A LIBERAL BEQUEST.

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 13596, 3 December 1909, Page 8

A LIBERAL BEQUEST.

(special to,"the press.") WELLINGTON, December 2. In the House of Representatives this afternoon, on the motion for the third' reading of the McLean Institute Bill (Mr G. W. Russell), The Prime Minister said he wished to express the appreciation of tie country, as well as of the House, of the very fine gift which Mr McLean had made. If there were more gifts of this kind it would add very much to the reputation of those who had the good fortune to accumulate large sums of wealth, and would cause a very generous feeling to be extended to them. Mr Massey said he wished to add his word of appreciation. Mr McLean had been one of the pioneers of the colony, one of the early settlers in Canterbury, He had been a particularly successful man, and he had used his wealth for a particularly good purpose. He thought that such gifts as Mr McLean's should be acknowledged by Parliament heartily and sincerely. Mr Russell, in replying to these expressions, stated that the income of Board set up under the bequest was now £4000 a year, and when some of the legacies under the -will expired, it would: be increased to £8000 or £10,000.