ett tb bass ertity tet ePsina eae whe op iT a Fa TWENTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE | DERBY FREE LIBRARY -645 AND MUSEUM, xo. and SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT of the ART GALLERY (COMMITTEE. oS SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ART GALLERY COMMITTEE. Presented to the Town Council, Hovember 9th, 1899. DERBY: Printed by Hitt & Cook, 17, Victoria Street. 1899, ee , CL as Aah > List of Committees and Officials. Library & Museum Committec. Mr. ALDERMAN ANN, J.P., Mayor, ex-officio. _Mr. ALprerman G. BOTTOMLEY, J.P., Cuarrman. Mr. ALtperman CHOLERTON, J.P. Mr. H. ARNOLD BEMROSE, M.A. i “e DUESBURY, J.P. » W. BEMROSE, J.P. Bs 4 HARRISON, J.P. , ALEX. BUCHANAN, J.P. 4 i. RUSSELL, J.P a SP COURT. ,, CouncILLoR DOULD » A. B. HAMILTON, L.L.M., J.P. Fs * SHACKLETON. » H. M. HOBSON. 7 WILSON, M.A., J.P. Rev. G. HUNSWORTH, M.A. i +3 WINTER. Mr. W. J. PIPER, J.P. Mr. A. H. STOKES, A.M., F.G.S. Art Gallery Committee. Mr. ALpERMAN ANN, J.P., Mayon, ex-officio. Mr. WILLIAM BEMROSE, J.P., Cuarrman. Mr. ALDERMAN SOWTER, J.P. Mr. Councitior A. WILSON, M.A., J.P Vich-CHAIRMAN. = 3 WINTER. * s BOTTOMLEY, J.P. Dr. FRANCIS. 5 = HARRISON, J.P. Mr. C. B. KHENE. ,, CouncILLoR FRANKLIN. » T.C.SIMMONDS. # i: HORNE, J.P. » GEO. TURNER. Librarian, Curator, and Secretary, Mr. WILLIAM CROWTHER. Assistant Librarians, Mr. W. H. WALTON. Miss ETHEL J. CROWTHER Mr. W. LOUIS COLTMAN. Junior Assistants, G. W. PULLEN. HELEN J. WHITE. T. GOODWIN. Art Gallery Attendant: J. FOLEY. Porter; GEORGE PULLEN. POUNTY BOROUGH OF ‘DERBY. Twentyzeighth Hnnual Report OF THE Free Library and Museum Committee For the Year ended September 30th, 1899. a > HE Free Library and Museum Committee have pleasure in laying before the Town Council their Twenty-eighth Annual Report. The Library and Museum are in a prosperous condition. The number of books in the Library now amounts to 32,193, an increase of nearly a thousand volumes during the past year. Full details of these and of the general work of the Library will be found in the Librarian’s Report which accompanies this. The question of space in the present building will soon become an urgent one, and the new book-case containing about three thousand volumes, which has been erected during the year, is the last step that can be taken under present circumstances. The Arboretum Branch Reading Room continues to prosper, and the number of visitors is constantly on the increase. The special exit into Rose Hill Street is much used during the last hour of the evening, and has proved to be an admirable arrangement, although its use has led to a small increase in the gas bill. All the other expenses of maintenance have been kept well within the Committee’s estimate. The Committee are sorry to report the death of Mrs. McCarthy, who has ‘had charge of the Room from its opening. She always discharged her duty with zeal and discretion, and the Committee have lost a faithful and valuable servant. Her daughter (Mrs. Macnamara), who has been temporarily in charge, and thoroughly understands the work, has to-day been appointed to the vacant post. 6 The Sub-Committee charged with the re-arrangement of the Museum has had many meetings during the past year, and the work steadily progresses. This part of the institution has had some valuable additions during the year, prominent among which are the Lion, procured through the good offices of Colonel Spreckley, and a splendid specimen of the Grizzly Bear, presented by His Worship the Mayor (Alderman E. T. Ann, J.P.) The Litchfield Bequest of Army and Navy Medals has also been arranged on the Museum corridor in a case specially provided for it, and a corresponding case will shortly contain the coins and tokens belonging to the Museum. Mr. Sidney B. Eckett, of Birmingham, and formerly of Derby, has supplemented the ‘“‘ Hutton Memorial ”’ by a further gift of Hutton’s works, and a picture of the historian’s house. Completeness has been given to the memorial by the gift of a good bust of Hutton by Mr. Henson, of Quarndon. The property is in a good state of repair, and there has been no special expenditure during the year. Next year some painting and cleaning will have to be undertaken, for the first time since 1894. The Committee, in closing this Report, have again to thank the donors of books, magazines, newspapers, and museum specimens, for their gifts during the past year, and also to express their satisfaction with the administration of the affairs of the Institution by Mr. Crowther and his staff. On behalf of the Committee, GEORGE BOTTOMLEY, * October 26th, 1899. Chairman. ~I WLibrarian’s Report. ~ —— oe - + T’o the Committee, for the Year ended September 30th, 1899. GENTLEMEN, T gives me much pleasure to lay before you my Fourteenth Annual I Report. I propose, as in former years, to point out some of the more prominent facts connected with the tables which accompany it, in the hope that they may prove of interest, not only to yourselves, but to the members of the general public who use the Library and are interested in its work. Table I. deals with the Lending Library Stock, and it will be seen that this now consists of 20,466 volumes, of which 813 have been added during the year. Of* the 562 withdrawn as worn-out, only 256 have been replaced, many of the others being old books, or those of such ephemeral interest that they are not worth replacing. Nine volumes have been lost and paid for, and five have been totally lost. Table IT. shows the issues in the same department, and these are 5,000 less than last year and 14 less in daily average. I find that my colleagues through- out the country have had, for the most part, the same experience for the last. two years, and I can only point out, as I did last year, that the continued briskness of trade decreases the time which can be given to reading, while the exceptionally fine summer just over has led many of our borrowers to find their recreation out of doors. The decrease is principally in fiction and juvenile literature, the amount of solid reading remaining at much the same level. This fact is emphasised by a small increase in the books taken out of the Reference Department, where the daily issues number 39 against 36 last year. The stock in this depart-* ment is 11,727 volumes, of which about 3,300 are Patent Specifications fs 195 volumes, other than Patents, have been added during the past year, and every effort is made to keep this department quite up-to-date. 8 In Table V. we have variedinformation. The totalnumber of borrowers remains about as usual, while of new borrowers there have been added rather more children and fewer adults than last year. No fewer than 1,071 borrowers had to be reminded through the post that their books were overdue, and the amount of fines levied is rather more than last year. Only 340 books had to be re-bound, and I believe we are now beginning to feel the good effect of the use of the Electric Light in this particular. 3,934 books passed through the binder’s hands for greater or less reason, minor repairs, numbering, labelling, and lettering, being done by our own binder on the premises. The occupations of the last thousand borrowers- are shown in Table VI., and as_ usual our clients come from allclasses of the community. The same thousand ~ borrowers are distributed among the wards as shown in the following table, on which there is no special remark to make. PER THOUSAND. WARD. _ Actual ints ee | Aumber ot “aecording to . Population. Arboretum Rie he “5 118 168 Babington a as sf 133 122 | Becket .. $c Ses sont 263 | 198 } Castle .. oF ae Si, 69 | 115 ) Derwent vB ct Al 65 64 Friar Gate... i ea 151 | 113 King’s Mead | 114 145 ! Litchurch | 87 | 75 . The Newsrooms are as fully used as ever, and I have not had any com- plaint throughout the year concerning the conduct of those who fre- quent them, neither is there any ground for complaint in the way our books are used. I believe that in both matters there has been a steady improvement during the last five years. The work of re-arrangement in the Museum has gone steadily on during the year. The British Mollusca are now finished, and a begin- ning has been made with the birds. A very useful purchase was made in June last, that of the collection of bird skins belonging to A. E. Brown, Esq., of Burton-on-Trent. These are very largely local, and therefore of special interest. The Committee hope that with these, their former stock, and a very few purchases, they will have a good display in the = 9 cases, a further collection of skins available for inspection, and then a number of duplicates for disposal. His Worship the Mayor has given two entertainments in the Museum and Art Gallery, one to the Derby Photographie Society at the opening of their Exhibition, and one to the delegates sent to the Postal Meetings in Derby and to the local Post Office staff. Both were very successful, and in neither case was it necessary to suspend the use of the Library and Newsrooms. I attended the Annual Meeting of the Library Association at Manchester in the first week of September, and was again elected a Member of the Council of that body. I have since had the honour of being present at tlfe opening of the Rylands Library, by special invitation of its Founder. In closing this report, I once more gladly bear witness to the valuable help and co-operation of the local press in everything which tends to forward the interests of this Institution. The work of my staff has been entirely satisfactory, and it is a matter of special gratification to me that the extra work entailed by the serious and prolonged illness of one of their number was cheerfully undertaken, and done in such a way that the service of the public did not suffer in the least. Thanking you for the help given and consideration always shown me during the fourteen years I have been with you, which have . made my work a pleasure, I remain, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, WILLIAM CROWTHER, October 26th, 1899. Librarian, Curator, and Secretary. 10 Seventeenth Lnnual Report OF THE Corporation Art Gallery Committee. Town Council their Seventeenth Annual Report, and in doing so, express the opinion that at no period of its history has the Gallery been doing better work, or been more appreciated by the inhabitants. G HE Art Gallery Committee have pleasure in presenting to the A comparative table of the number of visitors for the last three years is given below, and shows that the numbers remain practically the same, and also that the average number on free days is about six times that on paying days. The total number of visitors to the Gallery since its opening is 661,474. | { : | | 1896-97 | 1897-98 | 1898-99 | Visitors to Autumn Exhibition .. --| 14360 | 12948 | 13302 | » ‘Spring . . --| 15340 | 14720) 15382 | 55 Summer ‘ a --| 12152 | 13766 | 15855 | Total Visitors .. -.| 41852 | 41434 | 44539 | | Total Days Open by Payment .. sal 178 | 163 | 172 | nf 3 Free te Pa 90 | 83 | 90 | Total Days Open _ Average on Paying Days .. aA +0) 53 | 60 58 | +5 Free Days .. ae =| 361 | 381 384 The Exhibitions held during the year have been four in number. Mr. Merton Russell Cotes’s fine collection of Oils remained for the 11 Autumn Exhibition, and was supplemented by a good representative ® collection of Water Colours. The usual Art Union was omitted, and other sales were very small. For the Spring Exhibition, which was of the usual character, the Mayor and Corporation of Bradford lent seven of the fine pictures from their permanent collection, thereby adding much to its interest. The sales at this Exhibition were better, but below the usual mark. The Summer Exhibition was in two sections, the first consisting of Photographs. Many of these were contributed by the Members of the Derby Photographic Society, at whose request the Exhibition was held, and the remainder were sent by eminent photographie artists from all over the kingdom, who had been specially invited by the Committee. The Exhibition was a great success, and the experiment was one which may be repeated with advantage after a reasonable lapse of time. The second section of the Summer Exhibition consisted of the valuable Coilection of Landseer Proof Engravings, belonging to Jesse Haworth, Esq., J.P., of Manchester, which he kindly placed at the disposal of the Committee, and these proved a very great attraction. The Autumn Exhibition, opened on October 19th, will compare favourably with any of its predecessors. It has already been largely visited, and the sales have been satisfactory. The Art Union will no doubt bring the number of pictures disposed of up to the average. The South Kensington authorities made their change of the contents of the four cases on loan from the Victoria and Albert Museum at the usual time, and as on former occasions, consulted the Committee as to the class of objects they would wish to have sent. In addition to the articles in the cases, a number of framed pictures were lent to meet a special want, and the Committee desire to acknowledge once again the ready courtesy with which their wishes are always met by the Museum Authorities. The Committee have received during the past year two valuable pictures from the collection of the late Sir John Smith, the gift of Miss Locke, and also several smaller gifts. The Gallery is now quite full, and at every Exhibition a number of works submitted by artists have to be rejected for want of room. Of course this is in a sense gratifying, as pointing out the much improved position of the Gallery in the estimation of the artistic world, but the Committee would be very glad to have more room at their disposal, and they are quite sure that the 12 @ Council will keep this fact in view, whenever occasion offers to obtain further space. The building is in a good state of repair, but will require painting early in the next year. It is some compensation for the increased cost of the Electric Light that no painting has been necessary for five years, instead of in alternate years, as formerly. The ordinary expenses of the Gallery have been kept as low as possible, and the only serious item of expenditure has been the erection of a new boiler to replace the one which had been in use for sixteen years. The amount to be asked for from the Council is £37 10s. less than that of last year, and the whole sum represents a rate of about one-fifth of a penny for the year. 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Joiners, and Cabinet Chemists and Dinette China Workers Clergymen and Ministers Clerks and Book-keepers Coachbuilder .. Commercial Travellers Corn Merchant Cookery Lecturer Cycle Makers .. Drapers Designer Domestic Servants Dyers Engineers, Ades Seaitne Fitters, Boilermakers,and Engine Drivers Errand and Office Boys a Engraver Evangelists Factory Hands Farmer. . Fireman Grocers. . Hairdressers .. Horse Driver .. Housekeepers .. Inland Revenue Officers 3 | Tronmonger 1 | Journalists and Fepeners 3 Labourers bis 12 Maltsters and Brewers 3 _ Milliners and Dressmakers .. 20 | Musicians and Music Teachers 3 Nurses .. ae 10 Painters and Paperhangers.. 10 Photographers 4 Plumbers and Glaziers 3 Policemen 5 Postman : : Hee oe! Porters, Caretakers, ee dibcidants 6 Publishers 2 Railway Employés 9 Scholars and Students 46 Saddlers . J kis oe Surgeons, Physicians, and aldo 3 Shopkeepers and Salesmen .. 10 Solicitors es £3 2 Tailors, Hatters, and Hosiers es) Teachers and Pupil Teachers 63 Telegraphists . : 11 Telegraph Messengers 20 Tobacconists . 4 Time-Keeper .. 1 Turners and Brass Finishers 6 Upholsterers .. 2 Vocalist 1 Waitress 1 Warehousemen 15 Watchmaker .. 4 1 Wine and Spirit Meret. 1 No Occupation 280 1,000 20 TABLE “Vil; General Summary. COMPARATIVE RETURNS. 1898. 1899. Lending Library Heplacomonts - - - 460 256 New Books - - : - 692 813 Total Books - - - - -| 19977 | 20466 », Issues - - - - -| 145988 | 140925 Average Daily Issue - : . - 567 553 Turnover of each Volume - - - 7°86 6°88 Reference Library :— New Books - - - - - 386 494 Total Books - - - - -| 11233 | 11727 5») iJissues .= - - -| 10258 11040 Average Daily issue ~ - - - - 36 39 New Borrowers’ - - - - - 959 926 Total Borrowers (approximate) - - -| 7500 7500 Number of Works issued per Borrower - - 19°5 18°8 Cards Cancelled - - - - - 211 206 Overdue Books written for - . -| 1160 1071 _ Books Re-bound and Repaired __ - - -| 3736 3934 GENERAL DATA. Population (estimated to June, 1899) - - 106,401 Rateable Value (September, 1899) - - - £439,752 Amount of Rate Levied - - - - One Penny. Amount produced by Rate - - - - £1,818 Library Stock = - 30°2 PER CENT OF POPULATION. . 21 Donations to the Library. ee Agent-General, Canadian Government Agency.—Canada from Ocean to Ocean (Illustrated). Agent-General for New South Wales.—“ Beautiful Sydney,” 1895-6 ; a Statistical Account of the Seven Colonies of Australasia. Agent-General for Queensland.—The Year-Book of Queensland, 1899 ; Guide to Queensland. Bemrose & Sons, Ltd., Messrs.—Calendar, 1899. Boden, Mrs. Henry.—A Dictionary of Employments Open to Women. Bond, Henry, Esq.—‘ Geo. Eliot in Derbyshire.” Boyle & Son, Ltd., Messrs.—‘ Natural and Artificial Methods of Ventilation.”’ Briscoe, J. Potter, Esq.—‘‘ Gregory’s Manual of Modern Geography.” British Museum, Trustees of.—Catalogue of Greek Coins ; Galatia, etc.; Catalogue of Bronzes; Facsimiles of Autographs, Fourth Series. Browne, T. B., Ltd., Messrs.—-Advertiacrs A.B.C. and Press Directory for 1899. Champness & Co., Messrs.—‘‘The Insurance Blue Book and Guide for 1898-9.” Cooper, William, Esq.—Abstract of Accounts of the Corporation of Derby, 1897-8. Cox, Arthur, Esq.—Journal of the Derbyshire Archeological and Natural History Society, Vol. xx. Crane, Crane & Co., Messrs.—Crane’s Universal Directory and Buyers’ Guide, 1897-8. Credland, W. R., Esq.—‘‘ The Manchester Free Public Libraries ; A History, and Description and Guide to their Contents and Use.” Curator, Art Gallery, Cardiff.—An Illustrative Selection of Old Worcester Porcelain, on loan by Mr. R. Drane, F.L.S., to the Museum and Art Gallery, Cardiff. Annual Report. 22 Curator, Horniman Museum.—Annual Report. Currie, Donald & Co., Messrs.—Official Handbook of South Africa. Davis, Frederick, Esq.—‘‘The Romano-British City of Silchester.”’ ‘Digby, Long & Co., Messrs.—‘‘ Thirty-nine Cantos from the Divina Commedia of Dante,” trans. by C. Potter. Furnival, W. J., Esq.—Researches on Leadless Glazes. Hamnett, Robert, Esq.—‘‘ Robinson’s Longendale and Addenda.”’ Hampton, W., Esq.—Scholastic Directory for London and Provinces, 1898-9. Hobson, H. M., Esq.—Lean’s Royal Navy List, 1899. Holinsworth, C. B., Esq.—‘ Zion’s Works.” Howarth, Dr.—Report upon the Prevalence of Tubercular Diseases in the Borough of Derby, and Suggested Preventive Measures ; Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Derby, 1898. Hunt, Matthew, Esq.—‘ The King’s Daughter.” Library Reports from Aberdeen, Arbroath, Battersea, Belfast, Birmingham, Blackburn, Blackpool, Bootle, Bradford, Brentford, Brighton, Bristol, Buxton, Cambridge, Cardiff, Chelsea, Cheltenham, Clapham, Cork, Croydon, Doneaster, Ealing, Folkestone, Fulham, Glasgow, Great Yarmouth, Hammersmith, Holborn, Hove, Hyde, Kettering, Kidderminster, Kilburn, Kingston-upon-Hull, Kingston- upon-Thames, Leamington Spa, Leeds, Leicester, Leyton, Lincoln, Liverpool, Longton, Loughborough, Manchester, Newcastle-under- Lyme, Norwich, Nottingham, Plymouth, Portsmouth, Richmond (Surrey), Rochdale, Rotherhithe, Smethwick, Southampton, Salford, St. George’s (Hanover Square), St. Giles’s, St. Helen’s, St. Martin- in-the-Fields, St. Saviour’s (Southwark), Streatham, Stoke Newing- ton, Tottenham, Tynemouth, Walthamstow, Whitechapel, Wigan, Willesden Green, Wolverhampton, York. Macdonald, Wm. & Co., Ltd., Messrs.—Macdonald’s English Directory for 1898. Macphail, Dr.—Annual Report of Derby Borough Asylum, 1898. Macpherson, Mrs. Brewster.—‘‘ The Parables of Judgment” ; «The Twelve Sonships in Jesus Christ.” Mather & Crowther, Messrs.—‘ Practical Advertising.” Mello, Mrs.—Technical Training. Moody, T. & Co., Messrs.—The British Mercantile Guide and Directory of Industry and Commerce. Murray, Gilbert, Esq.—Five Pamphlets Relating to Agriculture, 23 Newman, H. Stanley, Esq.—‘ Banani: Slavery to Freedom in Zanzibar and Pemba.” Nimmo, S., Esq.—‘‘ The Italians of To-day.” Ogle, Dr.—Proceedings of the British Association, 1897-8. Secretary, Bishopsgate Institute.—Annual Report, 1898-9. Secretary, Cobden Club.—‘ Pamphlets and Addresses’’; ‘The Cobden Club and the Death of Mr. Thomas Bayley Potter ”’ ; Official Report, 1898 (3 copies). Secretary, Co-operative Union, Ltd.—3lst Annual Report of the Co-operative Congress, 1898. Secretary, Cripplegate Institute.—Report of the Governors for 1898. Secretary, Free Labour Protection Association.—‘‘ Forgotten Truths”; ‘The Case against Picketing’”; “An Eight Hours Day”; ‘The Truth about New Zealand.”’ Secretary, Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College.— College Calendar, 1899-1900. Secretary, Iron and Steel Institute.—Vols. 44 and 45 of the Journal of the Iron and Steel Institute. Secretary, Institute of Mechanical Engineers.—Transactions of the Inst. of M.E.; Indices to Names of Authors and Subjects, 1889-1896 ; Proceedings, Inst. M.E. Summer Meeting, Derby, July, 1898 ; Works Visited in the Excursions (5 copies). Secretary, Royal Colonial Institute——Proceedings of the Royal Colonial Institute, vol 30. Secretary, Rt. Hon., of State for India in Council.—Sacred Books of the East, vols. 44 and 47. Secretary, Trinity College, London.—College Calendar, 1898-9. Secretary, University College, Aberystwyth.—College Calendar, 1898-9. Secretary, University, Durham.—University Calendar, 1898-9. Secretary, University College, Nottingham.—College Calendar for the 18th Session. Sell, Henry, Esq.—Sell’s Dictionary of the World’s Press, 1899. Speirs, James, Esq.—‘ Documents concerning Swedenborg,” and three books by Sir Isaac Pitman. Stokes, A. H., Esq. Reports of H.M. Inspector of Mines for the Midland Districts for the year 1898. Stubbs’ Publishing Co., Ltd., Messrs.—Stubbs’ Directory for 1899, Manufacturers, Merchant Shippers, and Professional. 24 Superintendent of the Line, North Eastern Railway Co.— ‘‘ Summer Holidays in North East England.”’ Town Clerk, Hastings.—Annual Report of Meteorological Observa- tions for the Year 1898. Town Clerk, London.—Calendar of Letter Books of the City of London. Town & County Directories Co., Ltd., Messrs.—Derby and District Trades Directory. Tucker, Captain Charlton.—Articles reprinted from ‘‘ The Heretic.” University Correspondence College.— Tutorial Series (per Messrs. W..-B. Clive & Co.) ; London University Guide and Calendar, 1898-9, 1899-1900 ; Matriculation Directory, 1899 ; University Correspondent, vol. 8; A Middle Algebra ; First Stage Practical Inorganic Chemistry ; Tutorial Latin Dictionary ; Tutorial Algebra; A Text Book of Botany ; A Manual of Psychology ; Advanced Inorganic Chemistry ; Intermediate Text Book of English Literature ; Tutorial Dynamics ; Practical Lessons in Book-keeping ;. Manual of Psychology, vol 2; New Cases for University Correspondent ; Pamphlets, Leaflets, &c. Donations to the Hrt Gallery. Miss Locke.—Two Pictures, ‘‘ Brutus passing Judgment on his Son,” reputed to be by Benjamin West, P.R.A.,and ‘“‘ The Mount of Paradise,’ by Rawson Walker. Mr. W. Hall, J.P.—Bust of the late Rev. J. G. Pike, modelled by Whitaker. Donations to the Museum. Ann, Alderman E. T., J.P., Mayor.-—Grizzly Bear. Crewe, Hugo Harpur, Esq.—Five-Frane Piece of Napoleon I. Farey, Mrs.—Wing of Flying Fish; Hawaiian Coin. Gates, F. B., Esq.—Indian Goat. .