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gradually withdrawn, and are being replaced by single volume 
editions. ‘Three books have been lost and paid for, and three have 
been totally lost through default of borrower and guarantor. The 
number of books rebound has been 850, and books repaired 3204, 
a total of 4054, while 58 books have been withdrawn as worn out. 
These have been replaced by new ones where the Book Committee 
thought it desirable. I have again to report with much pleasure 
that the books as a whole are very well used, and very few cases 
of either careless or wilful damage have come under my notice 
during the past year. The Library is now in good working order, 
and the Books in a good state of repair. 
You will notice a considerable discrepancy between the total 
number of borrowers given in last year’s report and the present 
one. It has been the practice to retain on the list of borrowers 
all who have not formally surrendered their tickets, and it came 
frequently under my notice that tickets were used by others than 
those to whom they were originally issued. Acting under your 
directions, I gave notice to all who entered the Library before 
January 1st, 1885, that their guarantees must be renewed. As the 
result of this, we find that only about 1300 of the 10,314 borrowers 
concerned are at present using the Library. Adding this to the 
number of borrowers entered since the above date, and deducting 
the surrendered cards, I arrive at 4500 as the approximate number 
of tickets now in force, a number much more probable on the face 
of it than the high figures hitherto given. The new borrowers 
during the last year number 1267 against 1356 the previous year. 
For the future, the guarantee will last three years, and notice will 
be given monthly to those whose time has expired. The number 
of borrowers since the opening of the Institution is now 13,706. 
The Newsrooms are as much frequented as ever. Incidental 
countings taken by me from time to time prove that the number 
of visitors given in last year’s returns was well within the mark. 
With few exceptions, the conduct of those attending the Newrooms 
is exemplary. 
My work in the Museum has consisted in the completion of 
the re-arrangement of the shells, and a commencement of the fossils. 
About a thousand of the latter have been re-mounted and labelled, and 
I am indebted to Mr. J. W. Carr, B.A., of Nottingham, for most 
valuable help in naming them. The re-arrangement of the Mineral 
collection has been kindly undertaken by Mr. A. H. Stokes, and 
Mr. H. Arnold Bemrose, M.A. This has been a work involving much 
