gradually withdrawn, and are being replaced by single volume 

 edition. Ihree books have been lost and paid for, and three have 

 been totally lost through default of borrower and guarantor. The 

 number of books rebound has been S50, and books repaired , 204 

 a total of 4054, while 58 books have been withdrawn as worn out' 

 These have been replaced by new ones where the Book Committee 

 thought it desirable. I have again to report with much pleasure 

 that the books as a whole are very well used, and very few cases 

 of either careless or wilful damage have come under my notice 

 during the past year. The Library is now in good working order, 

 and the Books in a good state of repair. 



You will notice a considerable discrepancy between the total 

 number of borrowers given in last year's report and the present 

 one It has been the practice to retain on the list of borrowers 

 all who have not formally surrendered their tickets, and it came 

 frequently under my notice that tickets were used by others than 

 those to whom they were originally issued. Acting under your 

 directions, I gave notice to all who entered the Library before 

 January ,st, ,885, that their guarantees must be renewed. As the 

 result of this, we find that only about ,300 of the xo, 3I 4 borrowers 

 concerned are at present using the Library. Adding this to the 

 number of borrowers entered since the above date, and deducting 

 the surrendered cards, I arrive at 45 oo as the approximate number 

 Of tickets now in force, a number much more probable on the face 

 of it than the high figures hitherto given. The new borrowers 

 during the last year number i,6 7 against ,356 the previous year 

 For the future, the guarantee will last three years, and notice will 

 be given monthly to those whose time has expired. The number 

 of borrowers since the opening of the Institution is now 13 7 o6 



The Newsrooms are as much frequented as ever. Incidental 

 countings taken by me from time to time prove that the number 

 of visitors g,ven in last year's returns was well within the mark. 

 With few exceptions, the conduct of those attending the Newrooms 

 is exemplary. 



My work in the Museum has consisted in the completion of 

 the re-arrangement of the shells, and a commencement of the fossils. 

 About a thousand of the latter have been re-mounted and labelled, and 

 I am mdebted to Mr. J. W. Carr, B.A., of Nottingham, for most 

 valuable hep in naming then, The re-arrangement of the Mineral 

 collection has been kindly undertaken by Mr. A. H. Stokes, and 

 Mr. H. Arnold Bemrose, M.A. This has been a work involving much 



