EDUCATION. SUBSIDIES TO PUBLIC LIBRARIES (REPORT ON DISTRIBUTION OF).

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1883 Session I, E-09

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1883. NEW ZEALAND.

EDUCATION. SUBSIDIES TO PUBLIC LIBRARIES (REPORT ON DISTRIBUTION OF).

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly by Command of His Excellency.

I.—Extract from New Zealand Gazette, 28th September, 1882. Education Department, _ Wellington, 20th September, 1882. Notice is hereby given that the sum of £6,000 has been voted by Parliament for distribution to public libraries. The distribution will take place on the 31st January, 1883, and no claim will be considered that shall not have been sent in in due form, and received by the Secretary for Education, Wellington, before the 22nd January, 1883. Every public library maintained by rates will be entitled to share in the distribution according to its income from rates; and every library maintained by subscriptions and voluntary contributions will bo entitled to share according to its income from subscriptions and voluntary contributions : Provided in either case that admission to the library, if within a borough, is open to the public free of charge. The income of each library may be stated either for the year ending 31st December, 1882, or for the year ending with that day in the year 1882 on which the annual accounts of the library were made up. The distribution will not be in proportion to the several incomes of the libraries ; but a nominal addition of £25 will be made to the amount of each income, and the vote of £6,000 will be divided in proportion to the amounts as thus augmented. Application to share in the distribution must be made in the form of a statutory declaration by the Chairman, or Secretary, or Treasurer of the institution on behalf of which it is made; and such declaration shall be in the following form : — Declaration. I [name] , of [place of abode] , [occupation] , do solemnly and sincerely declare that I am Chairman [or Secretary, or Treasurer] of the [name of institution] , and that during the year ending the day of , 1882, the income of the-aforesaid institution for the purposes of a library only was as follows: From rates, pounds shillings and ponce ; and from the subscriptions of members, pounds shillings and pence ; and from voluntary contributions other than members' subscriptions, pounds shillings and pence ; and that by the rules of the institution admission to the reading-room is open to the public free of cliarge. And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand intituled " The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882." *§ sg^ Declared at , this day of , 183 , <a § § '2 before me— !« g c, . S» e«* Justice of the Peace [or Solicitor, or Notary Public]. [Note. —The words relating to free admission may be struck out if the library is not in a borough. The words in brackets are not part of the form, but indicate matter to be inserted or substituted.] Copies of the -form of statutory declaration may be obtained on application to the Secretary for Education, Wellington, or to the Secretary of any Education Board. Thomas Dick.

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II. Distribution of the Public Libraries Subsidies according to Education Board Districts.

TNote —The whole of the vote of £6,000 was apportioned in the first instance, but it was afterwards ascertained (1) that there were two applications from one library ; (2) that part of the amount returned as income by another library was a balance of cash from the previous year. The deductions made in these cases represent the difference between the vote .and the amount shown as having been distributed. The necessity of correspondence delayed the payment of some of the subsidies beyond the end of the financial year. The total sum charged against the vote was £5,932135. 7d., leaving a balance of £60 os. lid. as a liability to be provided for in the appropriations of the current year.]

III.—List of Public Libraries According to Education Board Districts.

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Education Districts. Number of Libraries. Income. Amount of Subsidy. Auckland raranaki Wanganui Wellington Eawke's Bay ... Marlborough kelson STorth Canterbury south Canterbury Westland 91 6 8 17 21 4 26 71 9 15 59 27 £ s. d. 2,359 1 1 106 2 11 829 5 1 1,711 17 6 1,299 12 2 190 6 0 645 7 7 2,355 17 4 603 19 5 715 4 10 2,228 18 11 1,000 5 2 £ s. d. 1,212 15 9 67 0 11 269 7 5 559 8 2 477 11 2 75 19 6 339 1 3 1,081 4 4 216 19 5 285 7 2 969 10 3 438 9 2 Dtago Southland Totals 354 14,045 18 0 5,992 14 6

