18 LIBRARIES, 
year. In the District Halls 119 lectures were given to adults, and 
here the attendances shew the marked increase of 4,408 on the 
figures of 1912. It is always the desire of the Lectures Committee 
that lectures be given where possible in halls specially equipped 
and suited for the purpose rather than in the Reading Rooms of 
our Branch Libraries; and following this course the Kirkdale 
Lecture Centre was transferred from the Branch Library in Brock 
Street to the Co-operative Hall in Walton Road. It is also confi- 
dently expected that the hall at the Lister Drive Council Schools 
will again be at the service of the Committee for lecture purposes 
during the ensuing Session. Lectures were this year given in the 
Low Hill District for the first time. 
Your obedient Servant, 
GEO. T. SHAW, 
Cuter LisprariaN. 
The Library, Museum, and 
Arts Committee. 
