Excerpt from Preliminary Report of the Carnegie Library
The list having heen completed, was submitted to the Commit tee, and approved. A copy of the English Lists, to be used as an order list, was forwarded to our purchasing agents. The books were ordered by them from the various publishers, English, Ameri can and Canadian, and a large proportion of them are now in Ottawa, ready to be unpacked and catalogued as soon as the Library building is ready to receive them.
It is only just to the Library Supply Company to say that they have not only lived up to their agreement in every respect, but have given us in many cases even better rates than they promised.
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