KAIAPOI INSTITUTE.
The annual meeting of members was held in the library room of this institute on Monday evening. There was a good attendance ; the President (Mr Wilson) in the chair.
The annual statement of accounts showed the total receipts to have been .312518s 10s, mainly from members* subscriptions. The expenditure for the year had been JSI22 143 lid, including £48 19s 9d for books and periodicals. The Chaibkan said it had been left to him to draft a report, but owing to pressure of business he had not had time to do so. It was very cheering to find that the institute, which had passed the nineteenth year of its existence, was one of the most popular in the Canterbury district, and that the interest in its affairs continued. The Institute was practically out of debt, and the members had as assets one of the best country libraries in the colony, and their property unencumbered. So far as his experience went the rooms were exceedingly comfortable compared with other places. He yet hoped that some day they would be able to erect a more stylish building, with larger rooms and increased comforts, down to a cup of coffee on the cold evenings. The statement of acconnts was adopted.
The officers elected were President, J. Lowthian Wilson; Treasurer and Chairman, B. H. Mathewe; Secretary, E. Kevell; Committee, Messrs J. Sharp, S. Goldthorpe, H. Hart, H. Berell, P. Stewart, K. Blakeley, Montague H. Smith, G. Coup, and W. Bourke.
Votes of thanks were passed to the auditors and the retiring officers and Committee.
KAIAPOI INSTITUTE.
Press, Volume XL, Issue 5860, 25 June 1884, Page 3
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