The re-arrangement of the minerals in the Museum is now 

 practically completed, and the collection will be fully labelled and in 

 order in the course of a few weeks. Mr. A. H. Stokes, F.G.S., and Mr. 

 Arnold Bemrose, M.A., who have kindly undertaken this work, and 

 to whom I owe a deep debt of gratitude, have had their labours 

 considerably prolonged by the arrangement of the important 

 purchases made from Mrs. Urban Smith in March last. I think that 

 when finally arranged, our collection will fully hold its own with that 

 of other provincial Museums. 



The numbers visiting the Institution were carefully counted 

 during three separate weeks in February and March last. The 

 highest week was 13,816, and the lowest 13,215, the average being 

 13,423, thus distributed : 



Lending Library 3330 



News Room 

 Reference Room 

 Ladies' Room .. 

 Museum... 



5330 



3013 



73i 



1019 



13423 



The busiest day in the Reading Rooms is Monday ; in the 



Libraries and Museum, Saturday. These figures need no comment, 



showing as they do that the Institution, as a whole, is well used and 



highly appreciated. The figures for the year, on the same basis, 



would be something like 670,000, or about seven times the population 



of the borough. 



I have again the greatest pleasure in testifying to the zeal and 



efficiency with which the whole of the staff discharge their duties. 



All the work, which is at times very heavy, is cheerfully done, and 



with a single eye to the good of the Institution and the service 



of the public. 



The usual tables are appended to this report, to which I beg to 



refer all who require further information, and beg to remain, 



gentlemen, 



Your obedient Servant, 



W. CROWTHER, 



Librarian and Curator. 

 October 30th, 1888. 



