and convenience of the new arrangement will be much feit during 

 the coming busy season. The Book Selection Committee have done 

 their best in purchasing new books to keep the Library up to 

 modern requirements, and have during the year just closed made 

 further withdrawals of obsolete books. All further details respect- 

 ing the Library will be found in the Librarian's separate Report, 

 and in the appended tables. 



The Newsrooms, both at the Central Library and the Arbore- 

 tum branch, continue to be very widely used, and every effort has 

 been made to make the list of newspapers and periodicals as 

 interesting and generally useful as the pecuniary resources of the 

 Committee will permit. A few alterations and additions have been 

 made dvu'ing the past year, and every suggestion that isi made by 

 those who use the rooms receives the consideration of the Com- 

 mittee. They are sorry to notice from the Report of the Librarian 

 that petty pilfering is not yet quite extinct, and they appeal to 

 those who use the rooms to assist them in the care of the property 

 of the ratepayers, a.nd to aid in the detection of those who oflfendL 



The re-arrangement of the Museum is now practically com- 

 plete, and there is little to be done there beside the placing in 

 position such new specimens as may from time to time be acquired. 

 For a small Museum, it now contains a fairly complete collection 

 (if typical specimens in all branches, and the Committee are glad 

 to know that it is being increasingly made use of by students. 

 Classes from the public Elementary Schools aiso attend frequently, 

 and are gladly weilcomed by the Curator, who is always pleased to 

 give any assistance to their studies which lies in his power. 



The Art Gallery continues to prosper, and has been attended 

 by a large number of visitors. The Autumn and Spring Ex- 

 hibitions were held as usual, and maintained their high 

 character, while in the summer months, no special Exhibition was 

 held, but all the pictures belonging to the Permanent Coillection 

 were hung together in the Upper Gallery, and these were visited 

 by nearly fifteen thousand persons. The Council will be interested 



