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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 85

* Wanganui Public Library. — W. C. Watkins, Librarian

* Wanganui Public Library.

W. C. Watkins, Librarian.

This library was incorporated under the Public Libraries Powers Act, 1875. The annual subscription to it is 21s., and it is open daily (Sundays and public holidays excepted) from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. It contains about 3,000 volumes, and has a printed classified catalogue—8vo. pp. 115, issued in 1878, price is. The element of fiction is much the strongest in the library. The financial position of the library is fairly satisfactory; it participated to the extent of £117 3s. 2d. in the Government Subsidy to Libraries in 1883.

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