Income. Amount of Subsidy. Library. Income. Amount of Subsidy. Library. AUCKL. lND. £ s. d. 20 10 0 5 7 6 73 13 6 568 14 8 108 17 0 5 0 0 89 1 0 3 10 6 25 10 3 19 11 6 26 8 6 45 10 0 9 0 5 9 7 0 18 16 6 7 9 8 26 5 0 4 0 0 25 10 6 18 11 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 8 0 0 37 0 0 10 4 1 18 19 7 101 13 9 6 14 0 5 10 0 9 10 0 20 10 2 12 2 6 3 0 0 4 5 0 6 9 6 5 0 0 2 7 6 20 0 0 3 0 0 5 18 9 10 0 0 7 6 11 20 0 0 25 11 G 5 17 -S £ s. d. £ s. d. Alexandra Arapohue Aratapu Auckland (Free Auckland Institute Bombay Cambridge Dairy Flat Dargaville Devonport Driving Creek Epsom Henderson Hobsonville Hokianga Howick Hukunui Huntly Kaeo Kaipara Flats Kaitaia Kaiwffika Kamo Katikati Kaukapakapa Kaurihohore Kawakawa .. Kumeo Lower Matakana Malm ran gi Make hi Mangapai Mangawai Mangere Matakana Matakohe .. Maun gikaramea Maungatapere Maungatawhiri Valley Maungaturoto Miranda Mongonui Mount Roskill Newmarket Ngaruawahia £ s. d. 11 18 2 7 19 0 25 1G 6 155 8 1 35 0 7 7 17 0 29 17 0 7 9 4 13 4 4 11 13 4 13 9 2 18 9 1 8 18 1 8 19 10 11 9 5 8 10 1 13 8 3 7 11 9 13 4 4 11 8 0 7 17 0 7 17 0 8 12 9 1G 4 G 9 4 4 11 10 2 33 3 4 8 5 11 7 19 8 9 0 7 11 18 2 9 14 5 7 6 7 7 13 2 8 5 2 7 17 0 7 3 4 11 15 7 7 6 7 8 2 0 9 3 2 8 9 3 11 15 7 13 4 9 8 17 Brought forward .. Northcote Ohinemuri Okaihau Omaha Onehunga Opotiki Otahuhu Otara PahiHall .. Pakuranga Papakura Paparoa Parua PatcrangI Pokeno Part Albert Pukekohe East Pukekohe West Raglan Rodney Ruapuko Ruatangata Tairua Tataririki Tauhoa Tauranga Te Arai Te Awamutu Te Kopuru Thames Tikinui Tokatea Totara Tuhikaramea Upper Waiwera Wade Waikiokio Wainui Waipu Wairoa South Waiuku Whakakara, &c. Whakatane Whangaroi.. Whatawhata Whau 8 15 28 0 0 6 19 0 8 13 0 73 1 6 34 0 0 14 2 6 2 16 4 7 6 5 5 0 25 0 11 4 10 0 8 2 10 6 12 6 4 0 0 13 13 4 6 0 0 7 9 0 24 5 11 G 18 0 7 10 0 11 15 0 50 0 0 5 10 0 8 0 6 100 5 8 6 14 0 . 8 17 4 62 7 6 139 9 10 5 0 0 23 12 4 8 0 0 25 12 6 3 5 0 5 17 6 9 7 6 7 3 0 11 12 6 24 6 2 11 0 0 8 10 0 13 0 0 18 7 1 9 2 6 13 16 0 8 13 1 13 17 4 8 7 3 8 16 1 25 13 5 15 8 10 10 4 10 7 19 7 13 9 7 18 4 13 2 0 7 14 5 8 13 4 8 5 7 7 11 10 10 2 5 8 2 3 8 9 10 12 18 0 8 7 0 8 10 2 9 12 5 19 12 7 7 19 8 8 12 10 32 15 10 8 G 0 8 17 3 22 17 4 42 19 1 7 17 0 12 14 6 8 12 9 13 5 0 7 7 11 8 17 9 0 0 8 8 4 9 11 9 12 18 1 9 8 6 8 15 4. 9 18 11 11 7 0 8 18 7 10 3 1 Carried forward . .• Totals .. 2,350 1 1,212 15 9

