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Evening Star, Issue 18334, 23 July 1923, Page 1

On (ho subject of the school library, the annual report of (ho Wellington Education Board says ; The service to the school community by the. library department of (he City Council is so unobtrusively and so duciently performed that its great value is apt to bo overlooked. It serves thirty large schools, containing quite onethird of our scholars, with well-chosen books, ample in number, nourishing in quality. The number of volumes increased from 8,667 to 8,981; of individual loans from 110,252 to 119,521. The success of the Feathers ton County Library has encouraged the formation of a similar exchange in South Wairarapa County. Efficient management merits public approbation, and should secure substantial monetary support. Quite considerable sums have been raised for this worthy object. Other public bodies may, with advantage, to the extent of their means, follow the worthy examples above mentioned. In each case an essential condition of success is the sound sense and the enthusiasm of the chief librarian and his associates.