Title: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]

Author: Cyclopedia Company Limited

Publication details: The Cyclopedia Company, Limited, 1905, Christchurch

Part of: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 New Zealand Licence

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The Hampden Athenaeum , which was founded about 1870, has its domicile in a wooden building, which consists of a hall and public room, and is erected on a site of three-quarters of an acre in the centre of the borough. There are about 700 volumes in the library and local and illustrated papers are supplied to the reading room.