. Historical notes : Public Library of New South Wales. e 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, &
. Historical notes : Public Library of New South Wales. e 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,353 Periodical Literature and Newspapers, &c. ... ... 3,093 Specifications of Patents ... ... ... ... ... 2,501. Total 20,277 A rough list of short titles was hurriedlyprinted in October, 1869. This was followed, in1872, by a much improved catalogue of 384 pages,containing a list of titles, arranged alphabeticallyimder authors. In 1876 a more ambitious scheme was under-taken. It comprised a general author catalogue ;a catalogue of pamphlets ; an alphabetical list orinventory of the titles of all the books in each ofthe classes ; and a rough subject-index ; in allabout 990 pages. This appeared in 1878, and was,for many years, the model on which the catalogues were moulded. A. DICK. Committeeman, 1867. 42 THE ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF In their first annual report the Trustees stated that the Library wasbadly housed, and called the attention of the Government to the fact that alarger and better appointed building was urgently required. The complaintwas reiterated in succeeding reports, without result. During the first fifteenyears the hopes of the Iru
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