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XXXIII

Public Libraries Subsidy. The stun of ,£4,000, voted for public libraries, has been distributed in accordance with the resolution of the General Assembly, the maximum amount given to any library being limited to .£5O. A separate parliamentary paper (E.-10) contains a copy of the notification, showing the principles upon which the distribution of the vote is made, and a list, arranged according to the education districts, of all the libraries that participated in the grant, with their several incomes, and the amounts paid to them respectively. The only income recognised as entitling to subsidy was that derived from subscriptions and voluntary contributions; receipts from endowments and Borough or County Councils, rents of buildings or rooms, and moneys obtained for building purposes, beingexcluded from the calculation. The following is a summary of the distribution of the vote in the different education districts :—

TABLE Z. —Distribution of the Public Libraries Subsidy according to Education Districts.

EREATUM. Appendix, Paob 1, Tablb No. 1. In last oolumn, " Totals for 1884," /or " £399,504 135.," read £389,564 135." v—E. 1.

Education District. Number of Libraries. Income. Amount of Subsidy. Luckland Vanganui Vellington lawke's Bay .. _arlborough Jelson .orth Canterbury louth Canterbury Vestland )tago Southland 93 8 14 15 31 5 SO 78 9 16 61 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 7 449 15 0 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 0 191 11 10 601 13 1 214 4 4 Totals 385 8,808 10 11 3,998 11 11