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£5000, and a Freehold Site was purchased at Kennington Cross
for about £2200. The contract for the building amounted to
£7000, and Miss Durning Smith, to cover this expense, has
increased her donation to £10,000, so that the entire Site and
Building will be paid for by Miss Durning Smith. The building
has been commenced but will not be completed until 1889.
A sum of £10,000 has been promised by John Noble, Esq., of
Henley-on-Thames, towards the purchase of the ground and the
erection of a Library for North Lambeth, which will make four
Libraries in all.
The following is an Account of the Receipts and Expenditure
of the Commissioners from their election, in February, 1887, to
25th March, 1888.