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Borough of DerBy. 
TWENTY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT 
OF THE 
free Library and Museum Committee, 
for the Year ended September 3oth, 1893. 
ow Free Library and Museum Committee, in presenting their 
Twenty-Second Annual Report to the Council, are glad to be 
able to say that the Institution under their charge is in a prosperous 
condition, and is doing its work successfully. 
The issue of books for the year, particularly in the Lending Depart- 
ment, shows a marked increase which is very gratifying, the issues now 
reaching a daily average of over six hundred. The new books added 
during the year number g1g, and the replacements of worn-out books 
amount to 355, making a total of 1,274 books purchased during the 
year. It has not been thought necessary to publish an additional 
supplementary Catalogue, but type-written lists of the books added are 
shown in the Delivery Room. Those who wish for further information 
respecting the Library are referred to the Librarian’s Report, and the 
exhaustive tables which accompany it. 
The building is in a good state of repair. In view of the introduc- 
tion of the Electric Light, the painting and re-decoration of the Museum 
and Library have been deferred for a time, but these will shortly be 
proceeded with. The completion of the Electric Lighting installation 
is now only a matter of a few days, and will probably be completed by 
the time this Report is before the Council. The Committee feel sure 
they have acted in the best interests of the Institution in incurring this 
expense, as a great saving will be effected in the charges for painting 
and decoration, as well as in bookbinding; while the amount of benefit 
both to the staff and to the visitors in the way of better light and 
increased purity of atmosphere can scarcely be over-estimated. 
The cost of the installation will probably be about £370, and the 
Committee are glad to say that they will be able to pay this, and also 
