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Before Members are allowed to take Books out of the 
Library, a deposit of ten shillings is required. Some of 
the Books cannot be taken away from the Library. 
The Accounts for the year have been audited, and the . 
General Financial Statement, to March 31st, 1871, is 
appended to this report. 
The Museum, now containing a valuable and well- 
arranged collection of Natural History, Geology, and 
Antiquitics, as well as a Library, which, though not 
extensive, contains many works of cost and value, is highly 
creditable to the Town and County of Warwick, and 
deserves a much greater amount of support than it has of 
late years received. An excellent foundation has been 
laid, but much might be effected if adequate means were 
placed at the disposal of the Council. Owing to the losses 
by death, of several subscribers during the past year, and 
the small number of additional members, the funds of the 
Society are in a less satisfactory condition than could be 
desired. A reference to the list of subscribers will show 
that only a few of the rich and influential residents in the 
County belong to the Society. If the members would 
solicit annual subscriptions from their friends and neigh- 
bours, it is probable that a considerable addition would 
be made to the funds of the Society. 
During the past winter, the Museum has been thrown 
open on a certain number of evenings in the week, so as to 
make its valuable contents available to the working classes 
_and others, who, from their time being fully occupied, are 
unable to visit it during the daytime. 
Three Lectures have also been delivered at eight o’clock 
in the evening, in the months of December, January, and 
February: they were listened to with great interest and 
attention by crowded audiences, composed principally of 
artizans, and their families. 
