BOROUGH OF DERBY. 
NINETEENTH ANNUAL REPORT 
OF THE 
Free Library and Museum Conuntter, 
For the Year ending September 29th, 1890. 
HE Free Library and Museum Committee have great pleasure in 
presenting their Nineteenth Annual Report, and, in doing s0, 
congratulate the Council on the completion of another year of usefulness 
and prosperity. 
There is nothing special to report concerning the history of the 
Library and Museum during the year just closed, the aim of the Committee 
having been rather to perfect the work of the Institution on its present 
lines than to initiate anything new or startling. The work has gone 
steadily forward, and everything has been kept up to date, the Committee 
having expended a very large sum on New Books. 1,520 new works 
have been added, of which 1,180 are entirely new, and 340 are replace- 
ments. 322 of these have been placed in the Reference Department, 
many of them very valuable ; and the Book Committee have taken 
special care that books on scientific subjects should contain the results 
of the most modern research. 
The Building is in a good state of repair, and no painting or 
cleaning has been necessary in any part. The Heating apparatus has 
been thoroughly overhauled and re-modelled, and when a few minor 
matters have been attended to, will be a very great improvement on 
that hitherto existing. The Lighting in the corridor and delivery room 
has been much improved, and the Committee are now turning their 
attention to improving the light in the reading rooms by means of 
reflectors. They will be very glad when the time arrives for introducing 
