EDUCATION: SUBSIDIES TO PUBLIC LIBRARIES (REPORT ON DISTRIBUTION OF). [In Continuation of E.-10, 1884.]

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1885 Session I, E-10

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1885. NEW ZEALAND.

EDUCATION: SUBSIDIES TO PUBLIC LIBRARIES (REPORT ON DISTRIBUTION OF). [In Continuation of E.-10, 1884.]

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

I,—Extract from the New Zealand Gazette, 13th November, 1884. Education Department, Wellington, 10th November, 1884. Notice is hereby given that the sum of £4,000 has been voted by Parliament for distribution topublic libraries. The distribution will take place on the Bth February, 1885, and no claim will be considered that shall not have been sent in in due form and received by the Secretary for Education, Wellington, on or before the 31st January, 1885. Every public library maintained by rates will be entitled to share in the distribution according to its income from rates; and every public library rAaintained by subscriptions and voluntary contributions will be entitled to share according to its income from subscriptions and voluntary contributions : Provided in either case that the income for the year has not been less than £2, and that admission to the library, if within a borough, is open to the public free of charge. The net proceeds of lectures, concerts, or other entertainments on behalf of the current expenses of the library, will be regarded as "voluntary contributions." A library to be entitled to a subsidy must be public in the sense of belonging to the public, and of not being under the control of an association, society, or club, whose membership is composed of a section of the community only. As a rule, a subsidy will not be given to more than one library in the same town. The income of each library may be stated either for the year ending the 31st December, 1884, or for the year ending with that day in the year 1884 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 £4,000 will be divided in proportion to the amounts as thus augmented, but so as that no institution shall receive more than £50, and that no payment shall be made in respect of income derived from endowments or grants from Borough or County Councils, or of moneys received for building purposes, and not simply for the current expenses of the library itself, or of moneys received as rent, hire, or consideration for the use of any building or room belonging to the institution. 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) , [occupati<m\ , do solemnly and sincerely declare that lam Chairman [or Secretary, or Treasurer] of the [name of institution] ; that during the year ending the day of , 1884, the income of the aforesaid institution for the purposes of a library only was as follows: From rates levied by a local governing body under " The Public Libraries Act, 1869," pounds shillings and pence ; from the subscriptions of members, pounds shillings and pence ; and from voluntary contributions other than members' subscriptions, pounds shillings and ponce ; that the information hereinafter furnished by me is correct in every particular ; that the attached statement is a true copy of the audited statement of the accounts of the institution for the year herein specified; and that by the rules of the institution admission to the reading-room is open to the public free of charge. 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." Signature: f>|^ Declared at , this day of ,188 , au |s5 before me— jS-s-S*-0 55, | £J 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. Eobert Stout. I—E. 10.

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

[Note.—lf the vote had been distributed in strict proportion to the incomes of the several libraries the five following named institutions, instead of receiving only £50 each, would have been entitled to the sums placed after their names respectively : Auckland Free Library, £117 9s. 7d. ; Christehurch Public Library, £88 9s. lid. : Oamaru Athcsnseum, £69 13s. 5d.; Timaru Mechanics' Institute, £58 17s. 7d.; and Napier Athenaeum and Mechanics' Institute, £57 15s. sd. The additional amount (£142 ss. 7d.) that these five institutions would have received but for the limitation of the maximum subsidy to £50 had the effect of slightly increasing the sums that the smaller libraries would otherwise have received. The increase of the amount in the case of a library showing an income of £5 was ss. Id.; of £10, about 6s. ; of £20, about 7s. Bd.; of £30, about 9s. 5d.; of £40, about 11s. Id.; and of £50, about 12s. 9d.]

III.—List of the Public Libraries according to Education Districts.