* Abstract of Accounts. Derby Free Abstract of the Accounts for the Or. Joiner’s, Plumber’s, and Painter’s Work Locksmith’s Work, and Repairing and Maintaining Electric Bells Electrician’s Work Barrier in Delivery Room Upholsterer’s Work New Book Case ... Alterations in Library Architect’s Fee ... W. Crowther, Chief Librarian, Curator, and Secretary W. H. Walton, Assistant Librarian E. J. Crowther < eo W. L. Coltman sc = G. W. Pullen, Junior Assistant H. White ae 55 T. Goodwin a Porter’s Wages and Assistant Cleaners Watson, Sowter, and Co., Auditors New Books - Binding and Repairing Books and Materials. Palwontographical and Harleian Society’s Reports mt Printing Cards, Notices, Forms, and Fines Books . Printing New Catalogue Binding Magazines Boxes for Patents Repairs and Alterations § oss eds 1416 4 2 aes Li 1039 5) One 2 Seep AAS NO 13) = Ora 91D SG £106" 5983 Salaries and 290 0 coe | 55 15 48 2 bo peary i SCS O'S ai Gis £641 17 6 Library 313 10 8 169 16 3 2 2 0 418 0 610 0 18 9-94 10 16 8 £596 3 6 a — Library, &c. = Year ending September 29, 1899. : To Premises Account. | By Free Library Revenue Account Wages Account. By Free Library Revenue Account Account. By Sale of Catalogues : ae ,, Fines upon Readers for Detention of Books — », Fees for New Tickets and Post Cards.. », Lost and Damaged Books : ,, Discount .. », Free Library Revenue Account. £106 5 3 641 17 6 £641 17° 6 em Or EON OoOnwa eet me Ore we pant AnoOrs) He Or t Or bo or) co [or] 28 Dr. Reading and ews & eos To Magazines and Periodicals 40°79) 56 ,, Newspapers, Illustrated Papers, &c. Goat Ue £106 7 5 Museum To Purchase, Carriage, and Mounting of Specimens... Ai. ae , New Cases for Medals ... Ps ae ‘ ee 46 13 0 Printing Labels and Catalogues : Th 0 , Gratuity for Special Work (G. Pullen) 5 i ,, Collection of Birds (A. E. Brown, Esq.) 50 0 O £154 7 O Arboretum To Caretaker’s Salary itsypliey (0) , Rent of Premises nO) 0) , Gas Se bs WET ,, Coal i a s Newspapers, Magazines, Cera 59: Oeag , Joiner’s and Plumber’s Work, Ironmongery .. ge #310) | National Telephone Co., Annual Subscription tbe 5 0 0 i ” New Mat.. ae o =e an, 217 10 Miscellaneous Payments 1 12 11 £93 0 3 Derby To Free Library Rate at One Farthing in the £, one Quarter to 25th December, 1898 ... : - | | 408 Slee , Ditto, Quarter ending 25th March, 1899 453 3 8 - Ditto, Quarter ending 24th June, 1899 Ns so. | 404) ee , Ditto, Quarter ending 29th September, 1899... wo «© 408 ae 29 Rooms Accounts. Cr. Ee A By Sale of Old Periodicals, &c. a2 tee vse aie. OF ,, Free Library Revenue Account ae Spe tit, LOSMeA?. <4 £106 7 5 Account. By Free Library Revenue Account As5 Sad et ae LE £154 7 0 Branch Account. _ By Free Library Revenue Account ae sed ae 95. 0 3 i £93 0 3 _ Corporation. By Treasurer, Free Library Rate granted Nov. 9th, 1898 453 3 8 », Ditto, granted February 1st, 1899... 453 3 8 54 Ditto, granted May 3rd, 1899 . oe — Beye 3 rey ae) 5, Ditto, granted August 2nd, 1899 og asi xy eee LG £1818 11 7 Gas ; Electric Light aod Meter Pent. Water Coal e : Fire Insurance and aoe te , Electric-Lamps ... Plants, Bulbs, &e. for Gardan rot Petty Cash Payments by Librarian ; Printing Annual Reports Various Printing and Stationery Cleaning Windows : : Property Tax and House Duty Miscellaneous Expenses Commission and Interest C harged by ‘Bankers Clothing for Porter : Winding and Regulating Clock — National Telephone Co., Annual Subscription Repairs and Alterations to Premises .. Salaries and Wages Library Reading and Noms Heong Renscam Ror Arboretum Binneh Establishment Balance ... ASSETS. Treasurer * Norr.— Books and Binding on Order .. Establishment Gg ide 12 010 119 8 5 Lae: .0 21 ed 290 5 0 11. tas or 5) 46 9 4 913 6 4113 5 13° ‘0 76 ie a T te 215 2 6 016 7 7D 5 ort £332 311 Free Library 106 5 38 64117 6 454 1 6 105° 8or So £418 15 3 Art Gallery To Wages... ‘ ee ene eae a 907 sie - Repa airs and Mterstions a 43 0 11 ,, Collection, Carriage, and ous of Pichares ts 154 19. 3 , Establishment... me te ae “ie Nate cbs 3) , Hrror in Cheque... Za bed wa Ss oes 0 a8 £438 5 11 Balance ASSETS. To Art Gallery Revenue Account ... oars fips! ae Biel =). 5! £381 5-3 35 Account. Cr. YC ara be By Derby Corporation, Amount owing to Banker at 29th September, 1897__... Bs sis : 418 15 0 ,, Art Gallery Revenue Account ... Le Bo x OF 0.43 £418 15 3 Revenue Account. By Autumn Exursittion, 1898-9. £ 8s. d. Receipts at Turnstile ee ae 14 3 0 Commission on Pictures sold e: 0 2 0 14 5 0 ,, SprinG Exursition, 1899. Receipts at Turnstile ee sa 20 0 1 Commission on Pictures sold roe 6 xls .6 96 13) 7 ,, SUMMER ExuHrsition, 1899. Receipts at Turnstile ae sts 1513 7 Commission on Pictures sold ste 0 8 6 162 1 ,, Balance (deficiency)... aoe See ae of dol ee £438 5 11 Sheet. LIABILITIES. By Treasurer... ae War oe ie = oie. (cE: £381 5 3 W. CROWTHER, Curator and Secretary. We have examined the several Accounts of the Derby Art Gallery for the year ending 29th September, 1899, and hereby certify that they are correct. Dated this 20th day of October, 1899. WATSON, SOWTER & CO., A.C.A. Auditors appointed by the Corporation. GEORGE FROST, JAMES HARWOOD, JOHN WOOD GANDY, Auditor appointed by the Mayor. } Auditors appointed by theBurgesses. Hint & Cook, PRINTERS, 17, VICTORIA STREET, DERBY. PRESENT&D Ans 4OrpDigwe ON ee. 7 \ , 4 . . . - ‘ “ " = ‘ * TWENTY-NINTH ANNUBL REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE DERBY FREE LIBRARY eG’ And MUSEUM. “d+ Ano EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL Report of the Art Gattery Committee, PRESENTED TO THE TOWN COUNCIL, NOVEMBER oth, 1900 eee ae ee ee eee ae we ot eae t -s { ‘pl * a 4 PouNty BOROUGH OF DERBY. Cwentp-ninth Annual Report OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE DERBY FREE LIBRARY ard WLS Et MM, AND EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ART GALLERY COMMITTEE. Presented to the Cown Council, Movember Ith, 1900. DERBY: J. W. SIMPSON, PRINTER, ALBERT STREET. 1900. List of Committees and Officials. a a Library and Museum Committee. Mr. AtperMAN FLETCHER, Mayor, e4-officio. Mr. AtpERMAN G. BOTTOMLEY, J.P., CuHarrman. Mr AuperMAN DUESBURY, J.P. Mr. Councittor WINTER. oa e HARRISON, J.P. » H, ARNOLD BEMROSE, M.A 5 59 RUSSELL, J.P. » W. BEMROSE, J.P. », CouNcILLOR GEORGE. , ALEX. BUCHANAN, J.P. 5) * INNES. 7 1S: OOURT. i a MOORE. ,» A. B. HAMILTON, LL.M., J.P. “ " SHACKLETON. » HH. M. HOBSON, 5 op SMITH. Rev. G. HUNSWORTH, M.A. 5s x WILSON, M.A., J.P. Mr. Wi J. PIPER, J.P: Mr. A. H. STOKES, A.M., F.G.S. Art Gallery Committee. Mr. ALDERMAN FLETCHER, Mayor, ev-offcio. Mr. WILLIAM BEMROSE, J.P., CHAIRMAN. Mr. AnpERMAN SOWTER, J.P., Vicn-CHAIRMAN. Mr. ALDERMAN ANN, J.P. Mr. Councintor HORNE, J.P. ie - BOTTOMLEY, J.P. 2: 3 A. WILSON, M.A., J.P 7 A HARRISON, J.P. Rs Pp WINTER. ,, COUNCILLOR FRANKLIN. , C. B. KEENE. Mr. GEO. TURNER. Librarian, Curator, and Secretary. Mr. WILLIAM CROWTHER. Assistant Librarians. Mr. W. H. WALTON. Miss ETHEL J. CROWTHER. P : Mr. W. LOUIS COLTMAN. Junior Assistants. Miss HELEN J. WHITE S. LAUGHTON. Porter—GEORGE PULLEN. Art Gallery Attendant—J. FOLEY. BOUNTY BOROUGH OF DERBY, Cwenty-ninth Annual Report OF THE Free Library and Museum Committee, For the year ended September 29th, 1900. SS FJ HE Free Library and Museum Committee have pleasure in laying before the Town Council their Twenty-ninth Annual Report. They are glad to state that the Library and Museum are ina prosperous condition. The present premises have been occupied for twenty-one years, the building having been opened on June 28th, 1879. A few figures by way of comparison will show the progress that has been made. In 1879 we had 9,662 books in the Lending Library, and 2,002 in the Reference Department. The numbers now are 21,414 and 13,010 respectively, and the total is 33,424, against 11,668. The Library as a whole is therefore nearly three times the size, while the most valuable portion has been multiplied by six, or thereabouts. In the twenty-one years more than three millions of books have been issued for home reading, and about half a million from the Reference Department have been consulted on the premises. The total number of visitors to the Institution averages not less than three-quarters of a million annually. The Committee think that this is a good record for a single institution without any branches. The branch Reading Room established at the Arboretum in 1895 continues to prosper, and during the past year has been 6 visited by 150,000 readers. Doubtless as the town increases, other branches will have to be established, and the Committee are very glad indeed that the Council at its last meeting sanctioned the in- sertion of a clause in the Bill to be shortly introduced into Parlia- ment, which provides for the levying of such portion of an additional penny rate as may be from time to time required. The Committee will be as economical in the future as they have been in the past, and are not likely to make use of the additional powers till circum- stances force on them the necessity of providing additional branches. The re-arrangement of the Museum progresses steadily. A few donations of value have been received, and the Committee have done a good deal in the distribution of duplicate specimens of minerals and tossils, of which a large number have gone to the Municipal Technical College, and also to the Training College and several smaller insti- tutions. The only serious expense incurred during the year has been the provision of a new Indicator, which could not longer be deferred. It provides for thizty thousand books, quite as large a number as we shall have shelf accommodation for in the presen’ premises. Oppor- tunity was taken at the same time to commence afresh with the borrowers’ register, a work which had long needed doing. The property generally is in a good state of repair, but portions of the interior will want re-painting during the coming year, and we await a report from the Borough Surveyor as to certain repairs to the outer fabric which are becoming urgent. The thanks of the Committee are due to all the donors of books, magazines, .newspapers, and museum specimens during the past year, and they desire once more to acknowledge the efficient work done by Mr. Crowther and his staff, who labour diligently and with udgment for the good of the Institution. The usual statistical tables compiled by the Librarian are appended to this report, and to them we refer all those interested in the inner working of the Institution. On behalf of the Committee, GEORGE BOTTOMLEY, October 25th, 1900. Chairman. Cibrarian’s Report. a To the Committee, for the year ended September 30th, 1900. GENTLEMEN, T gives me much pleasure to place before you my Fifteenth Annual Report. As far as I know, it presents no new features, but it seems adesirable thing to detach some of the main facts from the tables which follow, in order to put a short sketch of the Institu- tion during the past year in a convenient form for the perusal of those who are interested in its work. The books in the Lending Library now number 21,414, and of these 824 have been added as new books during the past year, while 487 are replacements of books withdrawn as worn-out, either during this year or last. Books withdrawn as worn-out this year number 382, being 200 less than last year ; five books have been lost and paid for ; and five have been totally lost. One volume, which was in an in- fected house, has been destroyed. The issues this year show a con- siderable decline, as I have reported to you month by month, the total issues being something like 18,000 less than last year’s. The Library has been open twelve days tess, which will partially account for the diminution, but not for the decrease in the daily average, which amounts to 51. This decline in the issues is general all over the country, and I need not recapitulate the various reasons which have been urged in explanation. Probably the chief one is the continuance of good trade, and consequertly less leisure, much of which has been employed in reading newspapers which have been unusually full of stirring news during the last twelve months. The fact is certain, that the principal decrease is in the reading which is done for amusement and recreation. I find that roughly speaking 15,000 out of the 18,000 above quoted are works of fiction, which leaves our amount of solid reading-about the same. The average in the Children’s Library is only one lower, and in the Reference Department only five. The number of books in the Reference 8 Department is now 12,010, of which 283 have been added during the year. The Patent Library, which is included in the above number, now contains 3,454 volumes, of which 116 were added in the same period. The smaller issues bring several effects in their train; we have had to levy less fines; about 200 less books have been with- drawn as worn-out ; and one thousand less have passed through the binder’s hands for repairs, great or small. The erection of a new Indicator necessitated a great change in our system of issuing. The staff have readily adapted themselves to it, however, and if not quite so rapid as our old method, it lends itself less readily to inaccuracy, and it has passed beyond the experi- mental stage, and the public are beginning to understand it. A com- plete overhauling of our list of borrowers and guarantors has for a long time been a necessity, and when we re-opened with the new Indicator, each borrower had to make a fresh application, and the guarantee will now have to be renewed every two years. For the new register we have adopted the card system, which works ad- mirably, and will automatically check time-expired tickets. The usual table of borrowers’ occupations is of very recent date, and shows that we still cater for all classes. The distribution among the wards is shown in the following table, about which there is no special remark to make. PER THOUSAND. Matis Mn WARD. Mace of to be expected : Borrowers. vonnieeon Arboretum na ab Re} 165 168 Babington .. &e of 190 122 Becket .. A Se a 226 198 Castle .. a we ee 45 115 Derwent are on ve 79 64 Friar Gate ste Ae 35 141 113 King’s'Mead .. a a 101 145 Litchnrch AS ae Se 53 75 If there has been a falling off in the issues of the Library, the Newsrooms have shown a very different result, for never have they been more extensively or more continuously used, and I am glad to report that I have not had a single complaint about the behaviour of those frequenting them during the whole year, nor has there been any serious complaint to make about the treatment of the books. 9 Pressure of other business has delayed the completion of the remaining sections of the Catalogue, but the work is well iv hand, and I can safely say now that the Lending Department Catalogue will be complete betore the issue of my next Annual Report. The work of the year has been very pleasant, if arduous. My staff continue to work diligently and well, and no Committee could be better served as far as they are concerned. I have found the press as ready as ever to help me in many matters where I deemed publicity about our work would be an advantage, and I gladly acknow- the co-operation of the public in carrying out our regulations. With regard to the ready help and assistance I get from one and all of the members of my Committee, I can only repeat what I have said in former years, that my work is made a pleasure by your thoughtful consideration. I remain, Gentlemen, Your obedient Servant, WILLIAM CROWTHER, October 25th, 1900. Inbrarian, Curator, and Secretary. 10 Cighteenth Annual Report OF THE Corporation Art Gallery Committee. s| HE Art Gallery Committee have pleasure in presenting to the Town Council their Highteenth Annual Report, and in congratulating the Corporation on the continued usefulness and prosperity of the Institution. A glance at the table of the number of visitors given below shows that the average attendance is still very good. The total number is less than that of last year, a fact easily accounted for. In the first place, the Curator found himself unable to continue the Saturday concerts last winter; the Summer Exhibition, although valuable to the art student, was not of the usual interest to the general public; and, finally, the Gallery was open for thirty days less than last year. It will be noticed that the average attendance on free days is about seven times as great as that on other days. 1897-98 | 1898-99 | 1899-1900 Visitors to Autumn Exhibition 12948 | 13302 10786 Be Spring ” 14720 | 15382 17199 Pe Summer ¥ 15766 15855 9945 Total Visitors .. 41434 44539 37930 Total Days Open by Payment.. 163 172 152 nA i Free 83 90 80 Total Days Open 246 262 232 Average on Paying Days 60 58 51 3 Free Days .. 381 384 378 aa 11 There have been three Exhibitions during the past year. Those in the Autumn and Spring were of the usual character, and consisted of the best work by modern artists that could be obtained, many of the leading artists in both Oil and Water Colours being represented at one or both Exhibitions. Local artists were also well in evidence, and it is a cheering sign that their work shows steady improvement. From the two Exhibitions fifty-four pictures were sold, a very satisfactory result, and the Art Union was more success- ful than for several years past. For the Summer Exhibition the Board of Education lent a valuable collection of water colours, engravings, and lithographs illustrating ancient Pompeii, and the proprietors of the Graphic some interesting original sketches. The thanks of the Committee and the Council are also due to Messrs. Henry Graves & Co., the eminent Fine Art dealers, for valuable loans during the year. The Autumn Exhibition, which was opened on October 23rd, is a highly attractive one, and the Committee confidently expect a large number of visitors. Mr. George Woodiwiss, J.P., D.L., of Bath, has kindly contributed some of the most important pictures from his choice collection to add to the interest of this Exhibition. The Committee desire to acknowledge once more the courtesy of the authorities of the Victoria and Albert Museum, who, as usual before changing the loan collection, consulted them as to the most desirable objects to send. The articles displayed in the four cases lent by the Board of Education, will be found to be eminently suitable for study by those interested in the Art industries of the town and neighbourhood. The Committee desire to thank the Council for acquiring some of the property adjacent to the Gallery for the purposes of future extension, and they hope that further opportunities in the same direction will be taken advantage of. The Gallery is quite full, and at every Exhibition numbers of pictures submitted have to be rejected for want of room. The building is in a satisfactory state of repair, and the Upper Gallery was repainted in July last. The staircase and Lower Gallery will be done at the first convenient opportunity. The ordinary expenses have been kept at the lowest possible level, consistent 12 with efficiency, and the amount to be asked for from the Council is £41 less than last year, and £78 less than in 1898. The total cost to the Council represents rather less than a rate of one-fifth of a penny in the pound. The Committee are quite justified in asserting that in no other town of the size of Derby is the Art Gallery kept in a higher state of efficiency and usefulness, or at a less cost. The Committee once again acknowledge with pleasure the zeal and tact with which the Curator, Mr. Crowther, discharges his duties. On behalf of the Committee, WILLIAM BEMROSE, Chairman. 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WEB Be B06 G PP OP 9): COT Bea ineie 9g | ** 40q0990 “6681 oJ 5 = p | x D a8 Bat 2 S : és" E 23 ae Sai ‘BB g Be ‘abpuoap hyvogq ey) pwn “panssr sawnjo4 1nj07, ay} ‘wado som fuosquy ay. shoq fo sequinu ay, ‘sspjQ yova ur anssy hyyjuopy ay? hurmoyy *“PUIMPIVAIG I9Ud.13J3e ‘AI WIAVL TABLE V. Occupations of the Last Chousand of the Rew Borrowers. Accountants . oe 50 ich) ates Agents and eoilscten 3A - Apprentices and Shop Guten. 25 Architects, SS ees & re men 14 Artificial Limb Maen 1 Artists.. os 3 Auctioneer and Valuer 1 Bakers and Confectioners .. sa te Barmaid 1 Brewers es ae reve, we Bookbinders, Printers, Litho- graphers, and Compositors a dy Boot and Shoe Maker if Bricklayer 1 Butchers Ye 7 Candlestick Maker . 1 Carpenters, seinen and Gaba Makers Hie ae ae ae LO Carvers and Gilders oe ee Chemists and Druggists .. oe, Ll China Dealer oF ove ae pels China Workers 3 fe see Clergymen and Ministers .. van 10 Coachmen .. ee we Clerks, Roaice pots aia Cadhiers 118 Coach Builders 3 Coal Merchant 1 Commercial Travellers .. ts) Cycle Maker.. 1 Dairymen 2 Dispensers 2 Domestic Servants .. ee oa ls Drapers aie oe as eos th Engineers, Moulders, Smiths, Fitters, Boiler Makers, and Engine Drivers .. i io Oe Electricians .. 55 ee we 8 Engraver... 19 26 igh eae Factory Hands 50 30 -. 26 Farmer ee oa aa cary ol Grocers Hairdressers .. ; 5A ne ee Housekeepers oo Se woe dt Ironmonger .. 50 < Say ul Inland Revenue Officer Jewellers and Watchmakers Journalists and Reporters onwae Labourers Milliners, Semaine & ianae makers ne “8 a — FPprporFF NFP DHFR RP ON ODS Mechanics ‘ ea Musicians and meee Teachers Nurses ae Painters and Paperhangers Pawnbroker . Photographer Piano Tuner .. z Plumbers and Glaziers Policeman Be oe 36 Porters, Caretakers, & Attendants Publicans at Restaurant Keeper... Railway Employés .. Sanitary Inspector .. Scholars and Students Stationer . Slater .. Surgeon Solicitor Sa: : Shopkeepers and paisarian Sign Writer .. Soap Manufacturer.. School Board Officer Tailors, Hatters, and Hosiers rar BR Ber Or ee ee KS OC i me OF Tape Manufacturer. . — +. ——_—_ Agent-General Canadian Government Agency.—The Oficial Handbook of Information Relating to the Dominion of Canada. Agent-General for New Brunswick.—Handbook of New Brunswick. ‘ New Brunswick Past and Present.”’ Agent-General for New South Wales.—‘‘The Wealth and Progress of New South Wales, 1897-8. Agent-General for Queensland.—Information Relating to Queensland. ‘‘ The Garden of Queensland,’ with Maps (2 copies). “The Queenslander.” Bennett & Co., Messrs.—Bennett’s Business Directory, 1899. Birmingham Free Library.—Report and Proceedings of the Annual Meeting, 1900. Bowles, Thomas Gibson, Esq., M.P.—‘ The Declaration of Paris of 1856.” Browne, T. B., Ltd., Messrs.—Advertisers’ A BC and Press Directory, 1900. British Museum, Trustees of—Book of the Dead; Reproduc- tion of Prints, Part IX.; Facsimiles of Autographs, Fifth Series ; - Catalogue of Drawings by British Artists, Volume II.; Catalogue of Seals in the MSS. Department, Volume VI. ; Rules for Compiling the Catalogues; Catalogue of Cuneiform Tablets, Volume V. ; Monograph of Christmas Island, 1900 ; Catalogue of Moths, Volume II. ; Catalogue of Cretaceous Bryozon, Volume I., 1899 ; Hand List of Birds, Volume I., 1899; Catalogue of African Plants, Volume II., Part I., 1899; List of Genera and Species of Blas- toidea, 1899. Cardiff Museum and Art Gallery.—Annual Report. Cooper, William, Esq.—County Borough of Derby: Abstract of Corporation Accounts, 1898-99. Cotes, Merton Russell, Esq.—Souvenir of the Royal Bath Hotel; ‘‘ Westward from the Golden Gate.” Crow, Miss.—A Book for Convalescents. Lent Sermons on the Passion. Dawbarn & Ward, Ltd., Messrs.—The Insurance Blue Book and Guide, 1899-1900. —— Se eS 21 De Bremont, Comtesse.—‘ The Gentleman Digger.” Eastwood, T. C., Esq —Poll Book for the Borough of Derby, 1727. Edwards, Passmore, Esq.—Passmore Edwards Institutions: Founding and Opening Ceremonies. Elliott, Admiral Sir George. K.C.B.—‘‘God is Spirit, God is Love’’; a Treatise on Spiritual Unitarianism. Greenberg & Co., Messrs.—The Jewish Year Book, 1899-1900. Hampton, W., Esq.—Hampton’s Scholastic Directory for London and Provinces, 1899-1900. Harrisons Publishing Co., Ltd., Messrs.—Commercial Direc- tory, 1900. Hobson, H. M., Esq.—‘ The Scientific Angler.” Holinsworth, C. B., Esq.—‘ Zion’s Works,’ Volumes IV., V., and VI. Howarth, Dr.—Twenty-third Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Derby, 1899. Kelly, Wm. Patrick, Esq.—‘ The Dolomite Cavern.”’ Leicester, Dr.—The Durability and Preservation of Paintings. Leigh-Browne Trust.— ‘ Biological Experimentation.”’ Library Reports from Aberdeen, Ashton-under-Lyne, Battersea, Belfast, Birmingham, Blackburn, Blackpool, Bolton, Bootle, Bournemouth, Bradford, Brentford, Bristol, Cambridge, Cardiff, Cheltenham, Clerkenwell, Cork, Croydon, Ealing, Falmouth, Folkestone, Fulham, Glasgow, Gosport, Great Yarmouth, Ham- mersmith, Holborn, Hornsey, Hove, Hyde, Kettering, Kilburn, Kingston-on-Thames, Leamington Spa, Leeds, Leicester, Leyton, Lincoln, Loughborough, Loughton, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Norwich, Nottingham, Oldbury, Penarth, Plymouth, Poole, Portsmouth, Preston, Richmond (Surrey), Rochdale, Rotherhithe, Salford, Sheffield, Shoreditch, Smethwick, Stafford, St. George’s (Hanover Square), St. Giles’s, St. Helen’s, St. Helen's (Lancs.), Stoke Newington, Streatham, St. Saviour’s (Southwark), Tottenham, Tynemouth, Waterloo (Liverpool), Wednesbury, West Bromwich, West Ham, Wigan, Willesden Green, Wolverhampton, York. Macdonald & Co., Ltd, Messrs.—Macdonald’s English Directory and Gazetteer, 1900. Meinertzhagen, Mrs.—“ Bird Life in an Arctic Spring.” Mooay, T. & Co., Messrs.—London and County Trades Direc- tory, 1900. 22 Nottingham Free Library.—Supplementary Catalogue for 1900 of the Children’s Lending Library. Peck, W. E., Esq.