THE FRIENDS OF THE TURNBULL LIBRARY

Turnbull Library Record, Volume XI, 1 November 1953, Page 15

THE FRIENDS OF THE TURNBULL LIBRARY

REPORT OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Presented at the Annual Business Meeting held on 20th August, 1953 Your Committee report as follows: — 1. General meetings were held during 1952 as under: — 28th May (annual meeting): An address on Book Illustration was given by Mr. S. B. McLennan, A.R.C.A., N.R.D. 31st July: A paper was read by the late Dr. H. F. von Haast on Shakespeare’s King Henry the Sixth Part 11. 16th October: An address was given by Mr. C. R. FI. Taylor, the Librarian, on the Nan Kivell collection of Pacificana, with exhibits from the collection. 13th November: Mr. Blackwood Paul of Hamilton delivered the second Walpole Memorial Lecture; subject, the Novel and Literary Taste of the Nineteen-thirties.

The thanks of the Friends are due to these gentlemen. 2. The death is regretted of Dr. H. F. von Haast, a foundation member of the Friends, and for many years an active committeeman. He bequeathed to the Library a sum of £I,OOO, together with his manuscripts and a number of useful books. The death is also regretted of Mr. P. Watts Rule of Timaru, a good friend of the Library, who, “as one of the Friends of the Turnbull Library” (to quote his will) bequeathed to it 20 selected volumes, including an incunabulum, the Gritsh Quadragesimale (Strassburg, 1477), as well as his “A. Edward Newton Collection” of books, pamphlets, and manuscripts, totalling about 100 volumes. 3. The accounts show that the sale of maps, prints and postcards referred to in the last annual report has resulted in the Society’s being in a better financial position than at any previous time.

4. Issues No. 9 and No. 10 of the Turnbull Library Record were produced during the year and distributed to members. 5. Circulars inviting new members were distributed with the assistance of Messrs. J. H. Bethune and Co., the Beltane Book Bureau, and the Polynesian Society; and the Education Department published in its Education Gazette, and the Post-primary Teachers’ Association in their Journal, notices to the like effect. Your Committee wish to acknowledge these courtesies. 6. Your Committee place on record their appreciation of the clerical services as secretarial assistant of Miss G. M. Gilbert, whose efficient attention to the business affairs of the Friends and to the preparation of the Record was of substantial value, and whose retirement from the staff of the Library your Committee regrets.

STATEMENT OF INCOME AND EXPENDITURE FOR YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH, 1953

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GENERAL ACCOUNT

cl. d. s. s. 0 Constitution Subscriptions Printing 0 6 42 excess

HUGH WALPOLE ENDOWMENT 1952/53 1951/52 1952/53 1951/52 £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Lecture fee 5 5 6 Excess of income over expenditure Excess of expenditure over income 15 0 £5 5 6 £3 19 6 £5 5 6 £3 19 6

GENERAL BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31st MARCH, 1953 (Figures as at 31st March 1952 inserted for comparison)

LIABILITIES ASSETS 1952/53 1951/52 1952/53 1951/52 £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Accumulated Fund .... 136 0 8 148 16 4 Bank of New Zealand 207 3 4 78 3 4 Add excess of income Post Office Savings Bank 173 18 7 11317 1 over expenditure .... 114 5 2 — l2 15 8* Cash in hand Sundry creditors 234 3 7 Unpaid subscriptions 14 14 0 39 8 0 Subscriptions paid in advance .... 4 4 0 10 6 Maps, prints, pamphlets and blocks Life membership fees reserve .... 120 5 0 120 5 0 (at cost) 212 2 6 20 12 3 Stationery, etc. 10 0 10 0 £6OB 18 5 £256 16 2 £6OB 18 5 £256 16 2

HUGH WALPOLE MEMORIAL FUND Balance Sheet as at 31st March 1953 (Figures as at 31st March 1952 inserted for comparison)

LIABILITIES ASSETS 1952/53 1951/52 1952/53 1951/52 £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Capital 125 0 0 125 0 0 Government Stock at cost 120 0 0 120 0 0 Accumulated income at Post Office Savings Bank 21 12 2 11 13 8 beginning of year .... 17 17 2 13 17 8 Accrued Interest Less excess of expenditure over income for year 15 0 £l4l 12 2 £142 17 2 £l4l 12 2 £142 17 2