. Historical notes : Public Library of New South Wales. d proprietors were held, inNovember and December, 1865, to decide upon the course to be it was decided to re-form the Company, writing down the sharesfrom 1,000 at ^25 to 2,000 at/^5. Holders of one share in the old Company,to have four in the new. Holders of two or more shares, in the new Company, were to be allowed additionalprivileges, such as the right to introducestrangers, and to borrow increased numbersof books. A private Act was passed in April,1866, and a start made immediately underthe new system. The name Aust
. Historical notes : Public Library of New South Wales. d proprietors were held, inNovember and December, 1865, to decide upon the course to be it was decided to re-form the Company, writing down the sharesfrom 1,000 at ^25 to 2,000 at/^5. Holders of one share in the old Company,to have four in the new. Holders of two or more shares, in the new Company, were to be allowed additionalprivileges, such as the right to introducestrangers, and to borrow increased numbersof books. A private Act was passed in April,1866, and a start made immediately underthe new system. The name AustralianLibrary and Literary histitute was retained. The subscribers, at this time, numberedless than ,^500 ; and a special stock-takingshowed that the volumes, on the shelves,numbered 15,110. The estimate of 16,000 in1859 miLst, therefore, have been excessive, At the outset, it appeared as if a sufficientE. c. WEEKES. number of new subscribers would be attracted ; Committeeman, 1866. Deputy-Chairman, 1867-8. but, in a very short time, the inadequacy of. THE PUBLIC LIBRARY OF NEW SOUTH WALES. 4^ The yearly attendance at the outset was ahout 60,000, and the expen-diture about /^3,ooo. The Library was kept open from 10 till 10 ,and books were not permitted to be removed from the reading rooms. One of the first acts of the Librarian was to re-arrange the books intothe following classes :— Volumes. Natural Philosophy, Science, and the Arts ... ... 1,922 History, Chronology, Antiquities, and Mythology ... 1,698 Biography ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1,411 Geography, Voyages, Travels, and Topography ... 2,027 Law, Politics, Commerce, Statistics, &c. ... ... 1,296 Theology, Moral and Mental Philosophy, and Education ... ... ... ... ... ... 1,018 Poetry and Drama ... ... ... ... ... ... 510 Miscellaneous Literature, including Collected 1,948Encyclopaedias, Dictionaries, and other Works of Reference ... ... ... ... ... ... 1,500 Prose Fiction ... ... ... ... ... ... i,3
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