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Education District. Number of Libraries. Income. Amount of Subsidy. Auckland Taranaki Wanganui Wellington Hawke's Bay ... Marlborough Nelson North Canterbury South Canterbury 93 8 14 15 81 5 30 78 9 8 8 Gl 25 £ s. d. 2,007 10 7 116 10 6 675 6 7 410 18 1 989 10 0 108 1 6 568 16 2 1,407 3 11 507 0 7 217 9 6 232 5 6 1,242 16 5 325 1 7 £ s. d. 904 15 6 71 7 3 231 3 7 177 4 1 387 16 1 52 10 11 297 7 6 715 0 9 153 17 0 94 2 7 97 9 3 601 13 1 214 4 4 Grey Westland Otago Southland Totals 8,808 10 11 3,998 11 11 385

Library. Income. Amount of Subsidy. Library. Income. Amount of Subsidy. Auokda: FD. Alexandra.. Arai irapohue .. iratapu Auckland (Free) ivondale Bombay Cambridge Dairy Flat Dargaville Devonport Driving Creek Elpsom Hamilton Hobsonville Hokianga Howick Hukunui .. Kaeo Kaipara Flats Kaitaia Kaiwaka Kamo Katikati Kaukapakapa Kaurihohore Kawakawa Kumeo Lake Takapuna Lower Matakana Lucas Creek Mahurangi Mangapiko Mangare Matakana Matakohe Maungakaramea Maungatapere Maungatawhiri Valley \laungaturoto £ s. d. 13 17 6 7 16 5 17 0 68 6 0 516 11 5 10 14 0 11 18 9 72 17 0 6 8 6 12 2 5 20 1 0 5 7 8 20 11 6 35 13 6 2 0 0 13 0 6 2 0 0 5 2 3 20 10 6 6 12 0 19 16 9 2 6 0 2 15 8 7 0 0 6 10 6 12 16 6 37 11 6 2 9 0 4 6 6 2 5 0 2 18 0 13 19 3 6 10 2 7 6 2 0 0 3 2 6 2 5 0 3 0 0 2 12 6 8 8 3 £ s. d. 8 15 3 7 4 8 6 19 1 21 0 8 50 0 0 8 10 8 6 7 22 1 3 7 19 8 7 5 10 3 1 6 17 0 10 5 6 13 13 7 6 19 8 11 5 6 19 6 15 9 10 5 4 7 2 7 10 2 2 6 3 2 6 5 3 7 4 4 7 2 3 8 10 7 14 2 1 6 3 9 6 12 3 6 2 11 6 5 10 8 15 8 7 0 0 6 3 6 6 19 6 6 10 6 2 11 6 6 3 6 4 7 7 10 8 Mercury Bay Miranda .. Mongonui .. Mount Roskill Newmarket Ngaruawahia North cote .. Ohinemuri Okaihau Omaha Onehunga .. Opotiki Otahuhu .. O tonga .. ' Pahi Pakuranga Papakura .. Paparoa Parua Paterangi .. Pokeno Valley Port Albert Pukekohe East Pukekohe .. Raglan Rodney Ruapuke .. Ruarangi .. Ruatangata Russell Tairua Taupo Tauranga .. Te Aroha .. Te Awamutu Te Kopuru Thames Tokatea Totara Tuhikaramea £ s. a. 70 18 6 5 7 4 7 8 1 5 12 6 24 5 0 7 2 0 5 5 0 22 0 9 9 3 0 7 10 0 38 2 6 34 15 0 4 15 0 13 17 6 6 2 6 2 2 6 16 8 9 4 7 6 7 0 0 2 11 6 4 0 0 12 16 6 4 10 0 7 7 0 16 2 C 6 11 0 3 10 0 6 12 6 11 4 8 17 9 11 47 19 0 40 17 0 72 1 4 43 2 0 11 15 6 83 8 4 119 ll 2 11 16 0 7 15 0 3 10 0 £ s. d. 21 12 6 6 16 11 7 6 2 6 18 1 11 2 1 7 4 9 6 16 5 10 12 1 7 14 1 7 6 7 14 4 8 13 9 1 6 14 2 8 15 3 7 0 4 6 2 4 9 6 11 6 12 6 7 4 4 6 4 4 6 10 S 8 10 7 6 13 C 7 5 11 9 5 e 7 2 4 6 8 £ 7 2 8 8 3 5 9 11 8 16 9 C 14 16 11 21 17 a 15 7 3 8 5 IC 24 8 IC 32 11 10 8 0 0 7 7 C 6 8 C

