WESTLAND INSTITUTE. 



Annual Meeting: 11th December, 1889. 

 Absteact of Annual Report. 



Tlic Trustees, in presenting the twenty-third annual report, state 

 that the year has been an uneventful one. 



The Borough Council voted the sum of £25 to the Institute in 1888, 

 and in the past year £20. 



The roll shows that there are seventy- one members, which is con- 

 sidered a fair number. 



There have been ten ordinary meetings and one special meeting, which 

 have been generally well attended. 



One hundred and ninety volumes of useful works have been added to 

 the library by purchase, including twenty-two volumes of the " Encyclo- 

 p;i'dia Britannica ; " while several donations of a valuable nature have 

 been made. 



The Trustees return thanks to those proprietors who donate news- 

 papers to the Institute. 



The balance-sheet shows that the total receipts, including a balance 

 from the previous year of £7 6s. lid., amounted to £126 7s. 7d., while the 

 expenditure was £113 14s. ; leaving a balance in hand of £12 13s. 7d. 



