. Historical notes : Public Library of New South Wales. DR. LAXG. Cominitletinan, 1826-7, 1859-60, A: 1863-6. Trustee, 1S70-8. Gippss reply is not available, but heenclosed Sir Richard Bourkes despatchof 7th August, 1835, tjuotcd above, inproof lliat tlic Government was desirousof helping the Society, and sent also acopy of an approving repiv from LordGlenelg. Gipps probably hinted thatthey were occupying a Government build-ing rent-free, and were being rather. JUDGE A , 1838-9. *Tlie allusion no doujt is to the Sydney School of Arts, towards the support oi which thesum of
. Historical notes : Public Library of New South Wales. DR. LAXG. Cominitletinan, 1826-7, 1859-60, A: 1863-6. Trustee, 1S70-8. Gippss reply is not available, but heenclosed Sir Richard Bourkes despatchof 7th August, 1835, tjuotcd above, inproof lliat tlic Government was desirousof helping the Society, and sent also acopy of an approving repiv from LordGlenelg. Gipps probably hinted thatthey were occupying a Government build-ing rent-free, and were being rather. JUDGE A , 1838-9. *Tlie allusion no doujt is to the Sydney School of Arts, towards the support oi which thesum of £200 p^r arinum was paid by Government. THE PUBLIC LIBRARY OF NEW SOUTH WALES. 19 generously treated ; the reply of the Society was not calculated to pacifyofficialdom. They asked :— 1. That they should not be deprived of any p^ -i privilege or benefit granted or promised 1 by Governor Darling. 2. If the rooms in the old Chief Justices house, of which they had been in jiermissiveoccupancy, were to be taken from them,they should be given duenotice, andshould }receive from Government an eligible build-ing allotment in the town, or a sum of ;money sufficient to purchase such an allot- !ment on which an edifice becoming the ;nature of the Institution, and which may Lbe a credit to the Colony and an honor tothe Government, could be erected.
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