—Peck’s Circular Trades Directory and Buyers’ Guide to the Manufactures of Birmingham and District, 1899. Plymouth Museum and Art Gallery.—Annual Report. Portsmouth Free Library.—Guide to Portsmouth and Southsea. Robertson, Miss.—‘‘ The Art of Seeing.” Letters and Papers of Andrew Robertson. Ryland’s Library, Manchester, Governors of—Catalogue of the Library. Sadler, R.—The Gospel of Paul the Apostle. The Apo-calypse of St. John. Salford Free Library —Salford and the Inauguration of the Public Free Libraries Movement, 1849. Souvenir of the Jubilee, 1899. Secretary, Bishopsgate Institute-—Annual Report, 1899-1900. Secretary, Cobden Club.—Report and List of Members, 1899. Secretary, Co-operative Union, Ltd.—Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Co-operative Congress, 1900. Secretary, Durham University.—University Calendar, 1899-1900. Secretary, Emigrants’ Information Office.—Pamphlets, &ce. Secretary, Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College.— College Calendar, 1900-1901. Secretary, Howard Association.—Report of the Howard Associa- tion. ‘‘ Reparation to the Injured.”’ Secretary, Incorporated Society of Musicians. — Register of Members, 1900. Secretary, Iron and Steel Institute-—The Journal of the Iron and Steel Institute Rules and List of Members. Secretary, Nicholson Institute, Leek.—Report, 1899. Secretary, Royal Colonial Institute-—Proceedings of the Royal Colonial Institute, Volume XXXI. Secretary, Rt. Hon., of State for India in Council.—Sacred Books of the East, Volume XLIV. Secretary, Ruskin Museum, Sheffield.—‘ Principles of Art.” Secretary, Trinity College, London.—College Calendar, 1899-1900. SS eS 23 Secretary, University of California, U.S.A.—The International Competition for the Phaebe Hearst Architectural Plan for the University of California. Secretary, University College, Nottingham.—College Calendar for the 19th Session. Secretary, University College of Wales.—College Calendar, 1899- 1900. Sell, Henry, Esq.—Sell’s Dictionary of the World’s Press, 1900. Scientific Publishing Co., Messrs. — Fowler’s Mechanical Engineers’ Pocket Book, 1900. Sieveking, E. W. & A. F., Messrs.—‘ The Praise of Gardens.” Stokes, A. H., Esq.—Reports of H.M. Inspector of Mines for the Midland District (No. 8) to H M. Secretary of State for the Home Department, 1900. Stubbs’s Publishing Co. Ltd., Messrs.—Stubbs’s Directory for 1900; Manufacturers, Merchant Shippers, and Professional. Town Clerk, Fleetwood.—Guide Book. The Attractions of Fleet- wood and Neighbourhood. Town Clerk, Hastings.—Annual Report of Meteorological Obser- vations for 1899. Town Clerk, London.—Calendar of Letter Books of the City of London. Trades Directories, Ltd., Messrs.—Midland Counties Trades Directory. University Correspondence College. —Tutorial Series (per Messrs. W.B. Clive & Co.) ; London University Guide and Calendar ; Matriculation Directory, 1900-1901; Tutorial History of English Literature; History of England; University Correspondent, Volume IX.; Pamphlets; Leaflets, &c. Yoxall, J. H, Esq., M.P.—‘‘ The Children’s Labour Question. Syllabus for Commercial Examinations. Education in the Country Districts. Donations to the Museum. Boden, Rev. Charles.—Peacock. Crewe, Dowager Lady.—Collection of Shells from Great Barrier Reef. Crewe, Hugo Harpur, Esq.—Collection of Marine Shells; Collection of Autographs ; Ancient Map of Derbyshire. Crowther, Mr.—Specimens of Bream and Roach. Dobson, Mrs. (the late, Representatives of)—Crocodile. Hayes, Mrs.—Indian Cobra. Abstract of Accounts. Derby Hree ABSTRACT OF THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE Dr. Repairs and Alterations isan! To Joiner’s, Plumber’s, and Painter's Work cae a 46) “5a , Locksmith’s and Electrician’s Work sp a art (als) 2 , Cabinet Maker’s and a nies Work = ihe 14 12 11 * Raising Chimney... ns se ae 12 4208 ,, Flagstaff and Flag an sew ee sag sea 8 ae Bees), (6) a Salaries and To W. Crowther, Chief Librarian, Curator, and pecratary. 290 0 O 5 Wife dee Walton, Assistant Librarian ee 97 10 © , HE. J. Crowther . x Dee a at 58 10 G , W. L. Coltman i - hat mar oe 52) 0n30 » H. J. White, Junior Assistant ae ae ya 20) Gra , T. Goodwin - 5 ais ee a: 18> 45aG , 8. Laughton x ee bio 35 14 19 6 Porter’ s Wages and Assistant Cleaners ... Je ae 83 ee , Watson, Sowter, and Co., Auditors ye mal - T” Sin £642 7 3 Ee Library To New Books foe =. o08eT9Ril , Binding and Repairing Books and Materials... . 3st ” Paleontographical and Harleian Society’s Reports ee 2 att , Printing Cards, Notices, Forms, and Fines Books ... 35) ae ” Binding Magazines ee se ae as oe. 19 13-0 ,, New Indicator soe ot eae o23 oe so 167 10 O £665 19 10 Wibrarp, We. YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 29, Igoo. to Premises Account, By Free Library Revenue Account Wages Account. By Free Library Revenue Account Account. By Sale of Catalogues ” ” ” » Fines upon Readers for Detention of Books Fees for New Tickets and Post Cards Lost and Damaged Books Free Library Revenue Account B tr fore on 642 7 3 £665 19 10 28 Dr. Reading and Rews ES Te acl: To Magazines and Periodicals me — See iy 40 4 2 », Newspapers, Illustrated Papers, &c. ae nF oe (Ale Sila LUT Moet: Museum To Purchase, Carriage, and ae of Specimens BAG 14 Oe eS ,, Stands for Birds... we cs 5p See sap A Sire ,, Printing Labels ee ao a5 ae de a OS B20 aoe as Arboretum To Caretaker’s Salary Ree as use a ae ie (0; , Rent of Premises ne oe ve ae nae LOM ORO , Gas Lae $02 ne oe ane a ns IR dl & , Coal eS BEE me a ae 9 15) 36 5 ., Newspapers, Magazines, &e.- see ae a 33 13 1 , Joiner’s and Plumber’s Work, Ironmongery Aer ia 2 Te » National Telephone Co., Annual Subscription ie 50 ae , Miscellaneous Payments ee a8 + 3,18: 2 £91 SiG Derby To Free Library Rate at One Farthing in the £, one Quarter to 25th December, 1899... ee ws 46050550 , Ditto, Quarter ending 25th March, 1900 ae ae 460 0 O ,, Ditto, Quarter ending 24th June, 1900 a ion 460 0 0O ,, Ditto, Quarter ending 29th September, 1900... » 460 0 O £1840 0 0 ys 29 Rooms Accounts. Cr. 25.) aaa iiok By Sale of Old Periodicals, &c. a ie a ee 3 6 2 , Free Library Revenue Account agp me Re 107 19 2 ssi By Account. By Free Library Revenue Account Ae nee Ket Ad) 8) £20 9 3 Branch Account. By Free Library Revenue Account Ss sae ae Sf 110 ES al C0: Corporation. By Treasurer, Free Library Rate gyanted Nov. 9th, 1899 460 0 0 5 Ditto, granted February 7th, 1900... + e460" 0 » Ditto, granted May 2nd, 1900... ee a vat 2600/0" 0 % Ditto, granted August Ist, 1900 ne Bi. fee ABO. 0 0 £1840 0 0 30 Dr. Establishment & s. 1 To Gas bug as a ant #45 5c 5 ,, Electric Light sn ais se ra shy :.. ~ TO6™ eam », Water Sar ee a ae Lae See ius 1 13 », Coal ee ae at a ok 37 16 , Fire Tnsurance and anes BAe Ae ee ie DAD) 5) ,, Electric Lamps Boe Soe Set a. Hoe Sa ,, Plants, Bulbs, &c. for Garden ae Ae aa oe foe LL) » New Office Desk on ae ae 2 LES ,, Petty Cash Payments by Librarian st a aye 46 19 Printing Annual Reports Various Printing and Stationery ae eae Cleaning Windows oe ae dist ent 1 , Property Tax and House Duty er ay Miscellaneous Expenses _... is Commission and Interest Charged ve Bankers Clothing for Porter : Winding and Regulating Clock . ae National Telephone Co., Annual Subscription aia ow mW OrO Mow — bo oo GTFOMWwWNWOFRRDWAUOWAOKrKF OOO £316 Free Library To Repairs and Alterations to Premises’... ae oF 89° -baes , Salaries and Wages... a ae bs Beis .. 642 07s » Library a : re si Sy i... » 600 Saeeee ,, Reading and News Rooms a a ‘ wee = LOSS » Museum : ; ; Bas 5 ie a 20° 95-3 , Arboretum Branch ee ae ar ae vat 910 » Establishment = se = un ae << (ot oneee , Balance See ae — He aie ee a Wailgeiiesie £1998 5.0 ASSETS. To Treasurer a: aoe SE Be ooh coe SRI £131 11 10 *Notrz—Books and Binding on order £100. 31 t Account. £ By Derby Mechanic's Institute, Acknowledgment for En- croachment et ree ste eS. sie ae 0 » Interest allowed by Bankers aes as ss ae 1 _, Free Library Revenue Account ot ae ee ols Revenue Account. WATSON, SOWTER, & CO., A.C.A. GEORGE FROST, £316 By Amount brought forward it re oes so LEE 0 » Quarterly Rates granted by the Derby Corporation ... 1840 0 0 £1998 5 0 LiaBi.itizs. By Free Library Revenue Account ase a ic), 2 be DEG £131 11 10 We have examined the several Accounts of the Derby Free Library and Museum for the year ending September 29th, 1900, and hereby certify that they are correct.—Dated this 9th day of October, 1900. Auditors appointed by the Corporation. JAMES HARWOOD, | Auditors appointed by the Burgesses. HENRY J. BLOUNT, Auditor appointed by the Mayor. Derby Corporation ABSTRACT OF THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE Dr. Waaes = 5. @ To es to Attendant at Turnstile and Charwoman _... 85 19 3 , Watson, Sowter and Co., Auditors ae : Fs So Stee £89 92) 3 Repairs and To Joiner’s and Piumber’s Work ... — a ae 956% ,, Relaying Floor _... be “rs fo ci ate T 2 , Painting Upper Gallery ... Bes = eS Bak 30) 19) a LAT 58 a8 Collection and Carriage of To Collection and Carriage of Pictures, and obtaining Loans 139 2 0 £139: 2.8 Establishment To Fire Insurance ae ae bee ee fre fe 43.5 », Gas i: si ae Ee TsO) 9s ,, Hlectric Light and “Meter ‘Rent aae whe ee 3 4G ,, Coke Be Re a x (sya BS) oe. .: Ironmongery Si seis sea ac Ba x: Tb ,, Advertising fe os 23 2; 20-0 » Printing, Stationery, and Posting ee — ate 32-2 -@f , Printing Catalogues ase : we oe ne 36 0 3 , Small Repairs to Frames ... Fr ie ene 216 0 ,, Petty Cash Payments by Curator. oF oe bar 18. 8-3 ,, Interest and Commission charged by Bankers are ORG ,, Attendant’s eRe Sa As? Bee =i Eee 3 0 0 », Property Tax bs one ble ane =f Sie 215 6 nt Gallery. Qa YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 29, Account. By Art Gallery Account Alterations Account. By Art Gallery Account By Art Gallery Account f Cc ‘ount. By 'y Advertisements in ges » Sale of Catalogues » Art Gallery Account Pictures and foan Account. 1900. £89 47 £47 cs Ce) Cr, £153 8 7 34 Dr. Derby Corporation £ 8s. da” To Balance brought forward re Rh wis + -S@ Rebate £381 5 3 Art Gallery To Wages aS nah ome Rs sa 89. 2 om Pape and Alterations... - a 47 8 8 , Collection, Carriage, and iaeuemee of Picnurcs ee 139) 2) 3G " Oistapishment ay <* Be: A xe me ilies a7e £394 0 8 Balance ASSETS. To Art Gallery Revenue Account... ee ee . SEC £341 0 0O ——— Account. a, gd By Derby Corporation, Amount pute to Banker at 29th September, 1899 oes a ae | eo ao £381 5 3 Revenue Account. By Autumn Exursition, 1899-1900. Seeds Receipts at Turnstile na Ae 817 4 Commission on Pictures sold : 10 14 3 ‘ — Ti 4, SPRING Exurpition, 1900. Receipts at Turnstile ame ag 15-5. 10 Commission on Pictures sold oy. TAP -0 —-— = 23 2 10 -,, Summer Exursirion, 1900. Receipts at Turnstile sas re eer 8 LO, Gy os ',, Balance (deficiency) wg BP Lee ee jae, oe Oe £394 0 8 Sheet. : LiaBILITIEs. By Treasurer “xs 2h ae ais aie Room | a £341 0 0 W. CROWTHER, Curator and Secretary. (2 Base examined the several Accounts of the Derby Art Gallery for the year ending 29th September, 1900, and hereby certify that they are correct. Dated this 11th day of October, 1900. WATSON, SOWTER & CO., A.C.A. Auditors appointed by the Corporation. ome ee Auditors appointed by the Burgesses. HENRY J. BLOUNT, Auditor appointed by the Mayor. SIMPSON. PRINTER, ALBERT STREET, DERBY. PRiSsii gD & 1 SER 1915 = — oe Se : Hy Mow, Printer. t CounTY BOROUGH OF DERBY. 2 \NN THIRTIETH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE DERBY FREE PUDLID a . AnD MUSEUM, AND eet NINETEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE fo MALE RY COMMITTEE. q Presented fo Be Town Council, November 965, 1901. DERBY : H. MEE, PRINTER, ST. PETER’S STREET. 2901. List of Committees and Officials. —— Library and Museum Committee. Mr. ALDERMAN HORNE, J.P., Mayor. ex-officiv, Mr. ALDERMAN G. BOTTOMLEY. J.P.. CHAIRMAN, Mr. ALDERMAN ANN, J.P. Mr. CoUNCILLOR WINTER, a DUESBURY., J.P. ; H. ARNOLD BEMROSE. M.A. 7. 3 HARRISON, J.P. + W. BEMROSE, J.P. CoUNCILLOR GEORGE. » ALEX. BUCHANAN, J.P. 63 INNES. » S. COURT. is re MOORE. + A. B. HAMILTON, LL.M. J.P. - ~ SHACKLETON. » H. M. HOBSON, J.P. ¥ Ps SMITH. Rev. G. HUNSWORTH, M.A. 5 x WILSON, M.A., J.P. Mr W. J. PIPER, J.P. Mr. A. H. STOKES, A.M., ¥.G.S. Art Gallery Committee. Mr. ALDERMAN HORNE, J.P., Mayor, ex-officio. Mr. WILLIAM BEMROSE, J.P., CHarrMAN. Mr. ALDERMAN SOWTER, J.P., VICE-CHAIRMAN. Mr. ALDERMAN ANN, J.P. Mr. CounctLLtor A. WILSON, M.A., J.P ze BOTTOMLEY, J.P. _ 5 WINTER. HARRISON, J.P. » C. B. KEENE. COUNCILLOR LEY. » A. F. LONGDON, J.P. Mr. GEO. TURNER. Librarian, Curator, and Secretary. Mr. WILLIAM CROWTHER. Sub=Librarian. Mr. W. H. WALTON. Assistant Librarians, Miss ETHEL J. CROWTHER. Mr. W. LOUIS COLTMAN Miss HELEN J. WHITE. J unior Assistants. S. LAUGHTON. Miss L. THORNTON, a Porter—GEORGE PULLEN. Art Gallery Attendant—J, FOLEY. > ‘ a 4 an ee ‘nd ol QR hoe’ eaee TTR ae! . _ ’ _ : a x :.4 he Tie Ge 40 Akon j : « J > 4, i y ~~ : | 4 oo fa i 7 y : Se eee) ‘ ) MW ae) hi val = of + Sea) 6 : nT an) 1? Py q act ‘ 7 y - ( ‘ \ air - mF 5) =i r par Thi 2 ’ 4. t y wan I ‘ 3) | ribet t veeay Meat, i J " ) » en Sa 2. iY ie eter ahs Nelice' bh’ 4 ~ ¥ E 4 1) Aan ehit ‘ Py ae AGA 4a yuk a ? 4 eB hh gee : ‘ , ALY habits ¥ ‘git ter: og é - * 2 he) as Pomel y bOROUGH OF DERBY. hirtieth Annual Report OF THE FREE LIBRARY & MUSEUM COMMITTEE, For the year ending September 29th, 1901. YAWHE Free Library and Museum Committee have much pleasure in laying before the Town Council their Thirtieth Annual Report. There is little that is new to report concerning the Institution, and the year has been one of steady work, without any special features. The great changes introduced into the working of the Library during the year 1900 have proved to be beneficial, and the public who have now become familiar with the new methods, take to them readily, and we believe are served as rapidly and efficiently asever. The new Catalogue will very shortly be complete. The work of re-arrangement in the Museum has made steady and substantial progress during the year. Specimens of Mollusca have been purchased to make the cases more complete, and the fine collection of Birds and Eggs made by the late Mr. Glazebrook, of Man- chester, was also acquired by the Committee a few months ago. The Special Sub-Committee continues its arduous task, and is now engaged upon the Insects, while the remounting of the Birds is also being proceeded with as rapidly as time permits. Nothing has been done to the interior of the building during the past year, except improving the lighting in the Reading Rooms and Delivery Room, and re-covering the floor of the Newsroom. The 6 outside of the building will shortly be re-painted, and probably some re-pointing of the brickwork and other small matters will have to be attended to, on which the Borough Surveyor will shortly report. The building is otherwise in a good state of repair. The Committee are very glad to know that the clause specially dealing with this Institution was included in the Derby Corporation Act, 1901, and they thank the Council for securing its insertion. They do not anticipate that any change will have to be made for some time to come, but when the question of establishing Branch Libraries is seriously raised by the Ratepayers, they will not be obliged to decline entertaining it for lack of means, but each question can be dealt with on its merits. A small slip containing an extract from Clause 171 of the Act, relating to the presence of beoks in infected houses, has been inserted in each book, at the request of the Sanitary Committee. The Members of the Committee have to mourn the loss of their late respected colleague, Mr. Alderman Russell, J.P. He was one of the most active members of the Corporation in securing the adoption of the Library Act, and had been a member of this Committee from its formation. His wise counsels did much in shaping its policy and directing its work in its earlier days, and he regularly attended its meetings as long as he was able, while his interest in the welfare of the Free Library and Museum continued to the end of his life. The usual report compiled by the Librarian accompanies this, and those interested are referred to it for more detailed information respecting the inner working of the Institution. Finally, the Committee desire to express their thanks to all the donors of books, magazines, and Museum specimens during the past year, and again to acknowledge the zeal and efficiency with which the work of the Institution is carried on by Mr. Crowther and his staff. On behalf of the Committee, GEORGE BOTTOMLEY, Chairman. October 81st, 1901. : Librarian’s Report TO THE COMMITTEE, For the year ending September 29th, 1901. GENTLEMEN, Report. The year’s work presents no very special features, but there are a few facts concerning the working of the Library which are worthy of attention, and which I may venture to place before you in a connected and convenient form. IT HAVE much pleasure in laying before you my Sixteenth Annual In the Lending Library we now have 22,062 books; of these 739 have been added during the past year, while 313 others appear as replacements of those worn out; 382 books have become worn out; two have been lost and paid for; eight have been destroyed, through having been in infected houses; and eight appear as totally lost, a larger number than usual. Both the gross issues and the daily average show again a slight decline. This is partly owing to various causes before referred to, and to the new system of issue adopted last year, which at first was considerably slower and the number of borrowers fewer. Iam glad to say that the issues for the last three months show a steady advance, and that there is every sign that we shall soon be back to our normal condition. The diminished number of issues is in books read for recreation and amusement, all other classes except fiction showing an increase. Decreased issues are the rule rather than the exception in other towns. In the Children’s Library the issues are about the Same as last year, and in the Reference Department only four less, 8 the difference being due to the number of Patents consulted. The Reference Library which now contains 12,273 books, had 263 additions last year, of which 108 were Patent Specifications. Among other statistics, it is worthy of notice that the number of new borrowers joining during the year was 1806, and that the income from fines and sales of catalogues showed an increase under both heads. Our borrowers, as shown in Table five, continue to be drawn from all professions and trades. There is now no difficulty at all under the new system of issue, and I am glad to chronicle the fact that borrowers use their catalogues a great deal more than they did and come better prepared with the knowledge of what they want. I much regret that the hope I expressed in my last Annual Report as to the completion of the whole Catalogue has not been quite realised, but the work has proved heavier than I expected and we have not yet finished, although there has been no unnecessary delay. During the year we have brought out additional lists in Division 1., Science and Natural History (2,600 books); Division 2, Fiction (6,500 books); Division 6, Children’s books (1,900 books), bringing those divisions up-to-date. In addition we have issued an entirely new Catalogue of Division 4—Poetry, the Drama, and Miscellaneous Literature (2,700 books); Division 3—Travel, History, and Biography (6,900 books) is now passing through the printer’s hands and will be issued about the same time as this report. The last has been a very tedious work, but we have endeavoured to make the cross-references as complete as possible. This leaves only Division 5—Law, Politics, Theology, and Philosophy (1,400 books) to be dealt with, and that is already well in hand. I think that although the task I hoped to accomplish has not been fully completed, the Committee will consider that a good year’s work has been done. The attendance in the Newsrooms shows no diminution, either at the Central Library or at the Arboretum Reading Room. I have every reason to be satisfied with the conduct of those attending, and no serious complaint of any kind has been made during the year, Petty thefts we are never quite free from, but even they have been 2 less numerous than usual duwing the past year. The books lent out from the Library are also well used, and I am pleased to note a very great advance in that respect during the last sixteen years. In conclusion I desire to express my thanks to the Derby Press for their kindly co-operation with me in everything likely to prove beneficial to the Institution, and to the members of my Committee for the assistance and ready support they always give me in my work. Of my Staff I can speak in terms of unqualified satisfaction, and Mr, Walton’s help in the arduous work connected with our new Cata- logues deserves special commendation and thanks. I remain, Gentlemen, Your obedient Servant, WILLIAM CROWTHER, Librarian, Curator, and Secretary. October 31st, 1901. 10 Minefeen{H Annual Report OF THE CORPORATION ART GALLERY COMMITTEE. HE Art Gallery Committee have pleasure in presenting their f® Nineteenth Annual Report to the Town Council, and in doing so, feel they may fairly congratulate the Corporation on the continued prosperity and usefulness of the Institution. Below is given a comparative table of the attendances, and from this it will be seen that the total number of visitors is slightly in excess of last year’s, although the days open have been two less. Tue average attendance on free days is now nearly eight times as great as that on other days. — : = nn | 1898-99 | 1899-1900 | 1900-1901 | | “ ee | | | | Visitors to Autumn Exhibition... 13302 10786 13725 ) Spring . = | 15382 | 17199 15020 s Summer 5 He 15855 9945 | 9709 Total Visitors... | 44539 | 37950 BELLS Total Days Open by Payment ... 172 152 iy} | x 55 Free We 90 | 80 78 | | | = = | | Total Days Open ... 262 | 232 230 | [= | — —— | Average on Paying Days | 8 51 ail ee Free Days | 384 | 378 394 | | | | 11 There have been three exhibitions as usual during the past year. This is one more than in most other towns, where they are content to rely chiefly on the attractions of their permanent collection during the summer months. Our permanent collection at present is so small, that we could not venture to do this, and the present arrangement must continue for some time to come. The Spring and Autumn Exhibitions were of the usual character, consisting of the best pictures in both oil and water colours which could be obtained, and many artists of high standing contributed to one or both. In the Spring Exhibition special efforts are made to secure a representative collection of the works of local artists, and they were well represented, while it is a cheering sign to notice that their work steadily improves. Sixty pictures were sold during the year, and the Art Union held annually in January was also more successful than that of the previous year. The Summer Exhibition consisted of works in black and white, which although not so interesting to the general public, were a great attraction to the artists and students of the town and neighbourhood. For these work sthe Committee were indebted to the Proprietors of “The Graphic” and to Messrs. Cassell & Co., Limited, to whom the warmest thanks of the Committee and the Council are due. The present Exhibition, which was opened on October 17th, compares favourably with its predecessors, and judging from the re- turns up to the present will be well patronised. His Worship the Mayor and the Mayoress entertained the visitors to the Private View to Afternoon Tea, a custom successfully inaugurated by the Chairman in the previous year. The thanks of the Committee have been sent to the Mayor and Mayoress for this kindly proof of their interest in the Art Gallery. The objects on loan from the Board of Education have not been changed during the current year, and have now been with us fifteen months, but the change will be effected in afew days. With the new collection a new regulation comes into effect, by which the Cominittee have to undertake to insure the objects lent against burglary and all travelling risks. This the Committee feel is not an unreasonable requirement on the part of the Board, and they have as a matter of course, complied with it. 12 The building is in a good state of repair, and the Committee are glad to report, that while their receipts have been higher, their ex- penses have been less, and consequently they have to ask the Council for a less sum than in any year since 1891. The total cost of the Institution to the town during the past year would be represented by a rate of rather less than one-sixth of a penny in the pound. The Committee are quite sure that the Council will consider this result a satisfactory one, and in conclusion beg to assure the Council that they will continue to use their best efforts to secure for the Art Gallery an even higher degree of efficiency and usefulness. This Report would be incomplete without an acknowledgment of the excellent work done by the Curator, Mr. Crowther; to whose zeal, tact,and good management much of the success of the Gallery is due. On behalf of the Committee, WILLIAM BEMROSE, Art Gallery, Oct. 81st, 1901. 