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Library. Income. Amount of Subsidy. Auckland—cc mtinued. £ s. d. 24 6 0 3 5 0 11 10 0 4 15 0 6 5 0 32 4 0 9 13 6 13 1 0 14 7 0 3 15 0 11 10 0 16 10 6 28 8 4 luraa Upper Waiwera Wade Waikiekie Wainui Waipu Wairangi Wairoa South Waiuku Whakahara Whakatan6 Whangarei* Whitford £ s. d. 11 2 4 6 7 5 8 4 7 6 14 2 7 10 12 17 11 7 16 5 8 11 7 8 17 5 6 9 8 8 4 7 9 7 3 12 0 11 Total .. 2,007 10 7 904 15 6 Tabana: 6 18 8 6 4 0 12 17 0 6 11 0 16 18 8 6 11 11 6 10 9 8 15 3 :i. Bell Block Huirangi .. Inglewood .. Lepperton New Plymouth Oakara Omata Waitara 5 15 0 2 10 0 32 0 0 4 10 50 2 0 4 5 0 4 0 0 13 17 6 Total .. 116 10 6 71 7 3 Wangan Clifton Fielding .. Foxton Hawera Kakaramea Makino Road Marton. Otaki Palmerston North Patciii Sanson Upper Tutaeuui Wanganui Waverley rui. 27 11 0 51 6 6 41 3 8 33 12 6 19 7 0 17 7 4 47 12 4 12 11 10 100 7 3 101 5 6 11 15 0 18 15 0 186 6 8 6 5 0 11 16 11 17 4 2 14 18 5 13 4 4 10 0 0 9 11 1 16 7 6 8 9 6 28 5 3 28 9 5 8 5 9 9 17 4 47 12 11 7 10 Total .. 675 6 7 231 3 7 Welling^ Cartertori Featherston Hutt Kaiwaiwai.. Karori Makara Masterton .. Ohariu Valley Pahautanui .. Petone le Nui and Castlepoint Uriti Waihenga .. Wainuiomata Wairarapa Institute ;orr. 25 4 2 46 10 2 21 10 0 15 1 0 7 10 0 4 12 6 139 2 7 9 5 0 3 7 6 33 0 2 9 15 0 10 0 0 21 2 G 2 0 6 62 17 0 11 6 5 16 2 6 10 9 8 9 0 7 7 6 7 6 13 7 37 0 1 7 14 6 6 8 0 13 1 6 7 16 9 7 17 10 10 8 0 6 1 11 19 16 2 Total .. 410 18 1 177 4 1 Hawkb's Ashley-Clinton Danevirk Eraser Town Glenross .. Hampden Hastings Havelock .. Kaikora Kumeroa Makaretu .. Maraekakaho Mohaka Napier Norsewood Ongaonga iAY. 14 14 0 17 18 6 6 16 0 25 17 7 14 2 6 68 4 6 7 15 0 48 15 3 24 8 6 23 0 6 11 4 0 10 6 0 241 5 0 16 4 6 38 6 6 8 19 0 9 13 7 7 3 5 11 9 5 8 16 5 21 0 4 7 7 9 16 12 7 11 2 11 10 16 6 8 3 3 7 19 2 50 0 0 9 5 10 14 5 6

