. Historical notes : Public Library of New South Wales. cations(about 200 volumes) ; although there is nothing to show that the general public could demand free access to these records,yet the fact of such papers being filed at the Library is an indication that theInstitution was regarded as something more than a mere private SubscriptionLibrar). In 1858 a new contract was entered into w iih the Librarys London THE fUBLIC LIBRARY OF NEW SOUTH WALES. 3i agent—Richardson, of Cornhill—by which discounts, off London publishingprices, of 16I2 per cent, on new books, and 81-2 per cent, on periodical
. Historical notes : Public Library of New South Wales. cations(about 200 volumes) ; although there is nothing to show that the general public could demand free access to these records,yet the fact of such papers being filed at the Library is an indication that theInstitution was regarded as something more than a mere private SubscriptionLibrar). In 1858 a new contract was entered into w iih the Librarys London THE fUBLIC LIBRARY OF NEW SOUTH WALES. 3i agent—Richardson, of Cornhill—by which discounts, off London publishingprices, of 16I2 per cent, on new books, and 81-2 per cent, on periodicals, wereallowed. During the years 1858 and 1859 itbecame evident that the formation of theSociety into a legal body-corporate, hadnot been a success. Several meetingswereheld, duringthisperiod, to considerthe best means of improving the finan-cial condition of the Institution. TheGovernment was again approached, butin vain. A proposal to sell the building,land and property, and make a freshstart on a smaller scale, was negativedby the
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