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Accountants Agents and Collectors Apprentices and Shop Assistants Architects, Surveyors, & Draughts- men ... aad Sas eee ies Artists ... Auctioneers and Valuers Bakers and Confectioners Barrister Brewers Bottler Bookbinders, Printers, hahesraple ers, and Compositors Boot and Shoe Makers Builders, Bricklayers & Masons Butchers Carpenters, Makers Carver and Gilder Joiners, and Cabinet Chemists and Druggists China Workers Clergymen & Ministers Clerks, Bookkeepers, & Cashiers Coach Builders Commercial Travellers Dairyman Dispenser Domestic Servants Drapers... Electricians Engineers, Smiths, Moulders, Fitters, Boiler Makers, and Engine Drivers Errand and Office Boys . Factory Hands Grocers... ore ‘0 Hairdressers Housekeepers ... i) Iron Dresser 1 Jewellers and Watchmakers 6 Journalist 1 Labourers 7 Leather Dresser 1 Mattress Maker 1 Mechanics 5 Milliners, Dressmakers, and Mantle- makers : 5 17 Musicians and Music Teachers 3 Nurses ... 11 Painters and Paperhangers ... 9 Pawnbroker 1 Plumbers and Glaziers a Postmen 2 Porters, Caretakers, and Attendants 6 Publican 1 Railway Employés 6 Scholars and Students 30 Shopkeepers and Salesmen... 6 Solicitors 2 Tailors, Hatters, and Hosiers 22 Teachers and Pupil Teachers 98 Telegraph Messengers 7 Telegraphists ... 5 Timber Merchants 2 Tobacconist 1 Turners and Brass Finishers 8 Typist ... 1 Warehousemen 3 Wine Merchant 1 No Occupation 363 1,000 49 TABLE VI. General Summary. COMPARATIVE RETURNS. 1900. 1901. Lending Library Replacements ... if an 487 jl New Books ... ne oe aoe =" 824 73 Total Books ... 4 BA ik ...| 21414 | 2206 =. Issues” “:: ve a a ...| 122414 | 11679 Average Daily Issues aah ae Sal oe 45 Turnover of each Volume ... a ae ate De Reference Library :— New Books .... re? bs ss ae 283 263 Total Books ... oo Wks Ger 4 12010 | 1227: 5 Issues: -..:: oe Ede ae: Ben Me 8972 Average Daily Issue... Ae i 35 32 Overdue Books written for ae me G 873 797 , Books Re-bound and Repaired ... nas pact § eau 2088 | New Borrowers :— Male, 1048 ___... ee Ps re Females, Tao! '. tr eee a 1806 Total Borrowers ... ae ee ne + 4300 GENERAL DATA. Population (1901 Census, Old Borough) _... a 105,785 Rateable Value (September, 1900) ... a ... £458,313 Amount of Rate Levied ae whe is ...One Penny. Amount produced by Rate... ae nee aa £1,864 Library Stock ... et 32°45 PER CENT. OF POPULATION. Donations to the Library. $$. Agent-General, Canadian Government Agency.—Copies of various Canadian papers. Agent-General for New South Wales.—“The Wealth and Progress of New South Wales.” ‘Mercury or Quicksilver in New South Wales.” ‘The New South Wales Contingents to South Africa.” “The Seven Colonies of Australasia, 1899-1900." “Six Pamphlets with reference to New South Wales.” “The Fauna of New South Wales.” ‘ Annual Mining Report, 1899.” “ Report on the Hillgrove Gold Field, 1900.” Agent-General for Queensland.—Government Mining Journal of Queensland (2 copies). Agent-General for South Australia.— Record of Mines of South Australia.” ‘“ Mining in South Australia” (2 copies). Agent-General for Western Australia.—Western Australian Year Book for 1898-1899. Anderson, Anderson, & Co., Messrs.—* Orient Line Guide, 19012? Ball, John, Esq.—‘ Geological Survey Report, 1899.” “ Kharga Oasis —its Topography and Geology.” Bennett & Co., Messrs.—* Derbyshire Business Directory, 1901.” Birmingham Free Library.—“ History of the Birmingham Free Public Libraries, &c.” “Occasional Lists.” Boulter, Rev. W. C.—‘* History of Wirksworth.” Brewster, Miss. M. A.—* Travels in Egypt and Palestine.” Briscoe, J. Potter, Esq.—“ Manuscripts relating to the County of Nottingham.” British Museum, Trustees of—Hand List of Birds, Volume II. ; Catalogue of Jurassic Plants, Part I.; Catalogue of African Plants ; Facsimile Biblical Mss.; Catalogue of Welwitsche’s African Plants; Catalogue of Greek Coins; Catalogue of Mesozoic Plants; Cata- logue of Lepidoptera ; Catalogue of Cretaceous Bryozoa; Catalogue of Playing Cards: Catalogue of Greek Sculpture, etc., etc. Browne, Mrs. E.—* A Blank Page.” 21 Browne, T. Bi, Ltd.; Messrs.—Press Directory and Advertisers’ A.B.C. for 1901. Caledonian Railway Co,—« Through Scotland by the Caledonian Railway.” Cardiff Museum and Art Gallery. — Annual Report. Choate, Joseph H., Esq.—“ Abraham LineolIn.” — * An Address delivered before the Edinburgh Philosophical Institution, 1900,” Clulow, Edward, Esq.—“ The Empire of the South.” Commercial Cable Co., Messrs.— Atlantic Cable Directory of Registered Addresses and Directory Code.” Cooper, William, Esq.—County Borough of Derby: Abstract of Accouiuits, 1899-1900; Schedule of Loans and Sinking Fund calcula- tions, March, 1901, Courtney, C, Je; Esq.—Catalogue of the Collection of Works relating to the County of Surrey, contained in the Minet Free Library. Crewe, Dowager Lady.—* Edible British Mollusks,” Crewe, Hugo Harpur, Esq.—A Record of the Visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Derbyshire ; Coronation Number of The Times, 1821; Copies of London Chronicle ; Sentences, Derby Assizes ; Derby Warrant; Caricature ; Sketch of Derby ; Copy of two Marches by Haydn, dedicated to Sir Henry Harpur, 1794; and sundry other papers. Deal, Corporation of—A Guide and Souvenir of Deal. The Official] Publication of the Town Council. Deeley, A. Mountford, Esq.— Lubrications and Lubricants,” Fleetwood Urban District Council.—Illustrated Guide Buok to Fleetwood and neighbourhood, 1901, Gallenkamp, A. and Co... Ltd:, Messrs.—Catalogue of Chemical Apparatus, ete. Hampton, W. Esq.—Scholastic Directory for London and Proy- inces, 1900-1901. Hastings, Borough of—Annual Report of Meteorological Observa- tions, 1900, Hill, B. R., Esq.—The History of Rasselas by Dr. Johnson (Derby Edition), Hitchcock, Frank H.—Department of Agriculture, Washington, U.S.A. ; Foreign Markets for American Agricultura] Products ; Our Foreign Trade in Agricultural Products ; Agricultural] Exports Lh) 2 and Imports of the United States, 1895-1899; Sources and Distribu- tion of the Agricultural Imports and Exports of the United States, 1894-1898 ; Our Trade with Japan, China, and Hong-Kong. Howarth, Dr. W. J.—Twenty-Fourth Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Derby, 1900. Kirby, Frederick, Esq.—The Gospel Pulpit (10 Volumes), by the late Rev. J. C. Philpot, M.A. Langston, Henry, Esq.—Six Derbyshire Books. Letts, Charles and Co., Messrs.—The British Almanac, 1901. Library Reports from Aberdeen, Acton, Arbroath, Ashton-under- Lyne, Ayr, Barrow-in-Furness, Battersea, Belfast, Birmingham, Blackburn, Blackpool, Bootle, Bradford, Brentford, Brighton, Bristol, Buxton, Cambridge, Cardiff, Cheltenham, Cork, Croydon, Doncaster, Ealing, Falmouth, Finsbury, Folkestone, Fulham, Glasgow, Glouces- ter, Gosport, Great Yarmouth, Hanley, Hammersmith, Hereford, Hornsey, Hove, Hyde, Kettering, Kidderminster, Kilburn, Kingston- on-Thames, Leamington Spa, Leeds, Leek, Leicester, Leyton, Lime- house, Lincoln, Liverpool, Loughborough, Loughton, Manchester, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Norwich, Nottingham, Penarth, Portsmouth, Preston, Richmond (Surrey), Rochdale, Rotherhithe, Salford, Shore- ditch, Southampton, Smethwick, Stafford, Stoke Newington, St. Saviour’s (Southwark), Tottenham, Tynemouth, Walthamstow, Waterloo (Livepool), Wednesbury, West Bromwich, West Ham, Westminster, Whitechapel, Wigan, Wolverhampton, York. London, Corporation of—Calendar of Letter Books of the City of London. Letter Book C. Mather and Crowther, Messrs.—Practical Advertising, 1901. Moody, T. and Co., Messrs.—London and County Trades Direc- tory. Morris, Mrs. William.—Specimen Illustrated Pages of the Kelm- scott Chaucer. Paton, J. and J., Messrs.—List of Public and Private Schools. Roberts, Isaac, Esq.—Celestial Photographs. Roe, Sir Thomas, M.P.—Interim Report on Sewage. Rylands Library, Manchester, Governors of—Catalogue of Early English Books to 1640. Scientific Publishing Co., Messrs., The.—Fowler’s Mechanical Engineer’s Pocket Book, 1901 (2 copies). Secretary, Co-operative Union, Ltd.—Annual Report of the Co-operative Congress, 1901. 23 Secretary, Cripplegate Institute.—Reports for 1899 and 1900. Secretary, Department of Agriculture, Ottawa.—Experimental Farms, Reports for 1900, Secretary, Fabian Society.—“ Fabianism and the Empire.” Secretary, Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical Col- lege.—College Calendar, 1901-2, Secretary, Incorporated Society of Musicians.—I.S.M. Register of Members, 1901. Secretary, Iron and Steel Institute.—Journal of the Iron and Steel Institute, Rules, and List of Members. Secretary, National Anti-Vaccination League.—“ A Century of Vaccination.” “The Recrudescence of Leprosy.” Secretary, National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.—Report, 1900-1901. Secretary, Royal Colonial Institute.—Proceedings of the Royal Colonial Institute, Volume XXXII, 1900-1. First Supplement to the Catalogue of the Library of the Royal Colonial Institute. Secretary, Trinity College, London.—College Calendar, 1900-1, Secretary, University, Durham.—University Calendar, 1900-1901. Secretary, University College, Nottingham.—College Calendar, 1900-1901. Secretary, University College of Wales.—College Calendar, 1900-1901. Secretary, Working Men’s Lord’s Day Rest Association.— Seven Books on Sunday Observance. Sell, Henry, Esq.—Sell’s Dictionary of the World’s Press for 1901, with Supplement, Progress of British Newspapers in the 19th Century. Smith, H. Llewellyn, Esq.—Reports on the Strikes and Lock- Outs of 1899, and the Standard Time Rates of Wages in 1900, Spreckley, Mrs., Bournemouth.—Portrait of the late Colonel J. A. Spreckley. University Correspondence College.—Tutorial Series (Per Messrs. W. B. Clive and Co.), First Stage Building Construction : Tutorial Algebra ; Matriculation Directory for 1900 ; University Correspon- dent, Volume X., 1900 ; Pamphlets, ete. Vickers, James William, Esq.—Vickers’s Newspaper Gazetteer for 1900, 24 Donations to the Museum. Crewe, Hugo Harpur, Esq.—Shells. Dawes, Amos, Esq.—Variety of Hen’s Egg. Newton, T. Esq.—Snake and Lizard. Williamson, John W., Esq.—Fox Cub. Woodiwiss, Sidney, Esq.—Head and Neck of Giraffe. Emu. Flamingo. Donations to the Art Gallery. Crewe, Dowager Lady—Specimen of Jubilee Mug, presented to the Children of Whippingham, 1887. Abstract of Accounts. Derby Free ABSTRACT OF THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE Dr. Repairs and Alterations £ ae To Joiner’s, Plumber’s, and Painter’s Work ... ae 59 154 .. Locksmith’s and Electrican’s Work ... wi sa 9° Oink .. Cabinet Maker’s and Upholsterer’s Work __... tae 14 2 5 .. Cork Carpet in Reading Room... ed mp: pt 21 19 0 £91 4 4 Salaries and To W. Crowther, Chief Librarian, Curator,and Secretary 290 0 O ,. W.H. Walton, Sub-Librarian ... Pe a < MNGi ,, E. J. Crowther, Assistant Librarian ... Z a 58 10 O , W.L.Coltman, ,, be ee a age 52:0 2 , H. J. White, ‘ = re ese 20 13 48 ,, 8. Laughton, Junior Assistant... = aa sf 18 0 O Las Fe Thornton, m ne EA _ mee 13 16 O ,, Extra Help, Evening Boys — NP 3 9-5 6 ,. Porter’s Wages and Assistant Cleaners “7 eh 83 10 6 ,, Watson, Sowter, and Co., Auditors ... se ee i is £665 0 0 Library To New Books we 23. Dot, sae ,, Binding and Repairing Books, ‘and Materials” —» Jos Lae .. Printing Cards, Notices, Forms, and Fines Books .. 19. 188 .. New Catalogues and Help __... we Bs ee 33 14 3 iS) ~J hibrary, &c. YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER a2oth, troor. to Premises Account. By Free Library Revenue Account Waaes Account. By Free Library Revenue Account Account. By Sale of Catalogues » Fines upon Readers for Detention of Books » Fees for New Tickets and Post Cards » Lost and Damaged Books wa » Free Library Revenue Account a 5 me a OA 4 £91 4 4 665 O O £665 O Asa: AGS. Shi «2A Dei 1p Oia) 7 £486 7 3 28 Magazines and Periodicals aie Newspapers, Illustrated Papers, &e. ... Purchase, Carriage, and Mounting of Specimens Stands for Birds and Glass Jars Printing Labels oa “Glazebrook ” Collection (Birds and Insects) Gratuity for Special Work (G. Pullen) Caretaker’s Salary Rent of Premises Gas Coal Newspapers, Mag cazines, Wes ks 3 Joiner’s and Plumber's Work, Ironmongery National Telephone Co., Annual Subser iption Miscellaneous Payments : se Free Library Rate at One Farthing in the £, one Quarter to 25th December, 1901 Ditto, Quarter ending 25th March, 1901 Ditto, Quarter ending 24th June, 1901 Ditto, Quarter ending 29th September, 1901.. Reading and Rews £ Soca 43. oll TO. 23828 113 Museum 27 Soares: LG ik 0) 60 O O Be (0) 60) £4 16 10 Arboretum LOL NO 10° O20 Ipyeilay (0) 14 15 £0 BBY spy |S) 3 120 ay) 0) 3. Gala £98 10 6 £1864 0 0 29 Rooms Account. By Sale of Old Periodicals, &ce. ,» Free Library Revenue Accourt Account. By Free Library Revenue Account Branch Account. By Free Library Revenue Account Corporation. By Treasurer, Free Library Rate granted Nov. 9th, 1900 -) Ditto, eranted February 6th, 1901 » Ditto, granted May Ist, 0 » Ditto, granted August itlel, MESLONE Gr. Loney te ET AS 111 4 10 Seat By, J+ 16 10 “£94 16 10 98 10 6 £98 10 6 466 0 O 466 O 466 O O 466 O ae. To ” Gas Electric Light Water Coal Pes Fire Insurance and Guarantee... Electric Lamps and Shades Plants, Bulbs, &c. for Garden ... Gar den Hose & Petty Cash Payments by Librarian Printing Annual Reports Various Printing and page Cleaning Windows : Property Tax and House Duty Miscellaneous Expenses and Advertising Commission and Interest Charged by Bankers Clothing for Porter fe sis Winding and Regulating Clock be National Telephone Co., Annual Subscription rass Plate for Committee Room ac Repairs and Alterations to Premises ... Salaries and Wages Library . Reading and Mews Rooms Museum ... Arboretum Br anch Establishment Balance ASSETS. Treasurer . Cash in li eeani ian’s hands Establishment £ sood 12 6 140 6 9 ae 48 9 il 20) Sao) GS: 819 O 7 ie (0) 43. LOG 9) T7eaG 23. Des 13. 0 O T 126 Lh ei >. ObeS 6 0 0 3.0 0 510 O 410 0O £370 Git 3 Free Sibraty 9] 665 0 0 419 3 7 111. 4.40 94 16 10 98 10 6 370 10 3 145 1 6 £1995 11 10 Balance *141 11 6 310 0 £145 1 6 *NotE—New Catalogue being printed, £90. 31 Account. Gr. ope By Derby Mechanics’ Institute, Acknowledgment for Encroachment bi. ay +r ang 425 se » Free Library Revenue Accoun an ae was, aN) BO eetes £370 11 3 Revenue Account. By Amount brought forward ae = a Jed (eT » Quarterly Rates Granted by the Derby Corporation 1864 0 0 £1995 11 10 Sheet. LIABILITIES. By Free Library Revenue Account ads oe Pere Feel [orl S14 EG W. CROWTHER, Librarian and Secretary. We have examined the several Accounts of the Derby Free Library and Museum for the year ending September 29th, 1901, and hereby certify that they are correct. Dated this 23rd day of October, 1901. WATSON, SOWTER, & CO., A.C.A., Auditors appointed by the Corporation. te OD: | Auditors appointed hy the Burgesses. GEORGE FOSTER, Auditor appointed by the Mayor. OF 32 Derby Corporation ABSTRACT OF THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE 2 ch eas To Wages to Attendant at Turnstile and Charwomen ... 84. 2 0 », Watson, Sowter and Co.. Auditors... ag fe 3 Sw. £37. Soo Repairs and To. Joiner’s and Plumber’s Work . sa she 8°49 », Repairs and Alterations to Electric Light os te oc lh wal £il 15 10 Collection and Carriage of To Collection, Carriage, and Insurance of Pictures, and obtaining Loans ... Mee - ie foe lio eal aun ah 34 12 5 Establishment To Fire Insurance ... ‘et b22 tds ae om 4 8 6 55 Gas Suc eee wee 1L. =2E ao ,, Electric Light and Meter Rent e: ey 56 28 2 4 ,, Coke ae - a BN os ba ant 714 1 », Lronmongery .. : a3 ove I 14 ,, Printing, Stationery : and Advertising Bae ate 34 14 5 », Printing Catalogues... oA Sit iy 36 14 6 » Petty Cash Payments by Curator... ey 16 Tero ,, Interest and Commission charged by Bankers is 9 12 ,, Attendant’s Clothing ... ie she 3 ts ee 9-010 e, me : 43 3 Property Tax | £153 7a Art Gallery. YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 29th, igor. Account. Gr. tee ae By Art Gallery Account ... ae ey or oF 87 5 0 Alterations Account. By Art Gallery Account ... ise ne ay a, 11 15 10 £lTatos a0 Pictures and Loan Account. By Art Gallery Account ... he os ut w- 13412 5 £134 12 5 Account. acco Gs By Advertisements in Catalogues ao 1 0 » Sale of Catalogues tots 9 36 14. 9 » Art Gallery Account aes “és 116.13 2 S155. 7 1k See See ay. Derby Corporation 2 eae To Balance brought forward os ie ae a, OAL £341 0 0 Art Gallery To Wages... Bde on ae aS 87 250 5, Repairs and Alterations a 1. 13.40 ,, Collection, Carriage, and ienence of Pictures o. » ABASIS RCO Establishment ... J ie rc ae Perms Wise oe ” ——— £350 6 5 Balance ASSETS. To Art Gallery Revenue Account sist ee .. + 296: 42°92 Cash Balance in hand ... ant et ae wiae 0.2 ” | 30 | Account. Gr. | eee or tls By Derby Corporation, Amount sweue to Banker at 29th September, 1900... e wat BEE Oe 0 £34 OO Revenue Account. By AUTUMN EXHIBITION, 1900-1901. ede Receipts at Turnstile ... ; FE Os Commission on Pictures sold LOS 8 pf ee Re: » SPRING EXHIBITION, 1901. Receipts at Turnstile ... : 13.16 3 Commission on Pictures sold LOK. eG — rs aa WY ae » SUMMER EXHIBITION, 1901. Receipts at Turnstile ... Bs 9 2 Il », Balance (deficiency) ... oes ae 296 4 2 £350 6 5 Sheet. LIABILITIES. By Treasurer... ye she te fee ne aac, ON £296 6 2 W. CROWTHER, Curator and Secretary. We have examined the several Accounts of the Derby Art Gallery Jor the year ending 29th September, 1901, and hereby certify that they are correct. Duted this 23rd day of October, 1901. WATSON, SOWTER & CO., A.C.A., Aulitors appointed by the Corporation. ee robb Auditors appointed by the Burgesses. GEORGE FOSTER, Auditor appointed by the Mayor. PRES&i. iiD aloo a3 he Boke THIRTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE Derby 5 Free Public Library L 6X And MUSEUM, xa. PRESENTED TO THE TOWN COUNCIL, NOVEMBER ioth, 1902. — Ip, TT waRPUR & Sons, PRINTERS, DEREK as r PA ph NE gral COUNTY BOROUGH OF DERBY. ot THIRTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE Dery Feee Public Libeacy ON and Museum, Kav fo HIND E Ge TWENTIETH ANNUAL REPORT “,, OF THE ART GALLERY COMMITTEE. Presented to the Town Council, Nov. 10th, 1902. om DERBY : HARPUR AND SONS, PRINTERS, I0, FRIAR GATE, 1902. z : | List of Committees and Officials. Library and Museum Committee. Mr. AtprrmMan WOODIWISS, J.P., Mayor, ex-officio. Mr. Atperman G. BOTTOMLEY, J.P., Coatrman. Mr. AtpermMan ANN, J.P. Mr. Counctttor WINTER. 5 on DUESBURY, J.P. » H. ARNOLD BEMROSE, M.A. 5 * HARRISON, J.P. » W. BEMROSE, J.P. » CouncrLtor GEORGE. » ALEX. BUCHANAN, J.P. 4 * INNES. » & COURT. = + MOORE. Dr. T. LAWRIE GEN'TLES. ” ” SHACKLETON. Mr: H. M. HOBSON, J.P. - : A 43 SMITH. Rev. G. HUNSWORTH, M.A. WILSON, M.A., J.P. Mr Wo J. PIPHR IP: Mr. A, H. STOKES, A.M., F.G.S. Art Gallery Committee. Mr. Atprrman WOODIWISS, J.P., Mayor, ev-officio. Mr. WILLIAM BEMROSE, J.P., Coatrman. Mr. AtprrmMan SOWTER, J.P., Vicr-CHatrman. Mr. Atperman ANN, J.P. Mr. Councittor A. WILSON, M.A., J.P. rss; cA BOTTOMLEY, J.P. A 5 WINTER. Bs - HARRISON, J.P. » C. B. KEENE. a HORNE, J.P. , A. F. LONGDON, J.P. Councittor NEWBOLD. » GEO. TURNER. ” Librarian, Curator, and Secretary. Mr. WILLIAM CROWTHER. Sub-Librarian. Mr. W. H. WALTON. Assistant Librarians. Miss ETHEL J. CROWTHER. Miss HELEN J. WHITE. Junior Assistants. 8. LAUGHTON. Miss L. THORNTON. H. WARBURTON. Porter—GEORGE PULLEN. Art Gallery Attendant—J. FOLEY. a COUNTY BOROUGH OF DERBY. Thirty-First Annual Report OF THE FREE LIBRARY & MUSEUM COMMITTEE. HE Free Library and Museum Committee have great pleasure in laying their Thirty-First Annual Report before the Town Council. The past year, if it has been comparatively uneventful, has been one of steady progress in the work of the Institution. The number of borrowers and the issues of books have been gradually increasing since this time last year, and the question of space has been temporarily dealt with by the hiring of premises in the Strand for the horsing of the earlier Patent Specifications. The work in the Museum has made good, if not very visible, progress during the year. The special Sub-Conimittce for re-arrangement con- tinues its labours, and a large portion of the insect collection has been completed and is now being mounted. Less progress has been made with the birds than last year, but the completion of the Library Catalogue will allow more time to be devoted to this part of the work in the near future, and it is hoped that another year will see this portion of the Museum complete. The Committee have decided to employ an assistant porter, whose engagement will enable the present attendant to devote more time to the detailed work of the Museum, and also secure more thorough supervision over the whole Institution than it is possible to have under present conditions. 6 The painted work in the Newsrooms and corridors has been thoroughly cleaned and will last another year or two. It has now lasted more than twice as long as would have been possible before the introduction of the Klectric Light. Experiments are being made to provide for the more efficient ventilation of the Reading Rooms. It was found out accident- ally by the police that the locks throughout the building were the same as those in two other public institutions, and all the locks have con- sequently been remodelled or entirely renewed, and several portions of the premises have been made additionally secure. The Surveyor’s Report on the exterior of the building disclosed a rather serious state of affairs in many respects, the main points being the decay of the mortar used in the construction of the walls, the leaky con- dition of the roof, and the insufficient damp course put in in the first instance. The whole building is being re-pointed and the damp course attended to, and the roof will be put into thorough repair in the spring. These matters will involve considerable expense, but the Council may rely on the necessary repairs being carried out as economically as is con- sistent with the building being put into a state of thorough repair. The Librarian’s Report and the exhaustive statistics which are’ appended to this may be referred to for detailed information as to the working of the Institution. In conclusion, the Committee desire to express their best thanks to all donors of books, magazines, and Museum objects during the past year. They are also glad to place on record their appreciation of the work done by the Chief Librarian and his staff. On behalf of the Committee, GEORGE BOTTOMLEY, Chairman. October 30th, 1902. LIBRARIAN’S REPORT TO THE COMMITTEE, For the year ending September 29th, 1902. a GmNTLEMEN, HE time once more comes round for me to present to you my Annual Report. With a year of ordinary progress it becomes increasingly difficult to say anything new, and my successive reports are necessarily very similar; but perhaps there is an advantage in being able to place before you the leading features of the year's work without giving you the trouble to wade through the accompanying statistics. From these tables I lay before you the facts that in the Lending Library we have now 22,167 books, of which 544 have been added daring the past year. In addition to these new books, we have replaced 265 of the worn-out books by new copies, and a similar number await replacement. Altogether 674 books have been withdrawn, and these q include a cousiderable number of ancient theological works which it was not thought worth while to include in the new Catalogue. Nineteen books have been destroyed through having been in infected houses, ten have been lost and paid for, and only one has been totally lost, which, out of an issue numbering nearly 128,000, I think is very satisfactory. Every month but one in the past year has shown an increased issue, and the total daily issue is 48 in advance of last year’s. All classes show an advance except the departments of politics and commerce, where there is a slight decline, which is probably accidental. The Reference Library, in which the issues are much the same as usual, now contains 12,563 books, of which 290 are additions during the year. The number of new borrowers enrolled during the year was 1,672. 