Library. Income. Amount of Subsidy. Ormondville Patangata Patutahi .. Petane* Porangah.au Puketapu .. Takapau Tamumu .. Taradale Te Arai Tomoana .. Turanganui Waipawa .. Waipukurau Wairoa Woodville £ s. d. 3 5 0 12 0 0 4 15 6 7 0 0 22 15 0 10 0 0 25 14 0 9 2 6 9 7 7 9 10 0 52 0 9 111 8 4 83 7 0 31 6 0 17 13 0 11 7 0 £ B. d. 6 7 5 8 6 10 6 14 3 7 4 4 10 15 4 7 17 10 11 8 8 7 13 11 7 15 1 7 15 7 17 7 4 30 15 2 24 8 7 12 13 10 9 12 4 8 3 11 Total .. 989 10 0 387 16 1 Mablboec Blenheim .. Canvastown Havelock Pioton Renwick IUGH. 70 15 0 11 2 6 8 7 0 12 10 0 5 7 0 21 11 8 8 2 11 7 10 5 8 9 1 6 16 10 Total .. 108 1 6 52 10 11 Nelso: . Charleston Clifton Clifton Terrace Collingwood Denniston Dovedale .. Eiglity-eight Valley Pern Plat Pern Town Pox Hill .. Hampden Karamea Lower Moutere Lower Takaka Motueka Nelson Institute Ngatimote Pangatotara Reefton Richmond Riwaka Sarau Stoke Tadmor Valley Takaka East Upper Motueka Upper Wakefield Waimangaroa Waimea South Waimea West 86 0 0 10 15 0 6 12 6 8 0 0 52 14 0 4 4 0 2 8 0 22 15 0 3 8 0 13 0 0 26 15 6 3 7 6 3 9 0 14 1 0 15 12 6 135 7 6 3 7 6 6 10 0 51 0 6 20 6 6 12 4 0 6 19 6 2 5 9 8 10 0 4 19 0 2 2 6 2 11 3 28 5 0 8 18 8 2 6 o 25 0 6 8 13 7 2 8 7 8 10 17 10 5 6 11 8 6 3 7 10 15 4 6 8 1 8 11 4 11 13 6 6 8 0 0 8 3 8 16 1 9 3 2 36 3 3 6 8 0 7 2 1 17 2 9 10 4 5 8 7 9 7 4 3 6 3 1 7 11 1 6 15 1 6 2 4 6 4 4 12 0 2 7 13 0 6 3 3 Total 568 16 2 297 7 6 North Cant: Akaroa Alford Forest Ashburton Ashley Brookside Carleton Chatham Islands* Chertsey .. Christohurch Clarkville Courtenay Oust Dunsandel Duvauchelle's Bast Malvorn .. .. Ellesmere Plaxton Gebbie's Valley Glentunnel ;ebdey. 45 2 6 4 16 6 42 12 7 3 6 9 3 7 6 6 13 1 14 0 0 14 4 6 382 19 0 8 7 6 11 12 6 6 10 0 21 5 6 22 9 6 8 4 0 4 7 0 6 0 0 2 7 6 6 16 15 1G 3 6 14 6 15 4 11 6 7 9 6 8 0 7 2 9 8 15 10 8 10 10 50 0 0 7 10 7 8 5 "2 7 2 1 10 8 8 10 14 1 7 9 9 6 12 4 6 19 9 6 3 6 7 0 1

