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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 85

* The Nelson Institute. — Marion M. Clarke, Librarian

* The Nelson Institute.

Marion M. Clarke, Librarian.

This is the only library in Nelson; it was established in 1841, and now contains about 6,000 volumes. The subscription is 10s. a year. Fiction largely predominates. page 33 During 1884, 9,641 volumes were issued to 241 borrowers, and there were 250 subscribers on the list. The library is open at intervals during the day, from 9.30 a.m. to 9 p.m., but is closed on Sundays and public holidays. There is a free reading-room and museum in connection with the Institute, open from 9.30 a.m. to 9 p.m. on week days. The rules of the Institute were revised in 1880, and in 1881 a printed classified catalogue was issued, supplements to which have been issued for 1881, 1882, 1883. I am glad to be able to record another lady librarian in New Zealand.