8 The last division of the Catalogue is now completed, and will be issued about the same time as this Report. The delay in its issue has been unavoidable. Some special means of making the additions to the Library known will be shortly recommended by the Book Committee, and this will probably take the form of a small supplement published at regular intervals. The visitors to the Newsrooms are as numerous as ever, both at the Central Institution and the Arboretum Branch Reading Room. I have no complaint to make of the order which is maintained, nor has any complaint been made to me. A word is generally sufficient to check audible conversation, and there are few other matters on which com- plaints can be made. Pilfering from the Reading Rooms, more particu- larly from the magazines, is not yet extinct, and seems to break out at times like an epidemic. It is at no time very serious, and I hope the additional supervision we shall shortly have will stop it altogether. I have had no serious complaints about the ill-treatment or mutilation of books while in the custody of borrowers. A change has recently taken place in our staff; Mr. W. lL. Coltman, who has been employed in the Library for the past nine years, having obtained an appointment in the Public Library at Woolwich. His departure will necessitate some re-arrangement of duties, and the advancement of others of the staff who have done us good service. Tam glad to be able to speak in terms of satisfaction of the work done by the whole of them, and I think no Library Committee in the country is better served. It only remains for me to once more thank the Derby press for their kindly co-operation with me for the benefit of the Institu- tion, and to gratefully acknowledge the help and encouragement I have invariably received from the members of my Committee. I remain, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, WILLIAM CROWTHER, Librarian, Curator, and Secretary. October 30th, 1902. Twentieth Annual Report OF THE CORPORATION ART GALLERY COMMITTEE. $0} HE Art Gallery Committee have pleasure in laying before the Council their Twentieth Annual Report. The year’s work just brought to a close has not presented any special features, but the prosperity and usefulness of the Institution have been well main- tained. From the comparative table of attendances -given below it will be seen that the average attendance varies but little from year to year. The Gallery has been open for 41 days less than in the previous year. This was caused by the short time for which the Photographic Exhibi- tion could be kept open, and the impossibility of finding any other collection of interest for the short space of time available. 1899-1900 | 1900-1901 | 1901-1902 Visitors to Autumn Exhibition ... 10786 13725 13320 Hi Spring ” ts 17199 15020 13570 - Summer or = 9945 9700 4430 Total Visitors vis 37930 38445 31320 Total Days Open by Payment ... 152 152 124 eto Free =e 80 78 65 Total Days Open ... 232 230 189 Average on Paying Days ... re Bl ol 46 ey Free Days sats hats 378 394 394 Advantage was taken of the Gallery being closed to have the Lower Room and the staircase and vestibule re-painted. This work 10 has been satisfactorily accomplished, and there will be no necessity for further expense in that direction for some years to come. The walls and ceilings throughout the buildings are now painted, and not colour washed, and are much better adapted to their purpose. While the Gallery was closed the whole of the Porcelain Collection was re- arranged, with a view of better classification, and while nothing in the way of general effect has been sacrificed, the collection will be more readily studied by the student and the collector. Three Exhibitions have been held during the year. Those in the Spring and Autumn were of modern pictures in both oil and water-colours, and many of the leading artists of the day contributed to one or both. The work of local artists was also well represented. Forty-eight pictures were sold during the year, and the usual Art Union was as successful as in former years. The Summer Exhibition consisted of Photographs, and was held with the hearty co-operation of the local Photographie Society. The members of the Derby Society were well represented, and there was also a very good Invitation section, which included the work of many of the best photographers of the kingdom. In the local section, medals were awarded for the best work, and Sir William Abney, the president, gave a special medal for the best series of Derbyshire views. The present Exhibition opened on October 15th, and fully keeps up the reputation of the Gallery. It has up to the present been very well attended, and several pictures have been sold. The Mayor and Mayoress (Alderman and Mrs. Woodiwiss) entertained the visitors to afternoon tea on the private view day, for which kindly proof of interest in the work of the Gallery the thanks of the Committee and the Council are due. The objects on loan from the Board of Education were changed in November last, and so will shortly have completed their year’s stay. Insurance has been paid on this collection for the first time, and the recent Directory gives notice that certain other small charges will be made in future. The objects lent are such as will be useful to the Art Industries of the town, and the Board has always shown itself anxious to meet the wishes of the Committee in the choice of objects to be lent. ll The building has needed much attention in various external matters during the past year. Considerable repairing has had to be done to the roof, and the whole of the brickwork has been re-pointed. The work has been carried out under the supervision of the Borough Surveyor, and when several other small matters have received attention there ought to be but little expense for some time to come. The amount to be asked for from the Council is about a hundred pounds more than last year, but the increase is fully accounted for by the necessary repairs and cleaning. The total cost of the Art Gallery to the town during the past year would be represented by a rate of about one-fifth of a penny. The Committee are persuaded that the Council will think this money well spent, and they will continue to use their best efforts to carry out the work of the Gallery entrusted to their care consistent with efficiency. The Committee have again to express their satisfaction with the excellent work accomplished by the Curator, Mr. Crowther, during the past year. On behalf of the Committee, WILLIAM BEMROSE, Chairman. October 30th, 1902. 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Ale onl OL |= -sanp 922 eg. so) han e7g | 93 | IHdy 1&Z Of | Yyoueyy ace | pe | Aaenaqag 61g 23 «| Aacenuee ‘B06 2g 61 |aaqueseq, 98% 92 | taqumaAonNy 19% 2% |" 4407900 ‘LOBT a Pz ee ‘HINOW > $0 ‘aSDAILE Mw ay, puv ‘pansst samngjo,, 7VJO[ uf ‘wado svar havagry ayy shog fo asquinu ayy ‘ssvz) yIva ut anssT Apyjuopy ayy Suza0y4s *JUIUJABAIG IIUIIIJOM. “AI ATAVL TABLE V. Occupations of the Last Thousand of the New Borrowers. Accountant ... Agents and Collectors een Apprentices and Shop Assistants .. Architects, psy pce & Dranghts- men : A he Artist... aes Bakers and Confectioners ... Basket Makers Bookbinders, Printers, Lithograph ers, and Compositors ... 2 Boot and Shoe Makers Bottler She se Sar Builders, Bricklayers, and Masons Butchers sco Ses se Carpenters, Joiners, and Cabinet Makers ... Carrier Chemists and Druggists China Workers : Clergymen and Ministers ... dh Clerks, Bookkeepers, and Cashiers... Coach Builders Commercial Travellers Corn Merchant Cycle Maker... Dairymen Deaconess Dentist Dispenser Domestic Servants ... Drapers soe ac lressmakers and Milliners... Dyers... Electricians ... me ate sin Engineers, Smiths, Moulders, Fitters, Boiler Makers, & Engine Drivers Errand and Office Boys Factory Hands Farmers Grocers and Provision Dealers Hairdressers... Horsekeeper ... Housekeepers 20 10 fF Oe WwW Hn a5 131 Le) So a SD — tae at leet} Inland Revenue Officers Ae Inspector of Weights and Measures Ironmongers... F ie Jewellers and Watchmakers Journalist Labourers Leather Dressers Machinists Manufacturer Marble Merchant Mattress Maker Mechanic ie aha Musicians and Music Teachers Naturalist Nurses Organ Builders Painters and Paperhangers Photographers Piano Tuner ... ney Plumbers and Glaziers Policemen Porters, Caretakers, and Attendants Publicans Saddler ee Scholars and Students Shopkeepers and Salesmen Signalman Silk Throwster Slater... Solicitor Surgeons Tailors, Hatters, and Iosiers Teachers and Pupil Teachers Telegraphists Telegraph Messengcrs Timekeepers ... Turners and Brass Finishers Warehousemen Waiters and Waitresses No Occupation stated a yO i! poe ww e& bw RKP wore BFP RE Om = w wo Hower Re Re RK Oe PF NS RW Be ww Ww —_ on Dawe 6 ou HH nw 1,000 Ee a ae eee —<— ese ee eee ST TABLE VI, General Summary. COMPARATIVE RETURN S. 1901. 1902, Lending Library Replacements... sof s 313 265 New Books oe we a 735 544, | Total Books a a: ---| 22062 | 92167 » Issues... ae ~ = ---| 116791 | 127658 Average Daily Issues ... e ay Ea 452 500 Turnover of each Volume a +. fe 5°29 5°76 Reference Library :— New Books os = i am i: 263 290 Total Books ae ae oe ---| 12273 | 12563 » Issues 8972 8650 z 31 Average Daily Issue 32 Overdue Books written for ... 797 1142 Books Re-bound and Repaired 2088 2350 New Borrowers :— etermbihhs et Sih 0. ae 2 Meals (669 of i209 i Total Borrowers 4300 4500 a te hee GENERAL DATA. Population (estimated to June, 1902) ... ae a 116,869 Rateable Value (September, 1902) £496,163 Amount of Rate Levied .., One Penny. Amount produced by Rate £1,977 10s. Library Stock 29.7 PER CENT. oF POPULATION, = SS SESE Donations to the Cibrary. = a Adams, Captain W. A.—‘ Rus Divinum.” Agent-General for British Columbia.—‘“ Sixth Report of the Department of Agriculture of the Province of British Columbia, 1900.” ‘Fifteenth Annual Report of the Vancouver Board of Trade, 1901-2.”” “The Year-Book of B.C.” ‘ Victoria, Past and Present.” “B.C. Crown Lands, Surveys, Map,” &c. “B.C. and its Agricultural Capabilities.” ‘‘ General Review of Mining in British Columbia.” Agent-General for New South Wales.—Annual Report of the Department of Mines, New South Wales, 1900. Agent-General for New Zealand.—‘‘New Zealand: Notes on its Geography, Statistics, Land System, Scenery, Sports,” &c. (two copies). Bell, Richard, Esq., M.P.—Report and Financial Statements for 1901 of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants. Bennett & Co., Messrs.—‘ Business Directory, 1902.” Bemrose, W. Wright, Esq.—‘ An Inquiry into the Original State and Formation of the Earth,” with Appendix, containing general observations on the Strata in Derbyshire. Boulger, D. C., Esq.—‘ The Belgians at Waterloo.” British Museum, Trustees of.—‘ Hand List of Birds,” volume iii. “ Catalogue of Birds’ Hggs,” volume i. “‘ Catalozue of Moths,” volume iii. (text and plates). ‘‘ Catalogue of Fossil Fishes,” part iv. ‘‘ Cata- logue of Greek Coins: ‘Lydia.’” ‘Catalogue of Early Christian Antiquities.” “Catalogue of Drawings by British Artists,” vol. ini. “Guide to First and Second Egyptian Rooms.” “Guide to Baby- lonian and Assyrian Antiquities.” “Guide to Exhibited Printed Books.” ‘Guide to Greek and Roman Department.” ‘“‘ Guide to Coronation Exhibition.” ‘Guide to Waddesdon Room.” ‘ Guide to Drawings and Sketches.” Colborne, H., Esq.—Annnual Report of Meteorological Observations for the Year 1901. Collingwood Bros., Messrs.—‘“ Collingwood’s International Mer- cantile Directory.” ; — we ~=— 21 Cooper, William, Esq.—County Borongh of Borough: Abstract of Accounts, 1900-1. Crane, Crane & Co., Messrs.—‘“ London and Provincial Directory and Continental Guide.” Currey, P. H., Esq.—Volomes xxi., xxii., xxiii. of “‘The Journal of the Archeological and Natural History Society.” Eyre, Edward, J., Esq. (late Governor of Jamaica).—Report. ‘The History of the Jamaica Case.” Fletcher, Rev. J. M. J.—‘ A Guide to Tideswell and its Church.” Great Eastern Railway Co., Messrs. the.—‘‘ Marsh Leaves from the Norfolk Broads”: Holidays in the Eastern Counties. Hamel-Smith, Harold, Esq.—“Some Notes on Cocoa Planting in the West Indies.” Hampton, W , Esq.—“ Hampton’s Scholastic Directory for London and the Provinces, 1901-2.” Hook, The Misses.—‘ My Angel Friend.” Howarth, Dr. W. J.—Twenty-fifth Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Derby, 1901. Howland, R. S., Esq.—‘ The Chase of De Wet.” Hulton, E. & Co., Messrs.—* Progress of British Newspapers in the 19th Century.” Illustrated. Kelly, William Patrick, Esq.—‘‘ Schoolboys Three.”’ Layton, C. & E., Messrs.—‘ Handy Newspaper List for 1902.” Library Reports from Aberdeen, Ashton-under-Lyne, Aston, Ayr, Barrow-in-Furness, Battersea, Belfast, Birmingham, Blackburn, Bolton, Bootle, Bournemouth, Bradford, Brentford, Bristol, Buxton, Cambridge, Carlisle, Chelsea, Cheltenham, Cork, Croydon, Dundee, Ealing, Finsbury, Folkestone, Fulham, Gloucester, Gosport, Great Yarmouth, Hanley, Hammersmith, Hornsey, Hove, Hyde, Kendal, Kettering, Kidderminster, Kilburn, Kingston-on-Thames, Leamington Spa, Leeds, Leicester, Leyton, Liverpool, Longton, Loughborongh, Manchester, Middlesborough, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Norwich, Notting- ham, Oldbury, Penarth, Portsmouth, Preston, Richmond (Surrey), Rochdale, Rugby, Salford, Shoreditch, Sonthampton, Smethwick, Stafford, Stoke Newington, St. Helens, Stratford-on-Avon, Totten- ham, Tynemouth, Walthamstow, Wandsworth, Waterloo (Liverpool), Wednesbury, West Bromwich, West Ham, Westminster, Wigan, Wolverhampton, Worcester, York. London, Corporation of.— Calendar of Letter-Books of the City of London.’ ‘The City of London.” ‘The Prince and Princess of Wales and the Colonies,” 22 London Directory Co., Ltd., Messrs. the. —‘ London Directory for 1902.” Manchester Cotton Association, Ltd., Directors of. — “Illus- trated History of t2e Manchester Ship Canal, 1708-1901.” Mather & Crowther, Messrs.—“ Practical Advertising, 1902.” Mitchell Library, Glasgow.—‘“ Catalogue of the Gorbals District Library and the Juvenile Section.” Mond, Mrs. Frida.—‘ he Ascent of Man,” “ Dramas in Miniature,”’ “Tarantella”? (two copies). Moody, T. & Co., Messrs.—‘ London and County Trades Directory for 1902.”’ Mozley, H. N., Esq.—Pamphlet, “Address on France,” by Dr. Brindley James. Nicholson Institute, Leek.—Reports, 1901. Ogden, H. J., Esq.—*‘ The War against the Dutch Republics in South Africa” (three copies). Ogle, Dr.—Reports of the 70th and 71st Meetings of the British Association, Bradford, 1900; Glasgow, 1901. Paton, J. & J, Messrs.—“ List of Schools and Tutors, 1902-3.” Perry, Walter & Co., Messrs.—“ Perry’s Directory of the United Kingdom, 1902.” Plymouth Museum and Art Gallery.—Annual Report. Sawyer, Sir James.—‘ Contributions to Practical Medicine.” Secretary, Co-operative Union, Ltd.—Report of the Annual Co- operative Congress, 1902. Secretary, Durham University.—University Calendar, 1901-2. Secretary, Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College. — College Calendar, 1902-3. Secretary, Incorporated Society of Musicians. — Register of Members, 1902. Secretary, Iron and Steel Institute —‘‘Journal of the Iron and Steel Institute.” General Index, 1890-1900. Secretary, Labour Department, Board of Trade. — Report on Strikes and Lock-outs, 1900. Secretary, Official Board of Advertising, Douglas, I1.O.M.— “Official Guide to the Isle of Man” (twelve copies). Secretary, Peace Union.—“ The hate of hate.” Secretary, Royal Colonial Institute.— Report of Proccedings of the Royal Colonial Institute, volame xxxiii., 1901-2, 23 Secretary, Trinity College.—College Calendar, 1901-2. Secretary, University College, Nottingham.—College Calendar, 1901-2. Secretary, University College of Wales.—College Calendar, 1901-2. Sell, Henry, Esq.—“ Sell’s Dictionary of the World’s Press, 1902.” Shuttleworth, Miss J. E. K.—“The Evangelical Social Movement in Germany.” Smith, John, Esq. —“ Narrative of the Rebellion of 1745.” Sotheran, H. & Co., Messrs.—‘“ Jamaica in 1901.” Southwell & Co., Messrs.—“ Official Retrospective Hxhibition of the Development of Harvesting Machinery for the Paris Exposition of 1900.” Made by the Deering Harvester Co., Chicago, U.S.A Stretton, Clement E., Esq.—Various Lectures and Papers relating to the Midland Railway. “The History of the Sheffield and Rother- ham Railway and the Pinxton Outram-Way.” ‘The History of the Ashby and Nuneaton Joint Railway.”’ Stubbs’ Publishing Co., Messrs. the —“ Stubbs’ Directory, 1902”: Manufacturers, Merchant Shippers, and Professional. Thompson, W. P. & Co., Messrs.—‘‘ Handbook of Patent Law of all Countries.” Town Clerk, Derby.—Borough of Derby: Committees’ Report Book, 1900-1901. Town and County Directories, Ltd.—‘ Derby and District Trades Directory, 1901-2.” University Correspondence College.— Tutorial Series (per Messrs. W. B. Clive & Co.) “Tutorial Arithmetic.” “ London University Guide and Correspondence College Calendar, 1901-2.” “Matriculation Directory, 1902.” ‘University Correspondent,” volume xi., 1901. Pamphlets, &c. Whitehead, Mrs.—“ Henry Whitehead, 1825-1896: A Memorial Sketch.” Yate, Major A. C.—‘ The Life of Lieut.-Colonel John Haughton.” Yeatman, John P., Esq.—‘‘Is William Shakespeare’s Will Holo- graphic P” 24 Donations to the Museum. SS Crewe, Hugo Harpur, Esq.— Coronation Medal, George IV., 1821. Wedding Medal, Edward VII., 1863. Handkerchief made from Derbyshire silk. Curzon, Rt. Hon. Lord (Viceroy of India).—Tiger skin. Madjar Vitali, Esq.— Pieces of Ancient Egyptian Pottery found near Cairo. Murray, Frank, Esq.-—Print, “The Hast Prospect of Derby.” Ogle, Dr.—Framed copy of Cartoon from Punch, ‘The Vigil,” June 26th, 1902; and of the King’s Letter to his People, August 8th, 1902. Woodiwiss, Abraham, Esq. — Framed copy of “View of Old Derby.” Woodiwiss, Captain E. Sidney. South African hairless dog. Abstract of Hccounts. 26 Derby Free ABSTRACT OF THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE Dr. Repairs and Alterations esi Gl: To Joiner’s, Plumber’s, and Painter’s Work ee Mi, 47 0 O » Locksmith’s and Electrician’s Work — ... me =a 6 (65S » Wiring Clock ee So son 510 0 Cabinet Maker’s and Upholsterer’s s Work 3 fe pee 014 0 ,, New Stove in Porter’s Lodge _... ne ae aa 12 19 0 £72. 933 Salari¢cs and To W. Crowther, Chief Librarian, Curator, and Secretary 290 0 0 » W.H. Walton, Sub-Librarian ... sas Bie = LS ORG » EH. J. Crowther, Assistant Librarian... ae ae 62. 7 is » W. L. Coltman a * =i so ee 5415 0 , H. J. White a a 3H Be 34 5 6 ,, 9. Laughton, Junior Assistant coe “Ge iN oi 20 12 0 esis: Thornton Fc ae te a eS Lia , Extra Help, Evening Boys : te a a 318 6 ,, Porter’s Wages and Assistant Cleaners = ae ier. S21) ee ,, Watson, Sowers Co., Auditors oer ae &; fe or. (0) £691 4 3 Library To New Books.. $58 a. 26) 2ko ,, Binding and Repairing Books, and Materials... ... 156 1 7 ,, Printing Cards, Notices, Forms, and Fines Books _.. 38 15 9 » New Catalogues ts es! ser ze 87 193i » Rent of “ Patent” Stores. ae 7 ae eh 21. 5 iG £565 4 8 bo ~sI Library, &c. YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 29th, 1902. to Premises Account. By Free Library Revenue Account ... Wages Account, By Free Library Revenue Account ... Account. By Sale of Catalogues » Hines upon Readers for Detention of Books ,, Fees for New Tickets and Post Cards ... », Lost and Damaged Books : » Free Library Revenue Account ... Li? 9-3 £691 4 3 11 13 11 39 4 4) ie 2 12 502 5 £565 4 COl OqQnmo6 25 Dr. Reading and Mews &. 8.0 To Magazines and Periodicals Be ar oa er 48 1 0 . Newspapers, Illustrated Papers, &e. ... bie ee 12 aie £120 8 2 mpuscum To Purchase, Carriage and Mounting of Specimens a2 3 ep , Stands for Birds... - =e See a 015 6 , Firmin & Co., Medal Ribbons... ae a a Iss 8, , Purchase of ( Stuart” Pictures ... WAS RL Ae oe 63) sOR0 ,, Renovation of ditto As eae aE 2 616 O G75 7 a Elrboretum To Caretaker’s Salary bot es a ee Ee 15 12. 0 » Rent of Premises te ae oe = Sh. LO” OF 26 ,, Gas nen ah te Pe ny Ree Sy 10 18 0 sy (Clea os ice as a ee iss il © », Newspapers, Magazines, &e. a2 9-28 ,, Painter’s, Joiner’s and Plumber’s Work, and lipats mongery aa a4. 1517 4 , National Telephone Co., Annual Subscription wed 2h 5 Ose a ’ Miscellaneous Payments Ne a ee a 3 17-10 £106 15 11 To Free Library Rate at One Farthing in the £, one Quarter, to 25th December, 1901 Ss cs 005 5 0Ro ,, Ditto, Quarter ending 25th March, 1902 so sl, 1005-0 ae , Ditto, Quarter ending 24th June, 1902 ste oar 4492) TORSO , Ditto, Quarter ending 29th September, 1902... wo, bao ORG £1977 10 O 29 Rooms #ccount. CA & sd. By Sale of Old Periodicals, &e. a . mad the 419 11 ,, Free Library Revenue Account ... te on aus) Thea Be 3 £120 8 2 Becount. By Subscriptions received by Curator toward purchase of “Stuart” Pictures .. fe Se a a 2115 0 ,, Free Library Revenue Accornt ... Jas ie as 53 12 5 £75 7 5 Branch Account. By Free Library Revenue Account ... oF a om alOGr dar Et £106 15 11 Corporation. y Hifcesarer, Free Library Rate granted Nov. 9th,1901... 505 0 O » Ditto, evanted February, 1902... dn paw OF 1.6 oF Ditto, granted May, 1902 = A *F ... 492 10 0 - Ditto, granted August, 1902... sft ah Peso OL 0 £1977 10 Oo 30 Dr. To Gas 2. To ” Electric Light Water Coal.. ’ Fire Insurance and Guarantee Electric Lamps and Shades Plants, Bulbs, &c. for Garden New Ty pewriter 3 Petty Cash Payments by Librarian Printing Annual Reports .. : Various Printing and Stationery... Cleaning Windows Property Tax and House Daty Miscellaneous Expenses and Advertising Commission and Interest Charged ny Bankers ... Clothing for Porter : Winding and Regulating Clock National Telephone Co., ” Annual ee sd Repairs and Alterations to Premises Salaries and Wages Library a Reading and News Raoue Maeeued Arboretum ie Establishment Balance ASSETS. Treasurer o Cash in Librarian’s hands. y, Establishment aes eye. 3) 160° "1 6 Fielioy -7/ ieetes (5) 20) ae) 1. AO Or x0) 16) Vane AT. Sah 9) «Oe t0 16 9 A 1320 Fe Na Koh. fe Loe 2) L286 6. FORO men 0) oy (0) £402 8 es lies i 72 3: 691 : 3 902) br to Plo. Sere Do) 2 106 15 11 402 7 4 M8 Sas £2122 11 6 Balance 77. Sos L. OLaG 3l Eccount. oF Fe a By Derby Mechanics’ Institute, cao? aca for Kneroachment ; Eis Bis SS ORI AG » Free Library Revenne Acconnt... By oe: Ly ROR Zo Si £402 8 4 Revenue #eccount. By Amount brought forward.. ai Lady SG », Quarterly Rates Granted by the Derby ‘Corporation soa BOP? 10: @ £2122 11 6 Sheet. LIABILITIES. By Free Library Revenue Account ... ws ies ja liver 9 8 £178 8 8 W. CROWTHER, Librarian and Secretary. We have ewamined the several Accounts of the Derby Free Library and Museum for the year ending September 29th, 1902, and hereby certify that they are correct. Dated this 18th day of October, 1902. WATSON, SOWTER, & CO., A.C.A., Auditors appointed by the Corporation. ne os a AN, } Auditors appointed by the Burgesses. GEO. FOSTER, Auditor appointed by the Mayor, 32 Derby Corporation ABSTRACT OF THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE Dr. Wages ae teh le To Wages to Attendant at Turnstile and Charwomen hee Sissies ,, Watson, Sowter, & Co., Auditors am: use a 3 om) £84 Rises Repairs and To Joiner’s, Plumber’s, and Locksmith’s Work _... ¥ 6. 5 10 3 Re-covering Cases and Blocks _... ‘se irae 715 0 , Painting Gallery and Vestibule ... te Me Pe? 62 13.9 £76 147 rs Collection and Carriage of To Collection, Carriage, and Insurance of Pictures, and obtaining Loans ... = ae a «oo Aiea £159 15 9 establishment To Fire Insurance __... ae tg - ee “ 4 8 6 Ff. GES! oe Wee i a ae O19 Ad ,, Hlectric Light and “Meter Rent... Gee - Be 24 5 4 ,, Coke a ss bse af a ioe pa ys) , lronmongery ses sad = 2 ¢1@ , Printing, Stationery, and ‘Advertising es me se 34.17 5 ,, Printing Catalogues eae : ae ae 5 37 6 3 » Petty Cash Payments by Curator ad = Fede 2216 7 ,, Interest and Commission charged by Bankers ... aX Ll oo a , Attendant’s Clothing ner x =r Eye at 2 (Omg », Medals for Photo. Exhibition ... Ae ~ sf, 2) Se ,, Property Tax a ses ae ts a Be 417 2 £153 15 1 wa A LLL Art Gallery. 333) Elccount. Elccount. YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 2o9th, 1g02. Cy, 5 os. a By Art Gallery Account 84 11 3 £84 11 3 Alterations #ccount. By Art Gallery Account 76 14 «7 £76 14 7 Pictures and Doan Fecount. By Art Gallery Account 159 15 9 L159 15 9 pod By Advertisements in Catalogues 20 19 0 » Sale of Catalogues... 