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Library. Income. Amount of Subsidy. Library. Ir come. Amount of Subsidy. TARANAKI. A c rl .EX £ s. d. nelso: £ s. cl. Brought forward .. Bell Block .. .. .. 6 0 0 Huirangi .. .. .. 2 10 0 Inglewood .. .. .. 19 8 7 Lepperton .. .. .. 4 5 0 Qakura .. .. .. 5 12 6 Waitara .. .. .. 68 6 10 Totals .. .. 106 2 11 WANGANUI. 6 0 0 2 10 0 19 8 7 4 5 0 5 12 6 68 6 10 UI. 28 12 6 129 7 6 30 19 6 75 14 9 118 15 2 9 13 G 422 12 2 13 10 0 106 2 11 £ s. d. 8 2 3 7 4 0 11 12 7 7 13 2 8 0 3 24 8 8 67 0 11 Charleston Clifton Terrace Collingwood Dovedale East Takaka Eighty-Eight Valley Fern Town Foxhill Hampden Hope and Ranzau .. Karamea Lower Moutere Lower Takaka Motueka Motupipi Nelson Institute Ngatimote Richmond Biwaka Sarau Spring Grove Stoke Tadmor Valley Waimangaroa Waimea South Waimea West £ s. d. 113 17 0 10 8 6 17 1 4 1 17 0 3 2 6 2 15 0 6 19 G 19 G 0 16 0 0 6 14 6 7 10 0 2 15 0 10 7 0 13 3 0 4 3 0 152 10 0 3 16 19 4 0 8 5 0 4 10 0 2 19 0 6 4 3 12 15 0 187 2 0 11 15 0 12 6 £ s. d. 36 6 10 9 5 0 11 0 2 7 0 6 7 7 2 7 5 3 8 7 4 11 11 11 10 14 8 8 7 1 8 10 1 7 5 3 9 5 1 9 19 7 7 12 7 46 9 2 7 6 11 11 11 4 8 14 1 7 14 6 7 6 4 8 3 4 9 17 7 55 10 4 9 12 5 6 16 9 Clifton .. .. .. 28 12 6 Hawera .. .. .. 129 7 6 Kakaramea .. .. 30 19 6 Palmerston North .. .. 75149 Patea .. .. .. 118 15 2 Sanson .. .. .. 9 13 6 Wanganui .. .. .. 422 12 2 Waverley .. .. .. 13 10 0 14 0 9 40 8 1 14 13 0 26 7 4 37 12 G 9 1 1 117 3 2 10 1 G Totals .. .. 829 5 1 829 5 1 269 7 5 WELLINGTON. Carterton .. .. .. 318 12 8 Featherston .. .. 33 3 8 Fern Ridge .. .. 14 5 0 Hutt .. .. .. 51 2 3 Kaiwaiwai .. .. .. 4 0 0 Karori .. .. .. 11 5 0 Makara .. .. .. 5 5 0 Masterton .. .. .. 260 5 11 Ohariu Valley .. .. 9 5 V Otaki .. .. .. 6 4 0 To Nui and Castlcpoint .. 13 5 0 Upper Tulaenui .. .. 24 0 0 Waihenga .. .. .. 23 10 0 Wainuiomata .. .. 3 4 0 Wairarapa Institute .. 54 18 3 Wellington Athenaeum .. 824 7 5 Wellington Young Men's Christian Association .. 