COUNTY BOROUGH OF DERBY. 



Thirty=Ninth Annual Report 



. OF THE 



Free Library, Museum, and Art 

 Gallery Committee. 



The Committea have great pleasure in s^^bmitting to the Council 

 their Thirty-ninth Annual Report. 



They are glad to report all the buildings in a satisfactory 

 state of repair, and during the last twelve months little expenditure 

 has been necessary. At the Arboretum Reading Room, the electric 

 light has been introduced, to the greatly increased comfort of the 

 visitors, and both the Reading Room and the Caretaker's house have 

 been cleaned and painted throughout. 



The Library maintains its usefulness, and the books lent out or 

 consulted on the premises show no diminution in numbers. The 

 Committee are more than ever convinced of the value of the subscription 

 to Messrs. W. H. Smith and Son, which is much appreciated by all 

 the borrowers, and the supply of books from that firm has been 

 kept well up to date. There have been one or two instances of stealing 



