the Electric Light at a moderate cost, thereby securing a purer atmos- 

 phere and less destruction of the bindings of the books, as well as a 

 better light. 



Reference to the subjoined accounts will show how the income of 

 the Library has been expended. The establishment charges have been 

 kept as low as efficient working permits ; a fourth instalment of ^ioo has 

 been added to the sinking fund formed for the extinction of the debt 

 of ,£500 incurred when the Institution was founded ; and when all the 

 money voted to the Book Committee has been expended, a sum of 

 ,£505 will have been spent on the Library proper, against ^373 last 

 year. The ^90 which the alterations to the heating apparatus was 

 estimated to cost has been kept in hand because the contract was not 

 quite completed. 



The Report of the Chief Librarian, and the complete statistical 

 information appended to it, fully supply any additional information which 

 may be required concerning the working of the Institution ; and the 

 Committee have much pleasure in recording their complete satisfaction 

 with the way in which the entire staff carry out that work. 



The Committee desire, in conclusion, gratefully to acknowledge the 

 many valuable donations made during the past year, and to express 

 once more the opinion that the Public Library and Museum are doing 

 their excellent work thoroughly and economically, and with incalculable 

 benefit to the community at large. 



On behalf of the Committee, 



WILLIAM HOBSON, 



Chairman. 

 October joth, i8go. 



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