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EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT 



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For the Year ending Sept. 28th, 1889. 



THE Free Library and Museum Committee have much pleasure in 

 presenting their Eighteenth Annual Report, and, in doing so, beg 

 to congratulate the Council on the continued usefulness and prosperity of 

 the Institution. 



There is nothing startling to chronicle respecting the last year's history 

 of the Library and Museum. The Institution stands as high as ever in 

 public estimation, and its efficiency in all its branches has been fully main- 

 tained. A larger sum of money than usual has been spent by the Book 

 Committee, no fewer than 1,647 nevv books having been purchased. Of 

 these 798 are replacements and 849 are entirely new. To the vigilant care 

 and discretion of the Book Committee is due the general high character 

 of the Library. 



The remaining portion of the cleaning and painting of the Building, 

 viz., the interior of the Library, has been completed during the present 

 summer, and the work has been very successfully carried out. The original 

 design has been adhered to, and there has only been a slight change in 

 the colours. No great expense will need to be incurred under this head 

 for several years to come. The building throughout is in a good state of 

 repair, and the only matter which will demand the attention of the Com- 

 mittee in the near future is the re-arrangement, if necessary, of the heat- 

 ing apparatus. 



A reference to the accounts attached to this Report will show how the 

 income of the Committee has been expended. They believe that the 



