GERALDINE LITERARY INSTITUTE.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1548, 3 February 1887, Page 3

GERALDINE LITERARY INSTITUTE.

.r< The anoual general meeting of the at members of this Institute was held c< ■ ,in the. library on Monday evening, d Present —Meear* -J. Cunningham (Presi- S dent), A. H. -Brisco, A. E. Hawkins, tt H. B. Webster. C. £. Sherratt, J. S. Waite, and H. N. Hiukens. jj ' < MINOTES. tl ..The minutes of the last annual meeting ~ were read and confirmed, " i' ( - ANNUAL REPOBT. !?• ;% Th« Committees annual report was read . as follows: ir " Your Committee has much pleasure in presenting their leport and balance* sheet • for the year ending 31st, IP 1886. The receiptn cf the year, in- • eluding the iGovemment subsidy of £lB 12b 6d, amounted to £56 7s lid. r< h .To thii mint be added the balance from ai -plait i year of £7 13s, making a total /j/of £B3 14s 7d, leaving a balance to credit of New Zealand, Geraldine, of ft K >,. 6s 4d. The accounts in connection with \. the Woodbery branch of the Institute are D< ' included in the above, and we regret to ; r atate that the latter show a considerable falling oflf in the revenue derived there- *' from in four years, During the early Si opart of the year a concert was held in the P ! ~> ... Oddfellows'.Hall, in aid of the Library P ! ."'-.; r funds, resulting in a fair amount to credit .' ... of the Institute. The Committee feel m 3 - ranch indebted to those members whose :". fdforta succeeded in rendering the concert ;' ■ | ,'ji.success, arid consider that a special vote *..!. y Q I 4hanks should' emanate from this meeting to them. The rooms of the B Institute have during the year been P cleaned, repaired, and altered, and the m ';'. Library transferred to the Committee B |; room, which has proved to be a con- C <, liderable improvement on the system t at . r -' carried on heretofore, and also more ».,. convenient both to the subscribers and Librarian. Mr C. E. Sherratt generously ai ' ■upplied the curtains covering the book- ci " ■helves in the Library, thereby presenting neat appearance to lha room and also .'■;"materially assisting in preserving the aj 0-, books. Your Committee have during lc %■; the year held ten Committee meetings, f' some of which have been only uieagerly B #■« .attended. A considerable improvement o to the outward appearance of ihe buildiog t! 'baa been the asphalting of the front C footway, which your Committee deemed E '** necessary, and which was done during a the time the Town Board was asphalting a *-' ; a poition of the footway in question, ti The Library and Readiag Boom have ~ been kept in excellent order by the £ Librarian, Mrs Bosawell, and her duties ) 1: , have been faithfully carried out. Your „., Committee regret that owing to the state f< of the funds of the Institute they cannot £ recommend that a bonus be granted her, - but would leave the matter in the hands t of'the incoming Committee for their con t sideration' when fundi may be available fpr toe purpose, jKi exchange of booki{ J

5- During the latter part of the year your ' Committee have exchanged some of the books with the Committee of the Temuka 'e Institute, which has proved to be of '«' 'Reciprocal • benefit, Through: want; of '- T funds your Committee regret they hare »- not been able to purchase new books » during their term of office, but trust their d successors will see their way clear at no 0 distant date to materially add to the list e of bt.oka already ip the in the Library. '*■ Yonr' Committee regret that greater interest is not taken in the welfare of the e Institute Hy the residents in the town t and district. They, however, hope that tbeir?'successors may be more fortunate e io I promulgating some scheme whereby a f his niuch neairi.d object may be attained. » During the year the Treasurer, Mr i Hughes, owing to leaving the district, i resigned his positioD, which has been a fijled »p by a member of the Committee. ■ Id order to simplify the accounts of the 1 Institute a suggestion hy the Committee t has been carried out uy. the Secretary, » Mr J. S.'Waite, and a debit and credit account has been opened in the ledger for I f-acb member of the Institute. Your ' Coinmittee would recommend that a small overdraft be- obtained from the : , 1 manager of the Bank of New Zealand in order to meet present liabilities, and also i 'hit .the;incoming Committee be empn»«red in. order to increase the popularity and usefulness of the Institute —to lend books on the same principle as . th«t adopted at Woodbury. The applicainn for the Government subsidy towards th«j funds of the Institute has already been compiled, together with an abstract i of receipts and expenditure of the I Institute, and will be duly forwarded I when, signed by a Justice of the Peace. It frill" be' the duty of this meeting, in J accordance with, the rules of the Institute, . i I to eleot'officers for the ensuing year in the room of tba present officers, who retire ( but are eligible for re-election. On the motion of Mr A. E. Htwkins, r seconded by Mr Webster, the report and 1 balance-sheet as,read were adopted. I ELECTION OF OFJTCEBS. t The election of officer* was then, pro- g caeded with, and resulted as follows: v ■ Patron, Rev. ; G. Barclay; President, t •Rev. bJii Preston'; Vice-President, Dr. t Fish ; Secretary, Mr H. N. Hiskena, b treasurer, re-elected.; Members of Com- c mittee—Messrs A, H. Brisco, J. Cunning- s ham, A. E. Hawkins, H.'B. Webster, J. p MundslJ,, J. S. Waite, C. E. Sberratt, « J. Murray, R. H. Pearpoint, and F. o Pinch ; Auditors, Messrs C. E. Sberratt n i »nd ! j. M'undell. • '.'''' li r r ,,-woonßt/By ".branch! b It.'.was, decided, to discontinue the . fi Woodbury'branch of the Institute. h ........ VOTES OF THANKS. 1 i :On the motion of Mr Webster, seconded B by Mr Hawkins, a very hearty ?ole of tl • thanks wbb passed to the retiring officers n for the excellent manner in which they T had conducted - the business of the fi Institute. n Mr,,Cunuiagham replied on behalf of' tl the retiring officers, and expressed a hope h that the forthcoming year would be a - prosperous one for the Institute. Mr Waite,'the retiring Secretary, also replied, and thauked the Committee for the assistance they bad rendered, him in p the past. ,;.. n A vote of thanks to the Chairman terminated the annual meeting. n COMMITTEE MEETING, a A meetibgof .the new Committee was 8 then held. Mr J. Cunningham was voted b to the chair. *' MINUTES. :%, The minutes of the last Committee * meeting were read and confirmed. ." CORRESPONDENCE. : The following correspondence was read " and dealt with.— n , From Mr J. Greaveß, Chairman of the P . Woodbury Branch Committee, enclosing returns as to the number of subscribers ° at Woodbury, and the subscriptions re- * ceired during the pust year.- -It was " decided that the matter be left with the °< Secretary arid Mr Cunningham to explain « the reason for closing the branch, I . From the Secretary of the Educational .*' Dspartment,; Wellington, acknowledging the receipt of the Committee's application for the Government subsidy, and asking * them to forward account of the net re- u ceipts of the concert held during the year 1886.—1 t was decided to furnish the > information required. ° ACCOUNTS, r< Accounts to the amount of £2 5s were a passed for payment. v, THE READINO-EOOM. *~ a. list of the papers received for the °. reading-reom was read over, and considered satisfactory. Several complaints having been made that papers and periodicals were removed from tba reading-room table, it was decided to enforce most strictly the rule bearing upon this subject. ■*• ~ UNPAID MEMBERS, "j A list of those persons whose subscrip- B ttons are in arrears was read over, and a E Sub-Committee was appointed for the purpose of endeavoring to get the arrears paid up. vi A vote of thanks to the Chairman terminated the meeting.