13 14 8 - 34.13 8 » Art Gallery Account Wie) iL Gt £153 15 1 34 Dr. Derby Corporation ooh (ik To Balance brought forward ... 296 62 £296 6 2 To Wages me a Be ee ., Repairs and Alterations ... ee ,, Collection, Carriage, and Insurance of Pictures » Hstablishment ASSETS. To Art Gallery Revenue Account Art Gallery 84 11 . 76 14 159 15 119 8 (J, Slows is™) £440 3 0 Balance 396 11 10 £396 11 10 — Eecount. Cr. & se di By Derby Corporation, Amount one to Banker at 29th September, 1901 _... : ; ng ee v6 <2 £296 6 2 Revenue Account. By Autumn Exaursition, 1901-1902. & a. a. Receipts at feenevale ne LOM bs eg Commission on Pictures cold ee 1416 9 f 25 2 6 5» Spring Exurerrion, 1902. Receipts at Turnstile ae = 1210 3 Commission on Pictures sold = Zale 3 15st 6 », SUMMER Exaurpition, 1902. Receipts at Turnstile ‘AL re BW y Car », Balance (deficiency) eae ie aa 396 11 10 £440 3 O Sheet. LIsBILITIES. By Treasurer ... ies ae ne oes saa =. Ae | <7. Be. TAOTIA IAUMMA Oy 008 HiAnOL LOUy 19 7 an MAMA = Mog Tink jeri * 24 1 ‘ ANTM MOD - 7b a 4 14) , Pini ’ i} | siti) . i BES 3 ev Agraot lea Wing’ HH tL hoe 1 .¥? ae ‘ ve 1! ef List of Committees and Officials. > © <9 Library and Museum Committee. ALDERMAN THE Hon. ¥. STRUTT, J.P., Mayor, ew-offcio. Mr. ALDERMAN E. T. ANN, J.P., CHAIRMAN. _Mr. ALDERMAN DUESBURY, J.P. Mr. H. ARNOLD BEMROSE, M.A. A HARRISON, J.P. ,, W. BEMROSE, J.P. 7 WINTER. , ALEX. BUCHANAN, J.P. ,, COUNCILLOR BRIGDEN. » 8. COURT. GHORGE. Dr. T. LAWRIE GENTLES. s INNES. Mr. H. M. HOBSON, J.P. ; ‘ SHACKLETON. Rev. G. HUNSWORTH, M.A. 1 SMITH. Mr. W. J. PIPER, J.P. WILSON, M.A., J.P. Mr. A. H. STOKES, A.M., F.G:S. Art Gallery Committee. ALDE-MAN THE Hon. F. STRUTT, J.P., Mayor, ea-officio. Mr. WILLIAM BEMROSE, J.P., CHAIRMAN. Mr. ALDERMAN SOWTER, J.P., Vick-CHAIRMAN. Mr. ALDERMAN ANN, J.P. Mr. CouncintorR A. WILSON, M.A. J.P a ; HARRISON, J.P. 2 = NEWBOLD. 3 % HORNE, J.P. , C. B. KEENE. P * WINTER. , A. F. LONGDON, J.P. Mr. GEO. TURNER. Librarian, Curator, and Secretary. Mr. WILLIAM CROWTHER. Sub=Librarian. Mr. W. H. WALTON. Assistant Librarians. Miss ETHEL J. CROWTHER. Miss HELEN J. WHITE. Junior Assistants. S. LAUGHTON. Miss L. THORNTON. H. WARBURTON. Porter—GEORGE PULLEN. Assistant Porter—J. A. HEDLEY. Art Gallery Attendant—J. FOLEY, > 7 —— Be) orig i os er "ig 4 ct COUNFY BOROUGH OF DERBY, Jkirty-Second Annual Feport OF THE FREE LIBRARY & MUSEUM COMMITTEE. HE Free Library and Museum Committee have much pleasure in submitting to the Town Council their Thirty-Second Annual Report. As far as the work of the Institution is concerned the year has been a successful one. Books and their readers both show higher totals than last year, as will be readily seen by the tables appended _ to this report, and the special report prepared by the Librarian. Steady progress has also been made with the work in the Museum. The Special Sub-Committee in charge of the re-arrange- ment has continued its work, the result of which is to be seen in the entire re-arrangement of a portion of the insects. As foreshadowed in the last report, our collection of British Birds is now complete, and the Committee have every reason to hope that by another year they will be able to say the same of the Foreign Birds, and also of the Oological collection. The Newsrooms, both in the Central Institution and at the Arbore- tum Branch, continue to be as largely visited as ever, and are some- times inconveniently crowded. Two Ventilating Fans have been ‘placed in the Newsroom and ou.e in the Reference Reading Room, with very beneficial results, and there is now little to complain of with regard to the purity of the air. As has been reported to you from time to time during the year, the condition of the building turned out to be much more serious than was anticipated. In addition to the renewal of the foundations 6 and the deepening of the areas, the whole of the drainage has been remodelled and relaid. The work on the roof has been hindered by the persistent bad weather and by the impossibility of proceeding without risk of injury to those engaged on the foundations. All this work has entailed serious cost to the Committee, but by spreading out the amount over several years and the exercise of strict economy in the purchase of books and other matters, the Com- mittee hope to pay off the cost without asking the Council for additional financial help. Their best efforts will be directed to this end, although they are quite sure the Council would not wish to see the educational value of the Institution impaired by lack of funds. The Committee, in common with the rest of the town, sustained a severe loss in July last, through the death of their respected Chairman, Alderman George Bottomley, and their sense of that loss is thus recorded on their minutes. ‘ “ Resolved that the members of the Free Library Committee desire to place on record their sense of the heavy loss they have sustained by the death of their late colleague, Alderman George Bottomley, J.P., who for twenty years had been a member of the Committee, and for the last ten years its Chairman. His devotion to his duties, and his intelligent grasp of them, always won their respect; while his unfail- ing tact, gentleness, and courtesy secured their affectionate regard. They desire also to tender to his surrowing family their sincerest sympathy in the bereavement which has so suddenly overtaken them.” In conclusion, the Committee desire to express their best thanks to all the Donors of Books, Magazines, and Museum objects during the past year; and also to Major Phelps and Captain E. Sidney Woodiwiss for their loan of a case of objects connected with the late war in South Africa, in which visitors to the Museum have taken great interest. The Committee also gladly bear witness to the excellent and painstaking work done in all departments by Mr. Crowther and his staff. On behalf of the Committee, EDWIN T. ANN, Chairman. October 29th, 1903. Librarians &eport TO THE COMMITTEE, FOR THE YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 29th, 1903. GENTLEMEN, T becomes year by year, an increasing difficulty to say anything | new in my Annual Report, particularly when, as on the present occasion, the year’s work has been of an ordinary character. It however affords me an opportunity of chronicling progress where any has been made, and of putting before you in a condensed form, much of the matter contained in the following tables. Dealing first with the Library, and making comparisons with the last return ; I find that in the Lending Library we have now 22,628 books against 22,167 last year, that we have added 722 new books and replaced 363 out of 732 withdrawn as worn out. The other sources of shrinkage are inconsiderable and may be seen on reference to the statistical tables. Fewer books have been lost and paid for and fewer have been destroyed for having been in infected houses, but on the other hand four have been totally lost through default of borrower and guarantor, a larger number than usual. The total issues are about three thousand more and the daily issues eleven nore than last year. The latter now reach 511, of which 55 are children’s books. The Refer- ence Library numbers 12,956 books as against 12,563 last year, 201 of these have been added during last year, as well as 192 volumes of Patent Specifications. ‘The average daily issue is one less. New borrowers enrolled numbered 1,436; 1,056 overdue books had to be written for, 652 books were bespoken, and 2,871 passed through the binder’s hands, either tor re-binding or repairs. The completion of the Lending Library Catalogue at the begin- ing of the year has tended much to the efficiency and smooth working of the Library, and we have no difficulties now with the proper use of the Indicator by the borrowers. The Fiction Section of the Catalogue has run through a large first edition and another edition is fe 8 now in preparation which will give every book added in the class, up to the end of October. The visitors to the Newsrooms keep up their numbers fully, and I am pleased to say I have no complaints of their behaviour. Petty pilfering has been reduced to a minimum,a matter on which the appointment of an additional attendant has doubtless had an effect, The new ventilating fans have proved a great boon and the atmos- phere is comparatively pure now even at the close of the evening. The year’s work in the Museum has been a full one and we are getting within measurable distance of the end of the re-arrangement. The Sub-Committee has devoted most of its time to the Insects. Of these the Coleoptera, Orthoptera, Neuroptera, Hymenoptera, and Diptera are finished, and only the Lepidoptera, a most important and and at the same time, the most showy of all the divisions have to be done. The collection of British Birds, numbering some six hundred specimens, has been carefully gone through, re-mounted and cleaned, and where necessary new specimens have been purchased. It will now bear favourable comparison with any other collection of its size in the country. It is intended to place an egg of most of the species by the side of the bird, so that both may be studied together ; and at the same time to complete and bring up to date our collection of eggs and render them better available for purposes of study. With regard to the Foreign Birds, we shall supplement those we have by the addition of a few of important common types, and I have every hope that next year will witness the completion of both series. No important changes in the staff have taken place during the year and I am glad to be able to record once more my complete satis- faction with the way in which their duties are discharged. The Derby press as heretofore have willingly co-operated with me in any- thing likely to benefit the Institution, and to them once more I tender my best thanks. From every member of my Committee I always receive every support, and their kindly consideration lightens my many duties. I remain, Gentlemen, Your obedient Servant, WILLIAM CROWTHER, Librarian, Curator, and Secretary. October 29th, 1903. Twenty-First Annual Report OF THE CORPORATION ART GALLERY COMMITTEE. SS OS SS HE Corporation Art Gallery Committee have pleasure in C submitting to the Town Council their Report for the past year. The year has been an uneventful one, without any special features in the work carried on, bunt the Committee believe that the usefulness of the Institution has been well kept up. The usual comparative table of attendances is given below, from which it will be seen that the attendance of visitors exceeds that of last year by more than twelve thousand. Although the Gallery has been open for fifty-eight days more than last year, the average attendance | particularly on the free days, has increased as well, and this the Committee cannot but regard as a healthy sign. | 1900-1901 | 1901-1902 | 1992-1903 Visitors to Autumn Exhibition ... | 13725 13320 13660 Be Spring * 5A 15020 13570 17122 Summer “3 af 9700 4430 12923 Total Visitors | BSH 31320 43705 = a ———— Total Days Open by Payment... | 152 124 163 * - Free ace 78 65 84 Total Days Open... | 230 189 247 — = Average on Paying Days ... ae 51 46 | 48 3 Free Days eS ot 394 B94 428 10 There have been, as usual three Exhibition during the past year. The Spring and Autumn Exhibitions consisted of modern works in both oil and water colours, and the Summer show of pictures in black and white. Many of the leading artists of the day contributed to these Exhibitions, and the general verdict of the press and the public has been one of approval. For the Black and White Exhibition, the Committee were especially indebted to Messrs. Cassell & Co., the Proprietors of the Illustrated London News, Messrs. Mendoza, Limited, Messrs. Raphael Tuck & Co., and Messrs. Virtue & Co., for examples kindly lent from their large stores, which together formed the finest exhibition of the kind ever held in the town. Throughout the year, the sales of pictures have been less than usual, but with the present state of trade the same experience is common to the rest of the Art Galleries in the country. The present Exhibition commenced on October 21st, and the Committee believe it will uphold the reputation of the Gallery. The Mayor and Mayoress (Alderman The Hon. Frederick Strutt and Miss Gale), entertained the Visitors to Afternoon Tea on the day of the Private View, and the thanks of the Committee are heartily due to them for this proof of their interest in the Gallery. The Committee are glad to be able to report the Building as in thorough repair. A considerable sum has had to be spent before this was fully accomplished. The roof has been thoroughly examined, repaired, and painted, new snow-boards put up, and lead flashing has been put wherever necessary, and altogether the sum spent on special repairs comes to about a Hundred Pounds. The amount to be asked for from the Council is more than last year, but this is fully accounted for by the account for repairs. Wages and establishment charges are practically the same as last year, and expenses of collection and carriage. are less, while the income shows an increase. The Committee look forward with confidence to requiring a considerably less sum next year, as they have no expectation of more than ordinary expenses. The total cost of the Art Gallery to the ratepayers is even now, less than one farthing in the pound, and the Committee think that this expenditure will not be grudged, seeing the benefit the Gallery confers as an Art centre on students and visitors, who number, during the year, not far short of one half the population of the town. iW The Committee on their part, will continue to use their best efforts to earry out the work entrusted to them by the Council, with as much economy as is consistent with efficiency. The objects on loan from the Board of Education have not been chinged for nearly two years, and there is consequently nothing further to report concerning them. It is with sincere regret, that after twenty-one years of service on the Art Gallery Committee, I feel that it is time that I made way for some one younger than myself to carry on the work, and that I have earned a time of rest. I have therefore asked His Worship the Mayor to accept my resignation. During this long period the Gallery has had a successful career, and earned the good opinion of the citizens, and has obtained many valuable gifts from donors. The cost to the town has been most moderate, and has fully compensated for the outlay by the continuous pleasure and instruction that it has been the means of giving to the inhabitants of Derby. The Committee in closing this Report, desire to testify once more their high apreciation of the services rendered to the Gallery by the Curator, Mr. Crowther, and the zeal and sound judgment he displays in the exercise of his duties connected with it. On behalf of the Committee, WILLIAM BEMROSE, Chairman. Ovtober 29th, 1908. ‘ ij i aie . ." = 5 f 7 ‘ " Ts ’ * ii i i z — on : . me a > . 4 1 “ i" €e i ee hy | ’ 7 “ = Xs . 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Agents and Collectors Apprentices and Shop Assistants Architects, Surveyors, & Draughts- men Auctioneer Bakers and Confectioners Bookbinders, Printers, Lithograph- ers, and Compositors ... : Boot and Shoe Maker Builders, Bricklayers, and Masons... Butchers Carpenters, Joiners, and Cabinet Makers ... Chemists and Druggists China Workers Clergymen and Ministers Clerks, Bookkeepers, and Cashiers... 133 Coach Builders Commercial Travellers Dairyman Dispenser Domestic Servants Drapers Drayman Dressmakers and Milliners ... Driver ... Electricians Engineers, Smiths, Moulders, Fitters, Boiler Makers, and Engine Drivers =e Errand and Office Boys Factory Hands Firemen French Polisher Furniture Manufacturers Grocers and Provision Dealers 13 33 14 oa | Hairdressers Housekeepers ... Inland Revenue Officers Tronfounder Jewellers and Watchmakers Journalist Labourers Leather Merchants Mechanics Machinists Nurses ... Painters and Paperhangers... Photographer .. Plumbers and Glaziers Porters, Caretakers, and Attendants Postmen Publican Sailor Scholars and Students Shopkeepers and Salesmen ... Sign Maker Slater Soldiers Solicitor Tailors, Hatters, and Hosiers Tobacconist Teachers and Pupil Teachers Telegraph Messengers Telegiaphists ere Turners and Brass Finishers Waiters and Waitresses Warehousemen No occupation stated... wai 19 TABLE VI. General Summary. COMPARATIVE RETURNS. 1902. 1903. Lending Library Replacements ... 265 488 New Books : 544 722 Total Books wl 22167 | 22628 jon EaSues F .| 127658 | 130564 Average Daily Issues 500 pull Turnover of each Volume o°76 o7t7 Reference Library :— New Books 290 395 Total Books 12563 | 12956 » Issues hy 8650 8413 Average Daily Issue at 30 Overdue Books written for 1142 1056 Books Re-bound (559) Repaired, ‘&e. (2 2312) 2390 2871 New Borrowers :— | Male, 853 ee ae hae safe “709 hs Female, 583 a4 a 1672 1436 Total Borrowers 4500 4500 GENERAL DATA. Population (estimated to June, 1903) 118,707 Rateable Value (September, 1903) £504,979 Amount of Rate Levied ... Amount produced by Rate ...One Penny £1,950 Library Stock ... ... 29:97 PER CENT. OF POPULATION. Donations to tke Isibrary. qm --0- aa Agent-General for Canada.—Map of the Dominion of Canada. Agent-General for Natal.—“ Illustrated Official Railway Guide and General Hand-Book of Natal.” Agent-General for New South Wales.—“ Annual Report of the Department of Mines, New South Wales, 1901.” “The Seven Colonies of Australasia, 1901-2.” ‘* Moore’s Australian Almanac and County Directory, 1903.” ‘Wealth and Progress of New South Wales, 1900-1.” Agent-General for New Zealand.—‘ Statistics of the Colony of New Zealand for 1901.” ‘ Papers and Reports relating to Minerals and Mining in New Zealand, 1901.” “The Settler’s Hand: Pook, 1902.” “The Official Year-Book, 1902.” Various printed matter relating to New Zealand. Agent-General for Western Australia.—‘ Twentieth Century impressions of Western Australia.” “Western Australian Year- Book, 1900-1.” Aspland, Miss J. E.—“ Fairy Revels and other Poems,” by James Reynolds Withers. Atherton, Rev. Robert.—“ Village Life and Feeling.” Austin, Roland, Esq.—‘ Report of Committee of Investigation, M.R. Co., contained in Derby Mercury, 1849.” Author, The.—“ God the Beautiful.” Author The.—‘ Harcourt.” Author, The.—“ The Discarded Violet Stamp.” Bailey, Sir Wm. H.—“ Shakespeare and Temperance.” Bennett & Co., Messrs.—“ Business Directory, 1902.” British Museum, Trustees of.—Southern Cross Report.” “Catalogue of Birds’ Eggs,” vol. ii. ‘* Hand-Book of Instructions for Collectors.” ‘ Guide to Coral Gallery.” ‘Set of the 40 Litho- graphic Plates, illustrating Westwood’s Catalogue of the Plasmidee.” “ Reproductions of Prints,” New Series, part xii. ve 21 Browne, T. B., Ltd., Messrs.—‘* Advertisers’ A.B.C. and Press Directory, 1903.” Burgoyne, F. J., Esq.— Memorials of Robert Spears.” Cardiff Museum and Art Gallery.—‘ Guide Books and Annual Report of the Welsh Museum and Art Gallery.” Cassell & Co., Messrs.—‘ Cairo and the Khedive.” Choate, Hon. Joseph H.—* Address delivered before the Political and Social Education League.” Collard, George, Esq.—‘ The Ancient City of Canterbury.” Cooper, William, Esq.— Abstract of Accounts and Schedule of Loans, 1901-2, for the Borough of Derby.” Courtnay, Rt. Rev. Bishop.—*‘ The Great Awakening.” Dainty, John, Esq.—* Leicester Lyrics.” Dawbarn & Ward, Ltd., Messrs.—‘ Insurance Biue Book and and Guide, 1902-3.” Doveton, F. B., Esq.—“ Mirth and Music.” Great Yarmouth, Corporation of.—“ Official Illnstrated Brochure of Great Yarmouth and District” (three copies). Hampton, W., Esq.—‘ Hampton’s Scholastic Directory for London and Provinces, 1902-3 ” Hastings, Corporation of.—Annual Report of Meteorological Observations, 1902. Hopwood, Mrs.—* Book of Verses.” Howarth, Dr. W. J.—Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the Borough of Derby. Report on the outbreak of Food Poisoning in Derby, September, 1902. Kendal, Corporation of.—‘ Illustrated Hand-Book of Kendal.” Kirby, F., Esq.—‘ The Advance of Popery.” ‘ Reviews.” “ New Year Addresses.” Library Reports from Aberdeen, Acton, Ashton-under-Lyne, Aston, Ayr, Barrow-in-Furness, Battersea, Belfast, Birmingham, Black- burn, Bootle, Bournemouth, Bradford, Brentford, Bristol, Bury, Buxton, Cardiff, Carlisle, Cheltenham, Chorley, Cork, Croydon, Dundee, Ealing, Finsbury, Folkestone, Fulham, Gloucester, Gos- port, Great Yarmouth, Hanley, Hammersmith, Hornsey, Hove, Hyde, Kendal, Kensal Rise, Kettering, Kidderminster, Kilburn, Leeds, Leicester, Leyton, Liverpool, Longton, Loughborough, Manchester, Middlesborough, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Norwich, Nottingham, Oldbury, Penarth, Plymouth, Portsmouth, Preston, 22 Richmond (Surrey), Rochdale, Salford, Shoreditch, Southampton, Smethwick, Stafford, Stoke Newington, Stratford-on-A von, Sunder- land, Tottenham, Tynemouth, Walsall, Walthamstow, Wandsworth, Waterloo (Liverpool), Wednesbury, West Bromwich, West Ham, Westminster, Wigan, Willesden Green, Wimbledon, Wolverhamp- ton, Worcester, York. London, Corporation of.—*Calendar of Letter-Books of the City of London.” Letter-Book EK. London Directory Co., Ltd., Messrs.—‘ London Business Directory, 1903.” Macdonald, Wm. & Co., Messrs.—‘‘ Macdonald’s English Directory and Gazetteer, 1902.” Morning Post, Proprietors of.—‘Great Britain, Her Finance and Commerce.” Pitman, Sir I. & Sons, Ltd., Messrs.—‘“ Pitinan’s Shorthand and T'ypewriting Year-Book and Diary for 1903.” Plymouth Museum and Art Gallery.—Annual Report. Roberts, Mrs.—* Fox’s Book of Martyrs,” three volumes, 1654. Secretary, Co-operative Union, Ltd.—Report of the Co-opera- tive Congress, Doncaster, 1903. Secretary, Department of Agriculture, South Africa.—* Cape Colony for the Settler.” Secretary, Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College. College Calendar, 1903-4. Annual Report, 1903. Secretary, Irish Landowners’ Convention.—Four Pamphlets. Secretary, Iron and Steel Institute.—“ Journal of the Iron and Steel Institute, 1902.” Eleven Papers reprinted from the Journal. Secretary, Lord’s Day Observance Society.—‘ Sunday Ob- servance.” Secretary, Nicholson Institute, Leek.—Repoits for the year, 1902. Secretary, Religious Tract Society.—Thirty volumes of Miscel- laneous Literature published by the Religious Tract Society. Secretary, Royal Colonial Institute.—Proceedings of the Royal Colonial Institute, volume xxxiv, 1902-3. Secretary of State for India.—‘ Land Revenue Policy of the Indian Government.” Secretary, Trinity College, London.—College Calendar, 1902-3. 23 Secretary, University, Durham.— University Calendar, 1902-3. Secretary, University College, Nottingham.—College Calendar, 1902-3. Secretary, University College of Wales.—College Calendar, 1902-3. Sell, Mr. Henry.—‘Sell’s Dictionary of the World’s Press for = 1903. Stretton, Clement E., Esq.—The History of the Chester and Holy- head Railway.” ‘The History of the Conway Tubular Bridge.” “ History of the Nottingham and Lincoln Line.” (Pamphlets). Stubbs’ Publishing Co., Messrs.—* Stubbs’ Directory, 1903.” Sutton, C. W., Esq.—Record of the Jubilee Celebrations of the Manchester Free Public Libraries, April, 1903. Turnbull, Miss Monica Peveril, Family of.—Copy of her Poems, “ A Short Day’s Work.” University Correspondence College.—Tutorial Series (per Messrs. W. B. Clive & Co.) ‘Matriculation Directory, 1903.” “ Advanced Hygiene.” ‘ Tutorial History of England.” “ Matri- culation English Course.” “London University Guide and University Correspondence College Calendar, 1902-3.” “University Correspondent,” volume xii. Pamphlets, &ce. Wheeler, Wilson & Co., Messrs.—Two Date Calendars, large size. 24 Donations to the JMuseum. Baker, Mr. Ernest.—Collection of Coins. Benfield, Mr. George.—T'wo Emu Eggs. Fowler, W. C., Esq.—Fossil Plesiosaurus. Mundy, Mrs.—Geological Specimens and Small Collection of Medals, Coins and Tokens. Pullen, Mr. G.—¥Fourteen Skulls of different Birds, prepared and mounted. Simpson, C. Y., Esq.—Volcanic Dust from La Souffriere, St. Vincent Eruptions, on May 7th, October 16th, 1902. Smith, H. S., Esq.—Small Collection of Fossils. United Asbestos Co., Ltd., Messrs.—Specimens of Asbestos, Raw and Manufactured.” Wilkins, W. G., Esq.—Two Water-Colour Drawings, by Phipson, of Old Derby. Phipson, Evacustes A.—Two Water-Colour Drawings of Derby. Donations to the Art Gallery. ——«- Challoner, Mrs.—Portrait on Derby China. Wheeldon, Mrs. W. G.