichis now bounded on the northern sideby X^ickerys Chambers, and on thesouth side h\ the offices of & Wrench. In the veryearly days they were amongst the notable

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