NELSON INSTITUTE. 



Annual Meeting : 25th February, 1903. 

 Abstract of Annual Report. 



The receipts for the year from all sources (including balance, £19 7s., 

 brought forward) amounted to £243 2s. 8d., and the expenditure to 

 £236 19s. 6d., leaving a credit balance of £6 3s. 2d. This small amount 

 to credit is accounted for by the unusual expenditure of over £25 in con- 

 nection with the Gordon Downs Accommodation house. It will be noted 

 with satisfaction that the receipts from subscriptions amounted to 

 £167 17s. 9d., as against £129 16s. for the previous year, representing an 

 increase of about thirty-eight members. 



Some necessary repairs have been made to the Gordon Accommoda- 

 tion-house at the request of the Licensing Bench, and £25 has been 

 expended on this property during the year, as stated above. The new 

 tenant has effected considerable improvements on the land during the 

 short time he has had possession. 



The committee have received an offer to lease the Tadmor Block at a 

 low rental, but have declined the offer, considering it better to defer deal- 

 ing with it until the Tadmor section of the railway, now in progress, is 

 completed, when it is considered a better rental will be obtained. 



About two hundred volumes of new works have been purchased 

 during the year. Several new magazines and periodicals have been 

 added, and an excellent collection of the best illustrated papers, reviews, 

 magazines, and periodical literature is available for readers and for 

 circulation. 



The free reading-room has been well attended during the year. 



The committee have extended the hours, for convenience of members, 

 during which the library is open, from 5 to 5.30 p.m. and from 9 to 

 9.30 p.m., and trust that the increased prosperity of the Institute may 

 enable them in the future to still further extend the hours. 



The committee desire to record their thanks to members who have 

 kindly placed newspapers and periodicals in the reading-rooms, and to 

 those who have generously presented books, and would again wish to 

 express their appreciation of the courteous and efficient manner in which 

 the duties of Librarian have been carried out by Miss Reeves. 



Election of Officers for 1903. — President — H. W. 

 Robinson ; Vice-president — D. Grant ; Secretary — A. J. Red- 

 grave ; Librarian — R. Reeves. 



