work that I have yet had, but the whole has been done without any serious 

 hindrance to the ordinary work of the Institution. In the preparation of 

 the " Devonshire " Catalogue, my assistant, Mr. W. H. Walton, rendered 

 invaluable assistance, and dealt with the many details in a most careful and 

 painstaking way. 



The last thousand of the new borrowers are thus distributed in the 

 various wards, the second column showing the number that would be reason 

 ably expected per thousand, according to the number of householder?. 



Becket Ward furnishes far above its proper quota of readers, Babington 

 and Friargate Wards are also considerably in advance. Litchurch Ward has 

 exactly its right proportion, and the other wards fall below. Castle Ward 

 supplies only slightly more than half its proper share. 



The news rooms are as fully used as ever, and I have not had any 

 complaint of the conduct of those who frequent them, neither has there 

 been the slightest difficulty in securing and maintaining orderly behaviour. 

 Early in the year there was an epidemic of that petty pilfering, which is 

 never entirely absert from our own and similar institutions, but a printed 

 appeal to those using the rooms to protect their own pro;erty, had the 

 desired effect, and I am glad to say that we have had no case now for some 

 months. 



I am very glad indeed to report that the re-arrangement of the fossils 

 in the Museum is at length completed. The work has been a long and an 

 arduous one, and the Sub-Committee charged with this special work has 

 spared neither time nor trouble in carrying it out. The collection now 

 consists of about 3,600 specimens, local species being well represented, and 

 the whole forms just such a collection of types as will be most useful to the 



