. Historical notes : Public Library of New South Wales. E. DAINTREY. Committeeman, 1853-5, 1858-g, and 1861-4. Hon. Secretary, WM. Secretary, 1866-70. M. Secretary, 1858. Committeeman, 1859. Library and Literary Institution. 34 THE ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF and it became imperative to reduce the cost of management and curtail thepurchases of books. The charges for interest on loans were slowly butsurely throttling the Institution. Towards the end of 1S59 Mr. (afterwardsSir Charles) Cowper, then Premier, was waited upon by the Committee, andurged to buy the
. Historical notes : Public Library of New South Wales. E. DAINTREY. Committeeman, 1853-5, 1858-g, and 1861-4. Hon. Secretary, WM. Secretary, 1866-70. M. Secretary, 1858. Committeeman, 1859. Library and Literary Institution. 34 THE ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF and it became imperative to reduce the cost of management and curtail thepurchases of books. The charges for interest on loans were slowly butsurely throttling the Institution. Towards the end of 1S59 Mr. (afterwardsSir Charles) Cowper, then Premier, was waited upon by the Committee, andurged to buy the whole property at ^15,000, and turn it into a PublicLibrary. At this time the books were estimated to number about 16,000,and were valued at 5s. each (^^4,000). The land, buildings, and fittingswere valued at £ 14,000. The Premier, who for six years ([850-5) had been a member of theCommittee of the Librarv, appears to have been inclined to accept the offer, but beforenegotiations could becom- —--= p 1 e t e d theMinistrywent out ofoffice, andnothing fur-t h e r w a sdone. On the27th Novem-ber, 1S61, aspecial gen-eral meetingof
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