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Indexes have been made to the large collection of Liverpool 
obituary notices, and to the biographical, historical, and topo- 
eraphical articles. 
Tur Moorr MSS ann Documents. 
The Collection of Moore MSS and Documents in the Reference 
Library have been calendared by Mr. John Brownbill. There are 
1344 separate items in this collection, and all have been numbered 
and systematically arranged. 
LANCASHIRE Dreps. 
The Calendar of the Lancashire portion of the Coleman Collection 
of deeds which was made by Mr. Brownbill in 1910, has been typed 
and an index of the names of the persons and places contained 
therein has been compiled and typed. 
New Lisrary Burnpres. 
During the year three new. buildings were completed and opened. 
The Stanley Road Reading Rooms were opened by the Right 
Honourable the Lord Mayor (Councillor S. Mason Hutchinson), on 
the 13th of June. The Sefton Park Lending Library was cpened 
by the generous donor (Dr. Andrew Carnegie), on August the 5rd; 
and the Walton and Fazakerley Lending Library and Reading 
Rooms by the Vice-Chairman of the Library, Museum, and Arts 
Committee (Dr. Richard Caton), on November 25rd. ‘The Stanley 
Road Reading Rooms are most popular, and there has been an 
average attendance of 211 per night. 
At both the Walton and Fazakerley and the Sefton Park Libraries 
the safeguarded Open Access system has been introduced and so fax 
has proved successful. ‘The success of the latter Library amply 
demonstrates that the public of the Sefton Park district appreciate 
the increased facilities for reading that the new building affords. 
‘The fact that this new building is situated near to the premises in 
Lark Lane used for many years as a Lending Library, has enabled 
nearly all the borrowers to retain their tickets, while a large number 
of new Readers have been secured, In 1911, 2850 Readers’ tickets 
