way in which they one and all discharge their duties. As heretofore 

 the Derby newspapers have been willing coadjutors with me in every- 

 thing that has tended to the benefit of the Institution, and to those 

 connected with them I am under many and deep obligations. Finally 

 I have to thank you all for your kindly help and consideration, and to 

 express the hope that the work here, in which I find the greatest 

 possible pleasure, may always be carried on in such a way as to deserve 

 your approval and merit a continuance of your confidence. 



I remain, Gentlemen, 



Very faithfully yours, 



WILLIAM CROWTHER, 



Librarian and Curator. 

 November ist, 1895. 