—Case of China, 27 pieces, mostly Derby, collected by the late W. G. Wheeldon, Esq., and given to the Art Gallery at his request. fibstract of Accounts. Derby Free ABSTRACT OF THE ACCOUNTS FOR: THE Dr. Repairs and Alterations £18. aed To Joiner’s, Plumber’s, and Painter’s Work ... ate 2a 13d: 36 » Locksmith’s and Electrician’ 8 Work (including New Ventilating Fans) .. ae ae bid See 33 8 8 », Upholsterer’s Work ae oe 1a mere te o 128 » New Gas Stove and Fitting... ae lL» See » Special Repairs to Fabric, Underpinning. New Damp Courses, Re- modelling Drains, &e, ane wis ALS Sree S413. Tae Salari¢s and To W. Crowther, Chief Librarian, Curator, and Secretary 290 0 O ». W. H. Walton, Sub-Librarian ... Ae oat -, J20s3Oia » HK. J. Crowther, Assistant Librarian ... a Pe 65 0 0 » W. L. Coltman ES ie eae ove es 2. DOO » H. J. White He se te ane 4417 6 » 8. Laughton, Junior Assistant ae ae - 30 4 0 oe) Pe Thornton 3 5, eae oe a aut 20—9. 7. Warburton. . «,, ee ms ee) ae 13: 6 20 ;, Extra Help, Evening Boys me ; 214 0 », Porter’s Wages, Attendant, and Assistant Cleaners .. 119°19 WO », Watson, Sowter & Co., Auditors as he nex i ~fo £718 16 Library To New Books : = 920 onan ,, Binding and Repairing Books, ‘and Materials oon 7 eee », Printing Cards, Notices, Forms, and Fines Books ... 21 4 3 » New Catalogues oa sa me ae sine 66 15 0 » Rent of “Patent” Stores. ae a A aoe 30 0 O a £568 18 27 Icibrary, &e. YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER oth, 1903. (0 Premises Account. Cr. Ses: de By Free Library Revenue Account dias tag wos Cavey ih UE £475 (Hee Waaes Account. By Free Library Revenue Account Ae an eee is Aico\e t Manti £718 1 6 - Account. By Sale of Catalogues oy hae ste nth An a as _ » Fines upon Readers for Detention of Books ete 20 Ong _» Fees for New Tickets and Post Cards ie are ON ide: » Lost and Damaged Books an He a FGI te _ » Free Library Revenue Account Be a oe OUD Oa i £568 18 28 Dr. Reading and Rews <. Seae To Magazines and Periodicals a ai Te one 47 15 0) 55 Newspapers, Illustrated Papers, &c. ... e, ee 7214 7 | ——_- - £1200 aa : Museum To Purchase of Specimens .. ee ue oe 13.12 5 5, Stands and Case Fittings for Birds... sf 2%, 8 -bano » Printing Labels ... ae ea — aes 9 tig “a Taxidermist’s work ; a vas 60: ieee » Purchase and Framing Pictures (old Derby) ae 3 LO » sundry Payments by Curator ... S aoe 3) Lee £99" lao Arboretum To Caretaker’s Salary and Charwoman ... Se a 16 10 ( », Rent of Premises Dae cee oa ae ie 10: One », Gas “ a ; sf oe - a LO Ree », Coal i ee di eae ane 14 11 5 + Newspapers, Magazines, ‘ke. fae eee 32 10 10 , Painter’s and Plumber’s Work, and Ironmongery . 2 el », National Telephone Co., Annual ir te alac ee 5s. Onan », Miscellaneous Payments . ns Br.) ee “£94 4 3 Derby To Free Library Rate at One Farthing in the £, one Quarter, to 25th December, 1902 Rot AT5, “One ,, Ditto, Quarter ending 25th, March, HOG ipvats 0, 475 203 ,, Ditto, Quarter ending 24th "June, 1903 ‘ 2 500 Cie , Ditto, Quarter ending 29th September, 1903 «| ) 20007 Gaaae £1950 OO 29 Rooms Account. £ By Sale of Old Periodicals, &c. --. oF ees ose 3 » Free Library Revenue Account - ee oar | | £120 Account. By Free Library Revenue Account ai ve hee 99 0 Branch Account. By Free Library Revenue Account re ae oa 94 £94 Corporation. By Treasurer, Free Library Rate lian Nov. 9th, 1902 475 ,, Ditto, granted February, 1903 .. a! 475 5, Ditto, granted May, 1903 bas te a i 500 ,, Ditto, granted August, 1903... ee a wae UO. £1950 13 13 SVeovsr= lens SISiSKe) 30 Dr. Establishment Saad To Gas.. bee, ac ao ety shh ee 14457 = Electric Light oe ae A ace vs Rema) Wf ae 1 » Water oe 1 a7 ak i a na 5: ee »» Coal 2 ae us Fe 56 5 3 ,, Fire Insurance and Guarantee... oe ee ee 20° Say ,. Electric Lamps and Shades... af sae oF 12 oa ,, Plants, Bulbs, &c., for Garden ... ee nas ae See dee ,, Petty Cash Payments by Librarian ... Ba se 44 9 0 » Printing Annual Reports at bar — = OF ras ,, Various Printing and ey xD om Pn. 17 ~ 6 ,, Cleaning Windows ae e 4m rf 12: 000 a Property Tax and House Duty a8 a Se I, ees ,, Miscellaneous Expenses eg 6 310 ,, Commission and Interest Char wed by Bankers es Fa Weed » Clothing for Attendants ; He (Mee!) 3 Winding and Regulating Clock and Repairs .. ase a 4°30 i National Telephone Co., Annual Subscription ss 6) Loma £410 15 1 free Library To Repairs and Alterations to Premises ... axe = 41a. em ,, Salaries and Wages at 22 re a sce ft: ALOU eae py uabrary—" ..s 2 a Se «JOON Saas », Reading and News Rooms... bas mm » » Libs s » Museum ... se Ae ses f =a 99 13 _§ », Arboretum Branch oe ese a aes ce 94 4 3 » Establishment... er Sa ee ah »- ALO at £2419 15 6 Balance ASSETS. To Free Library Revenue Account = e 2 eo “fale £291 6 10 Account. Cr. ; 350 Sema By Derby Mechanics’ Institute, Acknowledgment for Encroachment... fs ede oe Ans OnairuG . Free Library Revenue Account > Be pe alOCrS eo : £410 15 1 Revenue Account. By Amount brought forward Bre ag ait aoe Be 8 "5 » Quarterly Rates Granted by the Derby Corporation... 1950 O 0 5, Balance carried forward (deficiency) .. ees wes Ol "beh £2419 15 6 Sheet. : LIABILITIES. _ By Treasurer ... Be a eo ks Gt) £291 6 10 W. CROWTHER, Librarian and Secretary. We have examined the several Accounts of the Derby Free Library and Museum Sor the year ending September 29th, 1903, and hereby certify that they are correct, and that all our requirements as Auditors have been complied with. Dated this 15th day of October, 1903. WATSON, SOWTER & CO., A.C.A., Auditors appointed by the Corporation. WILLIAM HART, Auditor appointed by the Mayor. 32 Derby Corporation ABSTRACT OF THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE Dr. Waaes & eee To Wages to Attendant at Turnstile and Charwomen ... 82 11 3 ,, Watson, Sowter and Co., Auditors... ae eA 3 ame £85 14 3 Repairs and To Sake Joiner’s, and Slater’s Work oF nee 99 13-10 , Re-covering Cases and Blocks... a aa) ae 2. a ” Plumber's Work: ahs ane ee ne ree Pap By £128 19 8 Collection and Carriage of To Collection, Carriage, and Insurance of Pictures, and obtaining Loans ... ins ae Se .. Joan £155 oa Establishment 'To Fire Insurance ... ss a ae $e ai 4 ey » Gas ae sis ae lL... », Hlectric Light and Meter Rent.. Be aes ite 22 a , Coke sop a ae Le oe ee See 6 4S » Lronmongery . ee ne 2 Tt aa » Printing, Stationery, and Advertising at rf 34 -Oaae ,, Printing Catalogues... ' ae ee 42 6 0 » Petty Cash Payments by Curator... on 13 14 5 ,», Interest and Commission charged by Bankers 12° ,, Attendant’s Clothing .. me ait abs aes 8 Tae ,, Endolithic Company, Labels... ae ae Ee 114 8 » Property Tax ... Sea as a pad 5 4 2 to — On ns = Os vw Art Gallery. YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 209th, 1903. Account. By Art Gallery Account Alterations Account. By Art Gallery Account Pictures and Coan Account. By Art Gallery Account Account. _ By Advertisements in Catalogues... » Sale of Catalogues a » Art Gallery Account 128 19 8 ie, Whe 7 35 wee £os. d. may dk <0) 15. 8" 9. — 38 9 9 Oa! Sy 4) 34 Dr. To Balance brought forward Derby Corporation Lo sete 396 11 10 £396 11 10 Art Gallery To Wages 85 14 3 . Repairs 2 and Alterations... ee aise 128-19e8 ,, Collection, Carriage and Insurance of Pictures _. 58e gee ,. Establishment ae es F 11629 aes £484 6 11 Balance ASSETS. To Art Gallery Revenue Account ..- 3D Account. Cr. £8: a By Derby Corporation, Amount owing to Banker at 29th September, 1902. ... ‘ ; epee |e Naa £396 11 10 Revenue Account. By AUTUMN EXHIBITION, 1902-1903 poi Set Receipts at Turnstile —... _ 9 410 Commission on Pictures Sold eR es M10 Af 5) SPRING EXHIBITION, 1903. Receipts at Turnstile... ns Tait 2 Commission on Pictures Sold .. Sees 0 ———— 16. 93°. » SUMMER EXHIBITION, 1903. Receipts at Turnstile —... cS A lagers es », Balance (deficiency)... a i 442 0 5 £484 6 11 Sheet. LIABILITIES. : 4 7 By Treasurer... se ae a ie = .. 442 0 5 £442 0 5 W. CROWTHER, Curator and Secretary. We have examined the several Accounts of the Derby Art Gallery for the year ending 29th September, 1903, and hereby certify that ” 3 they are correct, and that all our requirements as Auditors have 3 been complied with. * Dated this 15th day of October, 19038. WATSON, SOWTER & CO., A.C.A., : Auditors appointed by the Corperation. WILLIAM HART, Auditor appointed by the Mayor. PRESEN 7 bv 1 SEP.19/5 *, —. : } " 9 : ' : , (iY de (AL OY Lilith - ‘ ee ee EF at ae ar os at EL al ‘ ? ey * ATHOD2 tL J48 i rent pire ee oa filam ae | altbayityr? (gee PF ; “ | oat tan ee ak, ie ! » bee bf ; ~ : P fb 7. ay fii ont F : - 8 At A} : sino! a ea i » = ik a pw i rey dren _ ‘ ate, ey : r, Tr ee he — ™~ Zs : : ‘ i ‘i ended ft pees hit Pipe \ ; oe Ces ee, i ane asi, ‘ en er 5 +, a P| ' ‘4 j ~~ - < ae wis Ay be arts A ete fh, Ae ie Tat oye * s = n ’ i] a A oe UG ty gee WV i) wen id bAd ay" / aL ia anpit e*ilrbal Pa “a yawns : ce y 4 Ay ° ds 4? Bee atl i iv ¥ Aah: SAR ee: ahr ANT aT Ae z : ; ~ = Ss . sy ‘ zs : Rtas 400° F008" pel tone « “git a be Martins: * maa oh . é 7 > ‘ PF . - a 5 ‘ , - o é F ‘ : , ¥ ' £ ma 3 , - eee “ifs ‘ 2 re ~A% +. 4 wi iy = ath . co Thirty- Third Annual Report OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE Derby Freee Public Library AND MUSEUM. COUNTY BOROUGH OF DERBY. SE SNS) Thirty=-Third Annual Report OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE Derby Freee Public ‘tbeary On AoNt AND MUSEUM, AND % » Twenty-Second Annual Report ~ OF THE ART GALLERY GOMMITTEE. Presented to the Town Council, Sobvember Mth, 1904. DERBY: W & J. Wi. HALL, PRINTERS, GREEN LANE. 1904. M Pe: " hist of Committees and Officials. 2 BRS Library and Museum Committee. CounciLtor C. BOAM, Mayor, ex-officio. Mr. ALDERMAN E. T. ANN, J.P., CHAIRMAN. Mr. ALDERMAN HARRISON, J.P. Mr. CounciLttor SHACKLETON. 4 rs WINTER. a 5 SURTEES. », CouNcILLoOR ARNOLD-BEMROSE, » ALEX. BUCHANAN, J.P. MSA, Jab: » s- COURT. a As BRIGDEN. Dr. T. LAWRIE GENTLES. e Ae CHAMBERS, B.A. Mr. H. M. HOBSON, J.P. + 5 INNES, Rev. G. HUNSWORTH, M.A. Fi os LONGDON, J.P. Mr. W. J. PIPER, J.P. ” + NEWLAND. Mr. A. H. STOKES, A.M., F.G.S. Mr. A. WILSON, M.A., J.P. Art Gallery Committee. CouncILLor C. BOAM, Mayor, ex-officio. Mr. ALDERMAN SOWTER, J.P., CHAIRMAN. Mr. ALDERMAN ANN, J.P. Mr. CounciLLtor LONGDON, J.P. a - HARRISON, J.P. * i NEWBOLD. is > HORNE, J.P. » Cs Bi KEENE: by i, STRUTT, J.P: » G. TURNER. 5; ‘ WINTER. » A. WILSON, M.A., J.P. Librarian, Curator, and Secretary. Mr. WILLIAM CROWTHER. Sub=Librarian. Mr. W. H. WALTON. Assistant Likrariars. Miss ETHEL J. CROWTHER. Miss HELEN J. WHI1E. Mr. S. LAUGHTON. Junior Assistants. Miss L. THORNTON. H. HOLMES. Porter—GEORGE PULLEN. Assistant Porter—J. A; HEDLEY, Art Gallery Attendant—J. FOLEY. COUNTY BOROUGH OB DERBY. 5 KD Thirty=-Third Annual Report Free Library & Museum Committee. 5 GE HE Free Library and Museum Committee have great pleasure in laying before the Town Council their Thirty-Third Annual § Report. The year’s work has been characterised by no very special features. Full details as to Library stock and issues will be found in the tables which accompany this Report, and in the special Report made to the Committee by the Librarian. The re-arrangement of the Museum goes on steadily, and the Special Sub-Committee which has charge of this, reports that they have completed their work with the Insects. The major portion of their task has now been accomplished. The News Rooms are as well patronised as ever, both in the Central Institution and at the Arboretum Branch, and the Committee are glad to say that there has not been any complaint during the year as to the conduct of those who use the rooms. They regret that they cannot report that petty pilfering has altogether ceased, but it has been less than usual. The building is now in a perfect state of repair, and probably in better condition than ever before. The sum expended on its restoration amounts to about £1200, as before reported, and the Committee are very grateful that the Council at its last meeting voted them an 6 additional half-penny rate to pay for this extra expenditure. This will enable the work of the Institution to go on as usual, without the crippling influence of a heavy debt. In the future, as in the past, the Committee will use its best endeavours to carry on the work of the Library and Museum as economically as possible. A small outbreak of fire took place in the waste paper room during the night of September 8th. No serious damage was done, and the fire was extinguished with our own appliances. Both Fire Brigade and Police rendered efficient help. The cause has never been satisfactorily traced. The matter of the fusion of this Committee and that of the Art Gallery is fully referred to in the Art Gallery Report. This Committee is heartily in agreement with the course recommended there, the adoption of the Museums Act. In concluding this report, the Committee have once more to thank the donors of Books, Magazines, and Museum Specimens, and to bear witness to the excellent work done in every department by the Chief Librarian, Mr. Crowther, and his staff. On behalf of the Committee, EDWIN T. ANN, Chairman. October 27th, 1904. RO ar eS -9- bibrarian’s Report 2<- TO THE COMMITTEE, FOR THE YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 29th, 1904. ea ee Ss est GENTLEMEN. Wi Y Report to you will present no new features, for the year's work has been comparatively uneventful. It becomes in- \e creasingly difficult as years go on to say anything which has not been said before, but if I can so place comparative results before you as to save your wading through the tables of statistics, perhaps the object of this report will have been sufficiently answered. With regard to the Library, financial considerations have operated a good deal in the number of new books purchased. The Lending Department now contains 22,671 books against 22,628 last year. We have added 423 new books, and replaced 387 out of 749 withdrawn as worn out. ‘The other sources of reduction are not large; g books have been lost and paid for; 8 books have been destroyed in conse- quence of their having been in infected houses, and only one has been totally lost through default of borrower and guarantor. The last Annual Stock-taking yielded the most satisfactory results we have ever had. The total issues are about two thousand less than last year, and the daily issues twelve less. The Reference Library now contains 13,265 books as compared with 12,956. Of these 141 ordinary books and 168 volumes of Patent Specifications have been added during the year. ’ The average daily issue is 28. We enrolled 1311 new borrowers, 1206 overdue books had to be written for, and 2375 volumes passed through the binder’s hands, 420 for re-binding, and 1955 for repairs. There is nothing now to complain of in the way in which our borrowers make use of the Catalogues and Indicator. The Catalogue in each division is absolutely up to date, the printed Catalogues being supplemented by cards. A second edition of the Fiction Catalogue has been sold out during the year, and a thirid is now in preparation. This 8 will contain every book in that section of the Library up to the end of October. Progress is being made with the Catalogue for the Reference Department, but this is necessarily a slow process, and in the mean time the staff are always ready and willing to point out to applicants the best modern books on any given subject, and to give them every help and information. Nothing new can be said about the News Rooms, which are used as fully as ever, and there are no complaints to make of the behaviour of those attending. The year’s work in the Museum has not been quite so great as I could have wished. The re-arrangement of the Insects is quite finished, and the Special Sub-Committee is nearing the end of its labours. The Foreign Birds have all been examined and re-mounted where necessary, but our collection of eggs has not yet been dealt with. This and several other matters have had to be postponed owing to the state of my health during the first half of the year, but I have every hope of completing them during the ensuing winter months. Our staff has remained unchanged throughout the year, to the great advantage of the Institution. Iam perfectly satisfied with the way in which their duties are discharged, and do not think the Committee could be better served. My thanks are once more due to the Derby Press for their co-operation in anything likely to be of benefit to the Library and Museum, and I desire once more to testify to the uniform kindness and consideration I always receive from every member of the Committee. I remain, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, WILLIAM CROWTHER, Librarian, Curator, and Secretary. October 27th, 1904. | Twenty=Seeond Annual Report OF THE Corporation Art Gallery Committee. HE Art Gallery Committee have much pleasure in submitting to the Town Council their Report for the year ended September ie 2gth, 1904. The work of the Art Gallery has gone on much in the usugl way, and they believe that its usefulness and interest have been fully maintained. The comparative table of attendances which _ appears below shows that the total attendances and also the averages are slightly below those of last year, a result for which the abnormally fine summer is probably responsible. The fact will be of interest that in the first twenty-one years of its existence the Gallery has been visited by 812,155 persons. IQOI-1902 | 1902-1903 | 1903-1904 Visitors to Autumn Exhibition... ...! 13320 13660 12055 A Spring 3 cost ek 13570 17122 14670 “ Summer ache sane 4430 12923 9430 Total Visitors) 9.55) <>.|) 1.31320 43705 36155 Total Days Openby Payment ... ... 124 163 147 ” ” Free an 65 84 78 Total Days Open... ... 189 247 225 Average on Paying Days once ce 46 48 45 3 Free Days AP Pe tore 3904 428 379 Wores* Io The customary three Exhibitions have been held during the year. The Autumn and Spring Exhibitions were on the usual lines, and on each occasion a good representative collection of modern pictures, in both oil and water-colours, was obtained, and the sales were in advance of those of the previous year. The Association of Professional Photo- eraphers held their Annual Exhibition in the Gallery for the first few weeks of the Summer Exhibition, and for the remainder of the time only the lower gallery was open. A great attraction there towards the close of the time, was the Casket presented by the Corporation to Lord Curzon of Kedleston, to whom the warm thanks of the Committee are due for the loan. The Exhibition now open commenced on October 2oth, and is likely to prove a very popular one, and the pictures exhibited are quite up to the usual mark; while those recently received as a bequest add much to the attractiveness of the Gallery. The building is in a state of thorough repair, and very little has had to be expended upon it during the year. The sum to be asked for from the Council is more than a hundred pounds less than last year, Collection, Carriage and Insurance expenses are slightly larger, but the wages account is about the same, repairs and alterations are much less, and the Committee have been able also to reduce the Establishment charges. ‘The total cost of the Art Gallery during the year amounts to about one-sixth cf a penny. During the twenty-two years of its exist- ence the annual average charge has been £307 11s. 2d. The Committee, acting in conjunction with the Library Committee, have had under consideration the question of the fusion of the two Ccmmittees. In many respects this would perhaps be desirable, but it would be more practicable if the source of income for each Institution were the same. They came to the unanimous conclusion to recommend the Council to adopt the Museums Act, which would place both insti- tutions on the same footing, and at the same time make no difference to the expense. They kcpe the Council will see its way to carry this recommendation into effect at once. The Council may rely on the best efforts of the Committee to maintain the Art Gallery in a proper state of efficiency, and to do this in the most economical manner possible. II The great events in the history of the Art Gallery during the past year have been the receipt of the ‘‘Sale” and ‘Henry Evans” bequests, the particulars of which are fully set forth in another part of thisreport. Both collections are of great value, and the inhabitants are under great obligations to those whose thoughtful kindness has made such invaluable additions to the Art treasures of the town. Only a portion of the China left by Mr. Evans is at present displayed, for want of case room, but the Committee hope to have all in readiness for the Spring Exhibition. The objects on loan from the Board of Education were changed in January last. As in previous years they fill four cases, and consist of such things as are likely ‘to be of value to the Art industries of the neighbourhood. The Committee desire in closing this Report, to once more express their hearty appreciation of the good work done by their Curator, Mr. Crowther, who for the last nineteen years has been in charge. To his zeal and good judgment much of the success of the Art Gallery, and particularly that of the periodical Exhibitions, is due. On behalf of the Committee, UNWIN SOWTER, Chairman, October 26th, 1904. ‘~ AONKO> STATISTICAL TABLES. Ob Oe 14 oo*oo! oz'6 Sg'zt 06'g So'gz ot’? 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Agents and Collectors Apprentices and Shop Assistants Architects, Surveyors and Drafts- men .., Bakers and Confectioners Bookbinders, Printers, Lithograph- ers, and Compositors Bootmakers Builders, Bricklayers & Masons .. Butcher Carpenters, Joiners and Cabinet Makers Chemists and Druggists .. China Workers Clergymen and Ministers Clerks, Book-keepers & Cashiers Coach Builders Commercial Traveller Doctors and Surgeons Domestic Servants Drapers Dressmakers and Milliners Electricians Smiths, Moulders, Fitters, Boiler Makers and Engineers, Engine Drivers Errand and Office Boys ... Factory Hands Fireman French Polishers ... Grocers and Provision Dealers ... Hairdressers II 40 23 20 14. Housekeepers eee “5 Inland Revenue Officers ... Jewellers and Watch Makers Journalist Labourers Machinists ... Mechanics ... Musicians ... Murses Painters and Paper Hangers Photographers Pianoforte Tuner ... Plumbers and Glaziers Porters, Caretakers & Attendants Postmaster... Railway Employeés Scholars and Students Shopkeepers and Salesmen Skinner Tailors, Hatters and Hosiers Teachers and Pupil Teachers Telegraph Messengers Telegraphists Tent Maker Tobacconist Turners and Brass Finishers Upholsterer Varnish Maker Waiters and Waiteresses Warehousemen No occupation stated wf N Leal 14 To 19 TABLE VI. General Summary. COMPARATIVE RETURNS. 1903. 1904. Lending Library ae ania ees Se ree 488 387 New Books _... st i Ms 7s 22 423 Total Books ... ae “FE vi al) 22028) b! 22605 wo, LSSueR «22. a ia ---| 130564 | 128546 Average Daily Issues. oa es fs 511 499 Turnover ofeach Volume... ie #4 5-77 5-67 Reference Library :— New Books _... ae a vad Sey 395 309 Total Books ... ed an we a) Tagger} (1g265 oer Sates! 2.5 aia oe sit, OATS 8046 Average Daily Issues. ae e oe 30 28 Overdue Books written for exp E056 1206 Books Re-bound (420) Repaired, &e. (1955) nol eage 2375 New Borrowers :— Male, 765 rr ae por ade Female, 546 ae “ oe oo oe Total Borrowers _ ... x wee oe alin) AGO 4500 GENERAL DATA. Population (estimated to June, 1904) ie sae 4 £20,440 Rateable Value (September, 1904) ... oe ais, eh pees Amount of Rate Levied tie ada ae One Penny Amount produced by Rate ... te = — 2044 Library Stock ... .-- 29-83 PER CENT. OF POPULATION 20 GP Donations to the Library. a SOSSSSSSSSSSSEHSSESSES SHE SSSHEHSEHHSESHEHHSOSD Agent-Ceneral for British Columbia.—‘ Game of British Columbia, with a List of Birds and Mammals.” Agent-General for Canada.—‘ Report of the Department of Trade and Commerce, 1903.” Agent-General for New South Wales.—‘‘ Year Book.” Agent-General for New Zealand.—“ Various Pamphlets, Mining Reports, Official Year Book, &c., relating to the Colony.” Agent-Ceneral for South Australia.—‘ The Central State: its Progress and Resources.” Bennett and Co., Messrs.—‘‘ Derbyshire Business Directory for 1904.” (2 copies.) Bognor Urban District Council.—‘“ Official Guide to the Town and District.” British Museum, Trustees of—‘ Library Catalogue, vol. I.” ‘First Report on Economics, Zoology,” ‘‘Handlist of Birds, vol. iv.” “Catalogues of Birds, Eggs, Moths, Butterflies, Corals.” ‘‘ Facsimilies Illuminated Manuscripts.” ‘ Set of Six Reproduc- tions, together with an example of successive Printings.” ‘ Guide to the first and second Egyptian Rooms.” ‘‘ Subject Index of Modern Works, 1881-1g00.” Catalogue of Early German and Flemish Woodcuts. Vol. 1.” ‘Catalogue of English Pottery.” ‘Catalogue of the Franks’ Collection of Book Plates,” vol. I. «Supplement to the Catalogue of Chinese Books.” Canadian Manufacturers’ Association.