The garden of Canada : Burlington, Oakville and district . Residence of T. Easterbrook, Esq., 81RINOKR, WEBRR, ESQ. BuRLiNdTON Public Library Committee. BURLINGTON PUBLIC LIBRARY. By O. T. Springer, Esq. At a meeting of the Public School Trustees of School Section No. 1,Nelson, held in the school-house, Brant Street, in January, 1872, atwhich were present Trustees Win. Bunton, Benjamin Eager and , the question of establishing a library for use of the schoolsection was discussed, and a resolution passed that the trustees pur-chase a supply of suitable books from th
The garden of Canada : Burlington, Oakville and district . Residence of T. Easterbrook, Esq., 81RINOKR, WEBRR, ESQ. BuRLiNdTON Public Library Committee. BURLINGTON PUBLIC LIBRARY. By O. T. Springer, Esq. At a meeting of the Public School Trustees of School Section No. 1,Nelson, held in the school-house, Brant Street, in January, 1872, atwhich were present Trustees Win. Bunton, Benjamin Eager and , the question of establishing a library for use of the schoolsection was discussed, and a resolution passed that the trustees pur-chase a supply of suitable books from the Board of Education atToronto. A committee was appointed, and in March following thesum of $56 was spent in books, etc., which were placed in the recep-tion hallway at the school-house. The trustees appropriated a furthersum of f25 in 1873. These were the initial movements towardsfounding a library, and seem to have satisfied the people for sometime, as no further grants were made until January, 1883, when $33was granted and expended. In 1884 an entertainment was given bythe teachers and scholars, at wh
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