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borrowers, have received notice at once that their books must not be 
returned till the houses have been disinfected, and in every case the book 
has been destroyed on its return to the Library. The public may therefore 
have confidence that the Library does nothing in spreading contagious 
diseases. I have to acknowledge gratefully the ready co-operation of the 
Sanitary Committee, and the great assistance I have received from the 
Medical Officer of Health for the Borough (W. Iliffe, Esq.) and the Sani- 
tary Inspector, Mr. Wilkinson. 
The News Room and Reference Room continue to be much used, and 
in the evenings are often uncomfortably full. Monday and Saturday are 
the busiest days. The behaviour of those who come to read has been 
exemplary, and I have much pleasure in noting the fact that there seemS 
every disposition to conform to the regulations in force for securing good 
order and perfect quiet. ‘The only unpleasant circumstance to report 
during the year is the undetected theft of two magazines. 
The re-arrangement and labelling of the Minerals in the Museum was 
completed last December, and a complete Catalogue of the collection has 
since been compiled by Mr. H. Arnold Bemrose, M.A., and is now avail- 
able to the general public at a small cost. The Fossils are in process of 
re-arrangement, and will, it is hoped, be finished by the end of the present 
year. The re-arrangement of the Shells necessitated by the large additions 
made last year is practically completed now, and the labelling is in a 
forward condition. A valuable collection of British Birds’ Eggs has been 
purchased, and the Museum Committee have had funds placed at their 
disposal for the purchase of Geological specimens which may be found 
wanting as the re-arrangement progresses. I hope soon to be able to report 
the Museum in perfect order. 
I am again glad to express my complete satisfaction with the work 
done by the staff of the Institution. Both the junior assistants have left 
since my last Report, taking with them an excellent character for industry, 
and those appointed in their places are doing their work well. The work 
done by the other members of the staff is of the same high quality which 
has characterised their many previous years of faithful service. I should 
like also to place on record my sense of the high service which is rendered 
by the entire newspaper press of Derby, and thankfully acknowledge its 
hearty co-operation in all that tends to the welfare of the Institution. 
The usual Tables are appended to this Report, to which I beg to refer 
all who require more detailed information, and beg to remain, Gentlemen, 
Yours obediently, 
W. CROWTHER, 
November 4th, 1889. Librarian and Curator. 