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Library. 'Income. Amount of Subsidy. NOETH CANTEBEUI Greendale Halkett .. Harewood Road Hororata .. Kaiapoi Kaiapoi Maori Pa .. Kaikoura .. Killinchy .. Kimbeiiey Kirwee Kowai Pass* Lakeside .. Le Bon's Bay Leeston Leithfield Lincoln Little Akaloa Little River* Loburn Loburn North Lower Hcatlicote Lyttelton .. Mandeville Plains Methven Mount Grey Downs Mount Somers New Brighton North Kowai Okain's Oxford Papanui Pigeon Bay Prebbleton Rangiora Riecarton Richmond Russell's Plat Saltwater Creek Southbridge Southbrook South Malvorn 'South Eakaia Spreydon Springston St. Albans Mutual Association St. Albans Public Library ;y — continued. 6 s. d. 9 9 0 4 4 0 8 17 1 9 17 6 40 13 0 4 11 10 53 5 3 11 15 4 2 9 0 10 11 6 15 12 6 2 10 0 11 1 0 18 19 6 27 18 1 18 9 0 11 0 0 7 7 6 3 3 0 3 11 0 43 18 6 33 15 9 2 0 0 27 12 2 2 0 0 14 10 6 2 11 0 7 10 0 14 12 6 18 10 11 12 16 3 7 3 9 9 10 9 52 4 9 17 12 6 52 1 3 2 0 0 3 0 0 28 8 6 10 0 0 5 2 6 18 18 6 17 1 6 6 12 0 7 14 9 8 2 6 6 16 6 16 7 0 6 10 14 9 10 16 0 6 10 6 13 13 0 3 16 4 7 0 2 14 4 8 0 13 17 6 3 7 6 6 s. d. 7 15 4 6 11 8 7 12 8 7 17 4 14 16 0 6 13 5 17 12 11 8 5 10 6 3 9 8 0 5 9 3 2 6 4 0 8 2 7 9 18 4 11 18 7 9 15 11 8 2 4 7 6 0 6 6 11 6 8 8 15 10 10 13 5 2 6 19 11 17 3 6 19 8 18 3 6 4 3 7 6 7 8 18 8 9 16 5 8 10 6 7 5 2 7 15 9 17 8 3 9 12 3 17 7 7 6 19 6 6 3 12 0 11 7 17 10 6 15 10 9 18 1 9 9 9 7 2 7 7 7 8 7 9 5 7 0 1 7 0 1 7 4 6 8 12 8 16 7 2 2 8 14 3 6 6 7 6 12 4 6 2 1 6 12 7 8 15 3 6 8 0 Sumner Tai Tapu Temploton View Hill Waimakariri (Upper) Wainui Waikari Wakanui Watcrton West Eyreton West Melton Woodend .. .. «. Yaldhurst Total 1,407 3 11 715 0 9 South Cant] Fairlie Creek Geraldine Kakahu Pleasant Point St. Andrew's Temuka Timaru Upper Pareora Waimate iBBUEY. 27 4 9 29 8 10 3 9 6 48 2 6 39 18 0 39 3 0 246 8 6 3 10 0 69 15 6 11 15 7 12 5 6 6 8 5 16 9 9 14 12 8 14 9 3 50 0 0 6 8 6 21 7 4 Total .. 507 0 7 153 17 0 9 Gbey, Ahaura Brunner Literary Society Cobden Dunganvillc Greymouth 37 1 0 34 8 0 5 5 6 12 7 6 74 1 6 13 19 10 18 7 11 6 16 6 8 8 7 22 6 9

