COUNTY BOROUGH OF DERBY. 



Thirty=Sixth Annual Report 



OF THE 



Free Library, Museum, and Art 

 Gallery Committee. 



The Committee have pleasure in submitting to the Town 

 Council their Thirty-Sixth Annual Report, and in chronicling 

 another year's successful work. 



The Library statistics show no diminution in the number of 

 borrowers, and in the daily issues the numbers have been fully 

 maintained. The Children's Department shows steady increase, 

 and during the winter evenings the resources of the staff are taxed 

 to the utmost. By taking a portion of the Reference Reading 

 Room, much additional space has been obtained, while the narrow- 

 ing of the unnecessarily wide tables enables the same number of 

 readers to be accommodated as before. Much relief to the over- 

 crowded shelves has been obtained by this means, and the comfort 



