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offices the Committee are indebted for the purchase of a lion on 
very favourable terms. This the Museam Committee hope to have 
in its place about Christmas. Another important addition is the 
bequest of a collection of Army and Navy Medals, which the 
Committee have received through the executors of the late Mr. 
W. Litchfield, of Gerard Street. Special cases are being arranged 
for these on the Museum corridor. Another important gift is that 
of the ‘Hutton Memorial,” secured through the efforts of Mr. 
Sidney B. Kckett, late of Derby and now of Birmingham. This 
consists of a small collection of the famous Derby _historian’s 
printed works, and also his portrait. The former have been placed 
in the “Devonshire” Library, and the latter hung on the Museum 
corridor. 
The buildings are in a good state of repair. Special expen- 
diture has been incurred during the past year in building a small 
wash-house at the Porter’s lodge; in providing a new entrance to 
the basement on the Strand side, in order to obviate heavy goods 
being brought in at the front entrance and carried down the steps; 
and the various parts of the building have been connected by tele- 
phone. All these alterations were very much wanted, and their 
provision is a great increase to the general convenicnce. 
An important change in the staff arrangements was necessitated 
in March last, when Mr. H. M. Haywood, who had been Clerk to 
the Committee for nearly twenty years, was appointed Chief Con- 
stable of the borough. After consideration, the Committee unani- 
mously decided to hand over his duties to the Librarian — an 
arrangement which works well. The Committee would like to 
place on record in this Report their sense of the valuable services 
rendered to the Institution by Mr. H. M. Haywood during the 
long period in which he held office, and of his unfailing courtesy 
and zeal in the discharge of his duties. 
It is the duty of the Committee, in closing this Report, to 
thank the numerous donors of books, magazines, newspapers, and 
Museum specimens for their donations during the year just closed, 
and to once more place on record their satisfaction with the way 
in which Mr. Crowther and his staff discharge their duties both 
to the Committee and to the public. 
On behalf of the Committee, 
GEORGE BOTTOMLEY, 
October 27th, 1898. Chairman. 