Library. Incomo. Amount of Subsidy. Nelson Greek No Town Orwell Greek £ s. d. 22 7 6 27 8 6 4 10 0 £ s. d. 10 13 7 11 16 5 6 13 0 Total .. 217 9 6 ; 94 2 7 Wbstla: | | ND. 7 17 10 0 19 9 11 3 3 10 11 11 10 4 2 15 15 8 11 14 6 23 2 2 Big Dam .. Callaghan's Goldsborough Kumara .. Rimu Boss Stafford Westland Institute, Hokitika 10 0 0 6 0 0 24 10 0 22 0 0 20 5 6 45 0 0 27 0 0 77 10 0 Total 232 5 6 97 9 3 Otagc p. Anderson's Bay Awamoko Balclutha .. Bannockburn Blaokstone Hill Blucskin Blue Spur Brighton .. Cavcrsham Clinton Clyde Cromwell Duntroon Evan's Flat Greytown Hamilton's Hampden Havelock Heriot Highcliff .. Kaitangata Kakanui Kyeburn Diggings .. Lawrence Livingstone Manuherilda Matakanui Maungatua Merton Milton Mornington i Mosgiel .. \ Naseby Ngapara North-East Harbour North-East Valley .. Oamaru Ophir Otepopo Outram Palmorston SoutH .. Papakaio Port Chalmers ( Port Molyneux NPortobello Pukeuri Riccarton Roslyn Roxburgh Stirling Tapanui Toaneraki Waikoikoi Waikouaiti Waipori Waihemo Wai tah una Waitepeka Waivvera .. Walton and Fairfield Warepa 4 12 2 13 0 33 17 6 14 9 0 2 17 6 4 5 0 2 13 0 2 2 6 4 10 0 8 19 9 36 4 6 86 3 0 3 5 2 2 19 6 27 11 4 3 9 6 3 8 0 21 5 0 2 10 0 11 6 3 31 14 7 22 18 0 14 0 0 70 7 0 2 10 13 0 0 2 15 0 3 8 6 3 4 6 34 17 6 37 19 6 25 10 0 20 0 0 12 7 6 6 7 0 6 17 6 296 3 6 4 0 0 5 2 0 7 15 0 13 15 0 47 8 4 91 19 0 5 3 6 2 12 6 5 15 6 13 12 0 22 4 6 11 10 0 29 8 4 22 19 0 10 10 0 11 17 0 23 15 0 2 2 6 3 5 0 7 10 0 5 14 0 7 4 6 2 19 6 2 12 6 6 11 0 6 4 8 13 5 5 8 17 10 6 5 9 6 11 11 6 4 9 6 2 4 6 13 0 7 13 3 13 16 1 25 1 2 6 7 5 6 6 2 11 17 1 6 8 5 6 8 1 10 8 6 6 4 0 8 3 9 12 15 10 10 16 2 8 15 10 21 9 11 6 2 0 8 11 4 6 5 2 6 8 2 6 7 3 13 10 0 14 4 0 11 7 9 10 2 11 8 8 6 7 15 7 3 9 50 0 0 6 10 9 6 15 9 7 7 9 8 14 8 16 6 7 26 7 4 6 16 1 6 4 7 6 18 9 8 14 1 10 13 0 8 4 7 12 5 5 10 16 2 8 0 1 8 6 2 10 19 10 6 2 4 6 7 5 7 6 7 6 18 5 7 5 4 6 6 3 6 4 7 Total 1,242 16 5 601 13 1

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Bj Authority: Gbobok Didsbuby, Government Printer, Wellington.—lBBs.

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Library. Income. Amount of Subsidy. SoUTHLr iND. .rrow Athenaeum .. lalcium lardrona latlin's River )ipton Idendale 'lint's Bush tore Cnapdale .. jimehills lataura £ s. d. 20 5 0 12 4 0 3 10 0 5 10 0 20 0 0 2 17 0 3 8 0 17 6 0 8 15 0 29 0 0 9 18 6 7 12 6 13 15 0 £ s. d. 10 4 1 8 7 9 6 8 6 6 17 6 10 2 11 6 5 7 6 8 1 9 10 9 7 12 3 12 3 6 7 17 6 7 7 2 8 14 9 lyross •ban • ..

Library. Income. Amount of Subsidy. Orepuki Otautau Pembroke Pine Bush Pukerau Queenstown Riverton Upper Shotover Wairio Wallace Town Winton Woodlands £ s. d. 16 10 6 21 5 0 4 15 0 3 9 0 14 14 10 52 7 0 32 0 0 9 13 0 2 3 6 3 12 6 4 4 0 6 6 3 £ s. d. 9 7 3 10 8 7 6 14 2 6 8 4 8 19 2 17 8 9 12 17 0 7 16 3 6 2 7 6 9 1 6 11 8 7 12 Totals .. 214 4 4 325 1. 7