Borough of Derby. 
EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT 
OF THE 
Hree Hibrarp and Museum Committee, 
For the Year ending Sept. 28th, 1889. 
HE Free Library and Museum Committee have much pleasure in 
presenting their Eighteenth Annual Report, and, in doing so, beg 
to congratulate the Council on the continued usefulness and prosperity of 
the Institution. 
There is nothing startling to chronicle respecting the last year’s history 
of the Library and Museum. The Institution stands as high as ever in 
public estimation, and its efficiency in all its branches has been fully main- 
tained. A larger sum of money than usual has been spent by the Book 
Committee, no fewer than 1,647 new books having been purchased. Of 
these 798 are replacements and 849 are entirely new. To the vigilant care 
and discretion of the Book Committee is due the general high character 
of the Library. 
The remaining portion of the cleaning and painting of the Building, 
viz., the interior of the Library, has been completed during the present 
summer, and the work has been very successfully carried out. The original 
design has been adhered to, and there has only been a slight change in 
_ the colours. No great expense will need to be incurred under this head 
for several years to come. The building throughout is in a good state of 
repair, and the only matter which will demand the attention of the Com- 
_ mittee in the near future is the re-arrangement, if necessary, of the heat- 
ing apparatus. 
A reference to the accounts attached to this Report will show how the 
income of the Committee has been expended. They believe that the 
