Excerpt from The Monthly Notes of the Library Association of the United Kingdom, Vol. 4
Hull. - The polling on the question of the ado tion of the Free Libraries Acts took place on Saturday, December 6, when the pro posal to adopt the Acts was rejected. The voting was, For the adoption, 4212 Against, 5889 majority against, 1677. The number of abstentions was very large, and the result is attributed to the defection and apathy of many of the ratepayers. It is notice able that the number of voters was not greater than the number of those who signed the requisition calling upon the Mayor to summon a public meeting, at which, moreover, the opponents of the movement were a very small minority.
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