BOROUGH OF DERBY. 



NINETEENTH ANNUAL REPORT 



OF THE 



JFree £ftrarp anti jHuseum Committee, 



For the Year ending September 2pth, i8go. 



THE Free Library and Museum Committee have great pleasure in 

 presenting their Nineteenth Annual Report, and, in doing so, 

 congratulate the Council on the completion of another year of usefulness 

 and prosperity. 



There is nothing special to report concerning the history of the 

 Library and Museum during the year just closed, the aim of the Committee 

 having been rather to perfect the work of the Institution on its present 

 lines than to initiate anything new or startling. The work has gone 

 steadily forward, and everything has been kept up to date, the Committee 

 having expended a very large sum on New Books. 1,520 new works 

 have been added, of which 1,180 are entirely new, and 340 are replace- 

 ments. 322 of these have been placed in the Reference Department, 

 many of them very valuable ; and the Book Committee have taken 

 special care that books on scientific subjects should contain the results 

 of the most modern research. 



The Building is in a good state of repair, and no painting or 

 cleaning has been necessary in any part. The Heating apparatus has 

 been thoroughly overhauled and re-modelled, and when a few minor 

 matters have been attended to, will be a very great improvement on 

 that hitherto existing. The Lighting in the corridor and delivery room 

 has been much improved, and the Committee are now turning their 

 attention to improving the light in the reading rooms by means of 

 reflectors. They will be very glad when the time arrives for introducing 



