. Historical notes : Public Library of New South Wales. Greshamstreets. The illustration on page 13 showsthe building as it was when occupied by theChief Justice. It is taken from a view by ! and from old plans in the Govern-ment Architects Department. Additions,which entirely altered the appearance of thebuilding, were made in 1854, and again in1867, for , the pur-pose of accommodating the rapidly in-creasing staff of the the Estimates for the year 1838,an amount of ;i£,4,ooo was \Oted forbuilding a Public Library and July of that year the Society urge
. Historical notes : Public Library of New South Wales. Greshamstreets. The illustration on page 13 showsthe building as it was when occupied by theChief Justice. It is taken from a view by ! and from old plans in the Govern-ment Architects Department. Additions,which entirely altered the appearance of thebuilding, were made in 1854, and again in1867, for , the pur-pose of accommodating the rapidly in-creasing staff of the the Estimates for the year 1838,an amount of ;i£,4,ooo was \Oted forbuilding a Public Library and July of that year the Society urgedthe Colonial Secretary to commence oper-ations. Orders were in consequence is-sued to the Colonial Architect, Mr. M. , to confer with the Committee,with a view to the preparation of plansand specifications. At the last minutea hitch occurred. The GoxernmeiiLrequired some assurance that the publicwould have free access to the books. JUDGE BURTON. The Committee, on the other hand, Vice-President, 1842-4 , i6 THE ORIGIN- AXD DEVELOPMENT OF clung to their proprietary rights ; if the Institution were to be transformedinto a Public Library, they not unnaturally required some equivalent for the money( prob-ably about/^ 3, o o o )which hadbeen expen-ded in books,fittings, andfurniture. A resolu-tion was fi-fnallv passedbv the Com-mittee, on25th Octo-ber, 1838, tothe effect thata special
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