55 4 4 TON. 318 12 8 33 3 8 14 5 0 51 2 3 4 0 0 11 5 0 5 5 0 260 5 11 9 5t) 6 4 0 13 5 0 24 0 0 23 10 0 3 4 0 54 18 3 824 7 5 89 18 10 15 4 G 10 5 7 19 18 5 7 11 10 9 9 9 7 18 4 74 13 5 8 19 3 8 3 3 10 2 5 12 16 6 12 13 10 7 7 7 20 18 4 222 6 5 NORTH CANT Akaroa Alford Forest Ashburton Ashley Barry's Bay Chatham Islands Chertsgy Christchurch Young Men's Christian Association Canterbury Collego Clarkville Courtenay Gust Dunsandel Ellcsmere Gebbie's Valley Glentunnel Grecndalo Halkett Harewood Road Hororata Kaiapoi Kaikoura .. Killinchy .. Kimberley Kirwee .. Kowai Pass Kyle Le Bon's Bay Leeston Leithfield Lincoln Little Akaloa Little River Lobum Lower Heathcote Lyttelton Mandeville Methven .. Mount Somers New Brighton North Kowai North Loburn Okain's Oxford Papanui Pendarves .. .. Pigeon Bay .. Prebbleton Rangiora .. .. Riccarton .. .. Russell's Flat Totals ERBURY. 58 19 4 9 16 144 5 0 3 13 0 4 0 0 18 18 0 24 2 6 645 7 7 339 1 3 21 19 7 8 18 5 44 6 0 7 10 0 7 11 10 11 9 10 12 17 2 Totals .. .. 1,711 17 G HAWKE'S BAY. Ashley-Clinton .. .. 29 7 0 Fraser Town .. .. 42 10 0 Hampden .. .. .. 35 4 0 Hastings .. .. .. 364 16 5 Havelock .. .. .. 25 0 0 Maraekakaho .. .. 23 13 0 Mohaka .. .. .. 26 4 1 Napier Athenaeum .. .. 240 18 0 Norsewood .. .. .. 28 6 6 Ormondville .. .. 17 15 0 Patangata .. .. .. 37 13 0 Patutahi .. 2 8 0 Puketapu .. .. .. 10 0 0 Takapau .. .. .. 38 19 6 Tamumu .. .. .. 17 9 6 Taradale .. .. .. 4 17 7 Turanganui .. .. 67 15 0 Waipawa .. .. .. 100 5 6 Waipukurau .. .. 58 0 10 Wairoa .. .. .. 124 10 6 Woodville .. .. •.. 3 18 9 55 4 4 1,711 17 G 14 4 6 17 13 4 15 15 2 102 0 7 13 1 9 12 14 8 13 8 0 69 12 0 13 19 2 11 3 10 1G 8 0 7 3 5 9 3 3 16 14 9 11 2 4 7 16 5 24 5 6 32 15 9 21 14 8 39 2 7 7 11 6 20 19 11 559 8 2 108 0 0 488 8 0 11 17 6 22 3 0 9 17 0 10 16 0 6 10 6 8 2 6 23 1 9 12 10 0 2 4 0 16 19 7 26 2 1 99 9 11 46 17 G 21 18 G 12 G 0 16 11 0 18 5 8 32 7 0 6 19 0 44 11 0 27 0 0 12 12 0 4 15 0 10 2 0 11 4 6 26 10 0 151 11 0 5 13 9 159 4 G 19 7 0 3 0 0 13 3 C 10 7 6 12 9 0 20 4 10 20 14 9 5 0 0 7 8 6 9 0 0 158 10 6 15 12 6 2 13 0 34 16 2 134 7 7 9 13 0 12 6 10 9 2 5 9 7 5 8 5 0 8 13 4 12 11 9 9 16 4 7 2 5 10 19 9 13 7 6 32 11 8 18 16 3 12 5 8 9 15 3 10 17 6 11 6 8 15 0 2 8 7 3 18 4 1 13 12 3 9 16 10 7 15 8 9 3 9 9 9 8 13 9 7 46 4 3 8 0 8. 48 4 511 12 2 7 6 7 9 19 10 9 5 2: 9 16 2 11 16 10 11 19 4 7 17 0 8 9 9 8 18 0 48 0 9 10 12 8 7 4 8 Totals .. .. 1,299 12 2 477 11 2 I I MARLBOROUGH. Blenheim .. .. .. 1(6 14 6Havelock .. .. .. 22 13 0 Maiiboroi gh Town .. .. 23 0 6 Picton .. .. .. f 18 0 Totals 190 6 0 i 34 9 6 12 9 5 12 11 5 16 9 2 75 19 6 Carried forward ..

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Is\ Authority :.^HOuai Didsboky, Uovernniunb Primer, Wellington. —lBB3.

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Library. Income. Amount of Subsidy. Library. Income. Amount of Subsidy. NORTH CANTERBt RY— continu £ s. d. ;d. £ s. a. £ s. d. Brought forward .. Saltwater Creek 3outhbridge 3outh Malvern south Rakaia Springrtton .. 3t. Albans Mutual Association 3t. Albans Public Library £ s. d. Brought forward .. Kaitangata.. Kakanui Kuri Bush .. Kyeburn Lawrence Livingstone Maheno .. .. Marmhorikia Maungatua.. Milton Mornington Mosgicl North-East Harbour North-East Valley North Taieri Oamaru Ophir Otepopo Outram Palmerston South Port Chalmers Port Molyneux Portobello .. Puerua Riccarton .. Roslyn Roxburgh Saddle Hill Sawyer's Bay Stirling Taieri Perry Tapanui Teaneraki Waihola Gorge Waikoikoi Waikouaiti Waipori .... Waitalmna.. Waiwera Walton and Fairfield Wangaloa Warepa West Taieri G6 16 6 38 5 8 5 0 G 16 4 0 75 0 G 15 0 0 13 17 6 37 16 6 16 8 9 76 17 6 17 6 4 72 3 1 2 12 6 8 5 0 20 0 0 774 5 0 14 6 0 17 8 0 19 8 6 48 16 6 150 8 9 11 0 0 5 5 0 6 10 G 17 9 1 50 0 0 62 18 0 5 16 6 12 G 60 13 0 5 19 0 84 17 9 9 17 4 9 0 0 22 10 0 26 17 10 6 6 G 16 0 3 6 14 0 4 4 G 3 5 0 9 13 0 6 5 3 24 0 8 16 11 3 7 17 2 10 15 8 26 3 7 10 9 5 10 3 0 16 8 10 10 17 1 26 13 2 11 1 6 25 8 5 7 4 7 8 15 1 11 15 7 209 4 0 10 5 9 11 1 11 11 13 6 19 6 6 45 18 3 9 8 5 7 18 4 8 5 0 11 2 2 19 12 7 23 0 1 7 17 5 8 5 6 22 8 4 8 2 0 28 15 2 9 2 6 8 18 0 12 8 8 13 11 8 8 4 0 10 14 8 8 (i 0 7 13 0 7 7 11 9 14 8 3 4 3umner fai Tapu rempleton View Hill .. Wainui iVaikari Wakanui SValtham .. Waterton West Eyreton West Melton Woodcnd .. iTaldhurst 5 3 1 41 9 10 6 0 0 36 5 0 21 13 6 40 7 6 14 13 0 8 7 3 11 19 6 3 13 0 34 16 9 3 37 0 19 10 G 12 0 0 21 10 0 10 7 6 13 18 0 7 15 0 21 15 3 5 14 G 7 17 11 17 8 0 8 2 3 16 0 8 12 4 4 17 2 3 10 7 7 8 14 8 9 13 7 7 10 0 15 13 2 7 11 1 11 13 1 9 13 8 12 3 5 9 5 2 10 3 7 8 11 5 12 4 10 8 0 10 Totals 2,355 17 4 1,081 4 4 SOUTH CANTI Pairlie Crook 3-eraldine Pleasant Point 3t. Andrew Pemuka Pimaru Upper Pareora Waimate Winchester 1RBURY. 44 0 3 43 15 6 4 2 6 130 9 G 52 8 2 231 0 0 2 5 0 75 4 0 20 14 6 18 1 3 18 0 0 7 12 0 40 13 11 20 5 2 67 0 1 7 2 8 26 4 6 11 19 4 Totals 603 19 5 216 19 5 WE STL A! ihaura Big Dam Brunnerton 3allaghan's 3obden Dunganville joldsborough £umara STo Town .. Drwell Creek Reefton Elimu 48 5 0 10 2 6 50 6 9 14 10 0 31 0 6 75 7 0 25 0 0 76 0 0 32 8 1 17 5 0 7G 7 6 14 6 6 81 15 0 30 11 0 132 0 0 19 3 5 9 3 10 19 14 5 10 6 9 14 13 3 20 5 4 13 1 9 26 8 9 15 0 6 11 1 2 26 10 8 10 5 10 27 18 9 14 10 10 41 1 11 Totals .. SOTJTHLj 2,228 18 11 iND. 102 0 6 24 4 0 22 5 0 39 16 2 12 2 6 27 9 0 36 18 3 2 10 0 41 0 0 14 4 0 5 4 0 7 15 0 11 2 6 7 8 0 21 17 0 6 12 6 224 6 4 139 17 10 98 4 6 61 10 1 9 5 0 11 0 6 29 13 0 11 3 6 9 11 0 3 5 0 20 0 0 969 10 3 33 4 10 12 17 6 12 7 4 16 19 3 9 14 4 13 14 7 16 4 1 7 4 0 17 5 5 10 5 3 7 18 1 8 11 5 9 9 2 8 9 7 12 5 3 8 5 6 65 5 1 43 3 2 32 5 0 22 12 10 8 19 3 9 8 7 14 6 1 9 9 4 9 0 10 7 7 11 11 15 6 Ross.. Stafford vVestland Institute, Hokitika Totals OTAGC Iwamoko Anderson's Bay 3alclutha .. 31ackstonc Hill 31ueskin 31uespur .. .. 3righton javersham .. Clinton 31ydo 3-rocn Island Jreen Valley jSseytown .. rlamilton's : lampdcn .. Havelock .. 13 3 8 8 10 0 96 10 0 4 5 0 10 4 8 17 6 0 12 6 10 12 6 37 0 6 18 9 0 3 7 0 1117 0 15- 2 6 2 9 0 22- 5 6 29 15 6 715 4 10 285 7 2 9 19 11 8 15 4 31 16 0 7 13 2 9 4 5 6 18 1 6 14 2 9 6 5 16 4 8 11 7 5 7 8 5 9 12 10 10 10 0 7 3 8 12 7 6 14 G 9 Arrowtown Calcium Cardrona Bdendalo Flint's Bush Fortrose Gore Groper's Bush Knapdale Mimihau Moke Creek and Moonlight .. Myross Orepuki Cteramika Pembroke Pine Bush Pukerau Quccnstown Riverton Skipper's Point South Wyndham Tuturau Wairio Wallace Town Winton Woodlands Wyndham Totals 1,000 5 2 438 9 2 Carried forward