—‘‘ Canadian Trade Index, 1903.” Choate, Hon. Joseph H.—‘ Inaugural Address.” ‘ Education in America.” ‘Ralph Waldo Emerson.” ‘ Benjamin Franklin.” Claridge, G. & Co., Messrs.—‘‘ The Religion of the Civilized.” Cooper, William, Esq.—‘‘ Abstract of Accounts and Schedule of Loans, 1904, for the Borough of Derby.” Committee of J. Atkins’ Free Library.—‘‘ Official Guide to Southport and Neighbourhood.” (2 copies.) Crisp, Fred A., Esq.—‘“‘ Visitation of England and Wales. Vol. 10.” 21 Digby, Long, & Co., Messrs.—‘' The Divina Commedia of Dante, translated by C. Potter.”’ Director-General Ordnance Survey.—Eight Ordnance Survey Maps of Derbyshire.” Elkington & Co., Ltd., Messrs.—‘'L’Oeuvre de Morel— Ladeuil.” Farrer, Dowger Lady.—“ Free Trade versus Fair Trade.” Fryer, Dr. Alfred C.—‘ Aidan: the Apostle of England.”’ Gray, Henry, Esq.—‘“ Book Bulletins, 1903.” Hampton, W., Esq.—‘‘ Scholastic Directory for London and Provinces, 1903-4.” Harper & Brothers, Messrs.—‘‘ The Rise and Progress of the Standard Oil Company.” : Hastings, Corporation of—* Annual Report of the Meteorological Observations for year 1903.” Head, Brandon, Esq,—‘“ The Food of the Gods.” Henley-on-Thames, Corporation of.—‘ Illustrated Guide of the Thames Valley.” (2 copies.) Howarth, Dr. W. dJ.—‘‘ Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Derby for the year 1903.” dessett, M. G., Esq.—‘‘ The Key to South Africa: Delagoa Bay.” Layton, C. & E., Messrs.—‘‘ Handy Newspaper List, 1903.” “ The Insurance Register, 1904.” Library Reports from Aberdeen, Ashton-under-Lyne, Aston, Ayr, Barrow-in-Furness, Battersea, Belfast, Birmingham, Blackburn, Bootle, Bolton, Bournemouth, Bradford, Brentford, Bristol, Brighton, Bury, Buxton, Cambridge, Chelsea, Cheltenham, Chorley, Cork, Croydon, Dundee, Ealing, Falmouth, Finsbury, Folkestone, Gloucester, Gosport, Great Yarmouth, Hanley, Holyhead, Hornsey, Hove, Hyde, Kendal, Kettering, Kidderminster. Kilburn, Kingston- on-Thames, Leeds, Leicester, Leyton, Lincoln, Liverpool, Longton, Loughborough, Manchester, New York, Norwich, Nottingham, Oldbury, Penarth, Perth (Sandiman), Portsmouth, Preston, Rich- mond (Surrey), Rochdale, Salford, Shoreditch, Southampton, St. Helens, Stockport, Smethwick, Stafford, Stoke Newington, Totten- ham, Tynemouth, Walsall, Walthamstow, Wandsworth, Waterloo (Liverpool), Wednesbury, West Bromwich, West Ham, West- minster, Wigan, Willesden Green, Wimbledon, Wolverhampton, Worcester, York. _ Lysaght, Sidney R., Esq.—“ One of the Grenvilles.” Macdonald, William & Co., Messrs.—‘ English Directory and Gazetteer.” 22 Mather & Crowther, Messrs.—“ Practical Advertising, 1903-4. A Handy Guide.” Meux, Lady.—‘ The Book of Paradise of Palladius.” Museum and Art Gallery Reports from Bristol, Cardiff, Glasgow, Leicester, Plymouth, Reading. Nickerson, Rev. D., M.A.—‘‘ The Origin of Thought.” Paton, J. & J., Messrs.—‘ List of Schools, 1904.” Perry, Walter, & Co., Messrs.—‘ Directory of the United Kingdom.”’ Pitman, Sir I. & Sons, Ltd., Messrs.—‘ Pitman’s Year Book and Diary, 1904.” Registrar of Records, India Office.—‘ Sacred Books of the East, vol. xlvill.” Religious Tract Society, Messrs. The—‘‘A History of the Gun- powder Plot.” Rylands Library, Manchester.—‘ Catalogue of an Exhibition of English Bibles.” ‘‘ Library Bulletin, vol. 1, No. 2.” Sandys, Captain.—‘‘ Papers and Addresses, Naval and Maritime. Lord Brassey.’ ‘The Natives of Sarawak and British North Borneo. Henry L. Roth.” Sawyer, Sir James, M.D. —‘ Contributions to Practical Medicine.” Secretary, Animals Guardian.—‘ Dog Stories.” Secretary, Co-operative Union, Ltd.—‘ Report of the Co- operative Congress, 1904.” Secretary, Technical College, Derby.—‘ Calendar for the Fourteenth Session, 1904-5.” Secretary, Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College. —‘* College Calendar, 1go4-5.” ‘* Annual Report.” Secretary, Incorporated Society of Musicians.—“ Year Book, 1904.” Secretary, Iron and Steel Institute.—‘ Journal of the Iron and Steel Institute, 1903-4.” Secretary, National Union of Teachers.—“ Annual Report for 1904.” Secretary, Nicholson Institute, Leek.—“ Annual Report.” Secretary, Isle of Man Official Board of Advertising.— ‘‘ Illustrated Handbooks of the Isle of Man.” Secretary, Royal Colonial Institute.—‘ Proceedings of the Royal Colonial Institute, 1903-4.” 23 Secretary, Royal Engineers’ Institute.—‘‘ General Sir Henry Harness, R.E., 1804-1883.” _ Secretary, Society of Arts.—‘ Official Catalogue of the Inter- national Exhibition of 1862. 4 vols.” Secretary, Tonic Sol-fa College.—‘ College Calendar, 1903-4.” Secretary, Trinity College, London.—College Calendar, 1903-4.” Secretary, University, Durham,—* College Calendar, 1903-4.” Secretary, University College, Nottingham.—“ College Calendar, 1903-4.” Secretary, University College of Wales.—‘ College Calendar, 1903-4.” Shawcross, Rev. W. H.—‘‘ Castleton and its Old Inhabitants, 1645 to 1837.”. ‘* Old Castleton Christmas Carols.” Stretton, Clement E., Esq.—‘‘ Sundry Papers on the History of Railways.” Stubbs’ Publishing Co., Messrs.—‘: Manufacturers, Merchant Shippers, and Professional Directory, for 1904.” Surtees, H. W., Esq.—‘‘ The Life of Bernard Overberg, 1843.” Thompson, S. E., Esq.—‘ Illustrated Guide to Swansea.” University Correspondence College Tutorial Series (per Messrs. W. B. Crive & Co,)—* Matriculation Directory, 1904.” ** London University Guide and Correspondence College Calendar for 1904.” ‘* Tutorial History of Greece.”’ ‘ Vol. xiii, University Correspondent,” Pamphlets, &c. Wheeler, Wilson & Co., Messrs.—‘‘ Two Date Calendars for 1904. Large size.” 24. GP Donations to the Museum. oe Beni Hasan Excavation Committee.—Thirty Specimens of Egyptian Pottery, from Excavations in Upper Egypt. Boam, Cornelius, Esq. (Mayor of Derby.)—Large Framed Portrait of Michael Thomas Bass, Esq., Donor of the Institution. Old Map of Derbyshire. Boland, Henry B., Esq.—Stone Hatchet used by Indians for Chopping Meat. N.W.T. Canada. Holme, Charles, Esq.—Plaster Cast of the late Herbert Spencer’s Hands, with Autograph. Replica of Bust of Rev. W. Spencer, made by Mr. Herbert Spencer. Harpur-Crewe, Hugo, Esq.—Collection of Coins. o> Donations fo the Art Gallery. « +02 is. Phornton 0 i sak ae Ra ie 22 OmnO , H. Warburton ,, D au SBS 8c sce sewer (0) oH. Holmes . he ae “ce we ee , Extra Help, Evening Boys Er ss 215.0 , Porter’s Wages, Attendant, and Assistant Cleaners . 1242 ; Watson, Sowter & Co., Auditors ... me soe ae yey be £739 5 0 Library To New Books A ose . 219 Tome , Binding and Repairing Books, and Materials See ... 166. 53300 ’ Printing Cards, Notices, and Forms... cae =. 14 60 | New Catalogues ea ae = oe an a) 17 ~Omae ’ Rent of Patent” Stores... she ioe eee «-- 30 omm £448 2 7 Library, &e. YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 29th, 1904. to Premises Account. CF er a By Free Library Revenue Account ... aes aoe san, Gg a @ $787 8 oO Wages Account. _ By Free Library Revenue Account ... ies x a. “7300 5 ae £739 5 0 By Sale of Catalogues i he gota Bo > Fines upon Readers for Detention of Books me LE 2 My CARS :, Fees for New Tickets and Post Cards ... sg A 9 16 3 ;, Lost and Damaged Books a ee 7 a eG », Free Library Revenue Account ... = am gu (Sues ere 30 Dr. Reading and News $8 To Magazines and Periodicals ae ait ae wis) + Boppy! », Newspapers, Illustrated Papers, &c._... uae TS #118 18 7 Museum To Purchase of Specimens ... eas ons os den Gera ,, Stands and Case Fittings... oie ae sd ae re ey », Printing Labels _... a 550 AOE sa sae ae ac) A Taxidermist’s work see a ae sc OER AG ,, Carriage of Egyptian Pottery Pe a = laa I £g°1o ., Sundry Payments by Curator... sue eat bee 14 @ £42 1 5 Arboretum To Caretaker’s Salary and Charwoman ee ae «2 2OSho ome », Rent of Premises ... fs ve et ae at SO) oma », Gas ie nae “A = one nee <. SO RLS oe », Coal on aie “ee a oe eae nae 18 10) on », Newspapers, Magazines, &c.__... oi sat S115 ae », New Magazine Covers... ee 5 16-5 », JOiner’s and Plumber's Work, and Ironmongery o> 13 », National Telephone Co,, Annual Subscription... ae 5-0, 6 », Miscellaneous Payments ... ae ols au oe 3 18.8 Derby To Free Library Rate at One Farthing in the £, one Quarter, to 25th December, 1903... aa 500 oO ,, Ditto, Quarter ending 25th March, 1904 sae ss) 5OO:ma ,, Ditto, Quarter ending 24th June, 1904 ... a a ~ 522 ,, Ditto, Quarter ending 29th September, 1904 ... 522 $2044 0 O Rooms Account. By Sale of Old Periodicals, &c. Account. Branch Account. Corporation. , Ditto, granted February, 1904 ,, Ditto, granted May, 1904 4 Ditto, granted August, 1g04 », Free Library Revenue Account 2 By Free Library Revenue Account .. _ By Free Library Revenue Account... y Treasurer, Free Library Rate Bee Nov. aa me 31 Cy. fea Tay 66 LY jiad Ge, 25 Z#118 18 7 Ache BG f42 0 5 117 02 To #117 0 10 500 0 Oo 500 0 Oo “52240; oO we 522 0 O $2044 0 o 32 Py. Establishment £ acd To Gas 3a: ele ae af 5 aoe 14 8 Io »» Electric Light “o ee a met ase i.) TSA Tae LS » Water ee =e at a wes “s. He 62 4a-0%3 », Coal aa aes “ a oF SA ne. 5 ,, Fire Insurance and Guarantee ... aa = me 2035 8 ,, Electric Lamps and Shades_... nae fa ae 25 98 ,, Plants, Bulbs, &c., for Garden ... a me ae 4.28 <6 ,, Petty Cash Payments by Librarian aie ave ye te ,, Printing Annual Reports we ee ae as 9, 07a ,, Various Printing and Pe ois ae he 13747 3 », Cleaning Windews , sr a te 9 © a - Property Tax and House Duty ca wae anh F £0 's », Poor Rate.. se RCA = io Ba tS ow re Miscellaneous Expenses. ; ae 13 12 8 ,, Commission and Interest Charged by Bankers ae 27° gs ,, Clothing for Attendants .. : a 12 17-9 . Winding and Regulating Clock and Repairs... : 354 es a National Telephone Co., Annual Subscription 7 IO “@ £445 16 4 Free Library To Balance brought forward, Deficiency es aes cae te 6 10 ,, Repairs and Alterations to Premises ... sae wi) ) 787 Oem ,, Salaries and Wages De NE a9 Gr as 920 » Library... cas “ss wa «. |. 382) 5 ,, Reading and News Rooms hes eee a3 . 117 » Museum .. nee mae Bar nce fea 42. Tea ,, Arboretum Bravenu $56 ee 2 oat oo. —f57) an ,, Establishment .. ‘as 8 ax ae -. 445.500 $2922 10 5 Balance ASSETS. To Free Library Revenue Account ... ose .. 873 26mm $878 10 5 33 Account. _ By Free Library Revenue Account q Revenue Account. » Balance carried forward (deficiency) ... AS q LIABILITIES. By Treasurer ... = a = Ae W. CROWTHER, Librarian and Secretary. that all our requirements as Auditors have been complied with. Dated this 12th day of October, 1904. WATSON, SOWTER & CO., A.C.A., By Quarterly Rates Granted by the Derby Corporation .. ce. ; Ae aye 445 16 4 £445 16 4 £ 8. ds 2044. 0 O 875 10 5 #2922 Io 5 878 Io 5 $878 10 5 We have examined the several Accounts of the Derby Free Library and Museum or the year ending September 29th, 1904, and hereby certify that they are correct,and Auditors appointed by the Corporation. G. H. GOODWIN, Auditor appointed by the Burgesses. WILLIAM HART, Auditor appointed by the Mayor. 34 Derby Corporation ABSTRACT OF THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE Dr. Wages £- Sale To Wages to Attendant at Turnstile and Charwomen ... 81 14 6 », Watson, Sowter & Co., Auditors eee eee coe 3 440 $84 17 6 Repairs and To Builder’s, Joiner’s, and Slater’s Work... Pee a 5 a », Plumber's Work ... eee Sa ae sae I Collection and Carriage of To Collection, Carriage, and Insurance of Pictures, and obtaining Loans oc onc eee see ooo 177 Tee £177 15 9 Establishment To Fire Insurance 4 “OemG Gras whe sz ose oO I4 Io >, Electric Licht and Meter Rent .. +e sine awe 25 18) 98 ,, Coke Bey. ; nike ai om 6 | oma ,, Lronmongery Ane cae ae I Tome ,, Printing, Stationery, and “Advertising ep ae Se 30 19 36 ,, Printing Catalogues es Sap te dvs 33 ie %. Petty Cash Payments by Curator f , See 19 “6am ,, Interest and Commission charged by Bankers ane 15 Ome Attendant’s Clothing aan ae a bu aes I 1690 35 Art Gallery. Account. By Art Gallery Account Alterations Account. By Art Gallery Account ‘Pictures and Loan Account. By Insurance Claim Paid ... eee _,, Art Gallery Account eos ccount. » Sale of Catalogues ons By Advertisements in Catalogues ... pee 4, Art Gallery Account ace eve vee YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 29th, 1904. #139 12 5 36 Dr. Derby Corporation ee Pe To Balance brought forward ee nae eee 442 0 5 £442 0 5 Art Gallery To Wages. 84 17 6 ,, Repairs and Aiterations . es P vie 2) il ,, Collection, Carriage and Insurance of Pictures 177) howe a Wetablichiient 104. 54:0 £373 19 5 Balance ASSETS. To Art Gallery Revenue Account ... 334 16° 2 ,, Cash in Secretary’s hands 4-10 “a £338 16 1 ad Account. Gy p eae ag By Derby Corporation, Amount owing to Banker at 29th September, 1903... #4: ae : ies 442 0 5 £442 0 5 Revenue Account. By AutTuUMN EXHIBITION, 1903-4 5 a Receipts at Turnstile : oa SOs A. Commission on Pictures Sold ae corse. 3 on 5, SPRING EXHIBITION, 1904. Receipts at Turnstile Ste ETE <2 Commission on Pictures Sold tas 419 oO 16: 1G 72 ,) SUMMER EXHIBITION, 1904. Receipts at Turnstile rae ae Sg », Balance (deficiency) S55 “iss — 334 iat £373 19 5 Sheet. LIABILITIES. By Treasurer ... ack Aa a eh oe J) 3580000 oF $338 16 1 W. CROWTHER, Curator and Secretary. We have examined the several Accounts of the Derby Art Gallery for the year ending 29th September, 1904, and hereby certify that they are correct, and that all our requiréments as Auditors have been complied with. Dated this rath day of October, 1904. WATSON, SOWTER & CO., A.C.A., Auditors appointed by the Corporation. G. H. GOODWIN, Auditor appointed by the Burgesses. WILLIAM HART, dAudj ointed by the Mayor. PRESENTED 1 SEP.191§ Semwry. BPOROUGH OF DERBY. : a Free hibrary, Museum, and Art Gallery Committee’s THIRTY-FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT. Presented to the Town Council, November 9th, 1905. H. Mee, Printer, Ledger’s Passage, St. Peter’s Street, Derby. County BoroucH or Denrsy. Jhirty-Fourth Annual Report OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE [ . \é : RX ~ mree Public igor wry, MUSEUM, AND ART GALLERY. Presented to the Town Council, November 9th, 1905. H, MEE, PRINTER, ST. PETER’S STREET. 1905. List of Committees and Officials. > General Committee. Councillor WILLIAM HART. J.P., Mayor, ew-vfficiv. Mr. Alderman EK. T. ANN, J.P.. Chairman. Mr. Alderman HARRISON, J.P. Mr. Councillor SHACKLETON. ee 2 HORNE, J.P. * ae SURTEES. 35 ~ SOWTER, J.P. » A. BUCHANAN,.J.P: . Councillor ARNOLD-BEMROSE, M.A., J.P. Dr. T. LAWRIE GENTLES. - Re BRIGDEN. Mr. H. ¥. HOBSON, J.P. ‘ CHAMBERS. B.A. - ., C. B. KEENE. 5 INNES. Con Wind ble. due. NEWLAND. , A. H. STOKES, F.G.S. Mr. ARTHUR WILSON, M.A., J.P. Sub-Committees. Art Gallery. Book Selection— Buildings. Mr. HARRISON. Mr. ARNOLD-BEMROSE. Mr. BUCHANAN, » HORNE. . BUCHANAN. » INNES. » SOWTER. . BRIGDEN. . NEWLAND. » KEENE. » CHAMBERS. . SHACKLETON, + WILSON. . GENTLES. . SURTEES. PIPER. » SHACKLETON. » SURTEES. » WILSON. Finance. Museum. Mr. HARRISON, Mr. ARNOLD-BEMROSE. .. HORNE. ,, BUCHANAN. » SHACKLETON. » NEWLAND. 4 BOWLER... ~. ., STOKES. » STOKES. » WILSON. » WILSON, The Chairman is an ew-vficio member of all Sub-Committees. Librarian, Curator, and Secretary. Mr. WILLIAM CROWTHER. Sub-Librarian—Mr. W. H. WALTON. Assistant Librarians. Miss ETHEL J. CROWTHER. Miss HELEN J. WHITE. Mr. 8. LAUGHTON. Junior Assistants—Miss L. THORNTON. H. HOLMES. Porter—GEORGE PULLEN. Assistant Porter—J. A. HEDLEY. Art Gallery Attendant—J. FOLEY. = Sea See BOROUGH OF DERBY —— ee Thirty-Fourth Annual Report OF THE FREE LIBRARY, MUSEUM & ART GALLERY ~~x9 COMMITTEE, e2-— HE Committee have much pleasure in once more laying before the ‘Town Council their Annual Report, and are pleased to be able to chronicle a year’s successful work. The Library statistics, which will be found in the exhaustive tables prepared by the Librarian, are very encouraging, and to these and the Librarian’s comments on them reference may be made by those who desire full particulars of working of this portion of the Institution. The issues show a great advance on last year’s, and the Committee have used their best endeavours to keep the stock well up todate. The most urgent necessity is for more room, and its want must cripple the usefulness of the Library. The Newsrooms, both in the Central Institution and at the Arboretum, are well used. There is little or no fault to be found with the conduct of those who use them, and the cases of mutilation and petty pilfering have been less frequent. ‘The great drawback to the rooms is the unsatisfactory light, largely due, of course, to their enclosed position. The Committee are making some slight alterations which they hope may tend to improvement in this respect, 6 The Sub-Committee in charge of the re-arrangement of the Museum has continued its labours during the past year, and their work is now approaching completion. The Council will be glad to know that increasing use is being made of the Museum by Students, to secure which end, the work of the Sub-Committee has been largely directed. The three customary Exhibitions have been held during the year in the Art Gallery, and the usual table of comparative attendances is as follows :— | 1902-1903 | 1903-1904 | 1904-1905 | | | | Visitors to Autumn Exhibition... .... 13660 | 12055 13380 Spring * zen) peach) lar, 14670 18100 “5 Summer 8 12923 9430 8412 Total Visitors ... ...) 43705 36155 | 39892 Total Days Open by Payment ... ... 163 | “a7 134 | = % Free Ree etal 84 78 | 14 | Total Days Open... ...| 247 | 225 248 Average on Paying Days pion ade 48 | 45 | 35 Free Days AeOe “ode 428 | 379) 1} 309 | | It will be noticed thac there is a diminished average attendance. This has probably been brought about by the additional Free Day introduced last January in order to comply with the requirements of the Museums Act. The Committee note with satisfaction the receipt of several further bequests during the past year. In the Art Gallery, as in the Library, further space is a pressing necessity, and the exhibits in the Lower Gallery sutfer much by their crowded state, and by the way in which the pictures have been scattered. All the Buildings are in a good state of repair. The Committee have decided to re-paint the Reading Rooms and Museum. The former portion was last done in 1892, and the latter in 1894. The work has been delayed a year or two in consequence of the extensive outside repairs. This long period affords eloquent testimony to the value of the Electric Light, for during the time before its introduction the whole Building had to be painted once in three years. Tenders have been invited, and that of Messrs. Potts & Son, for the sum ot £80 has been accepted. a 4 Three important events in the History of the Institution have occurred during the past year; the adoption of the Museums’ Act which places the finances of the Art Gallery on a satisfactory basis ; the concentration of the management of the whole Institution under one Committee ; and the transference of the payment of accounts to the Borough Finance Committee. The Committee are glad to put on record the fact that during the thirty-four vears the old arrangement has existed, there has never been the slightest friction or variance in any form between them and the Council, and they are perfectly sure that the new conditions will work with equal smoothness, It only remains for the Committee to thank the Donors of all gifts to the Library, Museum, and ‘Art Gallery, and to once more express their appreciation of the work done by their Librarian, Mr. Crowther, and the zeal and ability which he brings to bear on the discharge of his many and various duties. They have every reason to believe this appreciation is shared by their fellow-townsmen. On bebalf of the Committee, EDWIN T. ANN, Chairman, October 26th, 1905, ‘ fofoofe Librarian's deport TO THE COMMITTEE, FOR THE YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 29th, 1905. — — © ——- a GENTLEMEN, am afraid I cannot promise that my Report to you on this | occasion will differ very much from its predecessors, for although it is my pleasant duty to comment on a very successful year’s work, the matters with which I have to deal remain practically the same. I follow my usual custom of summarising the most salient points in the Statistical Tables. The removal of our financial troubles has enabled us to go back to our usual rate in the purchase of new books and in the replacement of those worn out. hese two items amount to 1,393 books against 810 last year, and the stock in the Lending Library stands at 23,401 against 22,671. The percentage table affords interesting reading, and thosé who have declared at random that our Library is principally novels, will be surprised to find that light literature only shows a percentage of 28°71 of the whole stock. Three books have been lost and paid for, five have been destroyed through having been in infect- ed houses, and two have been totally lost. The total issues are 10,000 more than last year, and the average daily issue, 537, is 38 more. In the Reference Library, 335 books have been added, of which, 114 are volumes of Patents, and the number of books in this Department is 13,600 against 13,265. Among other interesting items it may be noted that we have enrolled 1,694 new borrowers, that 1,155 overdue books have had to be written for, and that 3,004 books have passed through the binders’ hands during the year, of which, 423 have been rebound. I show in the subjoined table, the wards in the town from which the last thousand of the new borrowers come, and the second column shows the number per thousand which ought to be expected i ee Par cris 7 according to population. ‘This is the first time I have given this table since the re-division of the town. BORROWERS. || BORROW ERS. | WARD. “Actual, | According} WARD. aaa According | £ / —| Baeeeeeee elgg 1279 ornate S| 109. | at | Arboretum —.... 107 84 | King’s Mead ...| 36 Dene Babington ...| LOO 71 =| Litehureh ale Oo rere Becket 108 | 79 Markeaton ele lee 64 Bridge ... baat GER Nie Normanton .....|_— 50 +4 yastle — .. 43 65 Osmaston aA nn 40 Wales oc. ite al eee Pear Tree Fe er) Db Derwent 31 | 46 | Rowditch ...| 52 | 66. | 1 Scan AA es iam alts 4 In studying these figures, and appraising their value, the distance from the centre is no doubt the most important factor; but the class of houses and the social position of their occupants, also have due effect. 4 In the Museum, since the completion of the arrangement of the Insects, several of the best of the Mineral Specimens have been arranged, and the exhibition of an Egg of each of the most important _ birds in the case with the bird itself, is now in progress and is almost ~ compli ted. The completion of the Foreign birds, and a representative collection of Reptiles and Fishes will make the Museum practically a complete. Six small cases have been altered so as to secure better - lighting of the objects contained in them. E My principal work in the Art Gallery beyond that involved in ~ the usual Exhibitions, has been the arranging, labelling, and catalogu- _ ing of the “Henry Evans” Porcelain. This was practically completed in time for the last Spring Exhibition, and the Catalogue was published directly after. Our collection of Derby China is now _ unique, and is being much visited by connoisseurs and collectors ; In the Newsrooms, both here and at the Arboretum, the attendance _has been large, and the conduct of those who attend, exemplary. I have had no serious cause of complaint throughout the year, and I 10 have always found a word quietly spoken, enough to check any little irregularity. Perhaps, a somewhat more personal note in my concluding paragraph may be forgiven. I complete this week twenty years in your service, and at such a time, one is tempted to look back and note the changes that have taken place. In 1885, we had 20,870 books in the Library ; to-day, we have 37,001, aud the average daily issue is 100 more. The whole of the Lending Library has been re-catalogued, and we have established a separate Children’s Library, and also opened a Branch Reading Room. Nearly the whole of the Museum has been re-arranged and re-labelled, brought more into conformity with modern requirements, and made proportionately more useful tothestudent. Inthe Art Gallery, we possessedin 1885, three pictures; now we have about fifty, and in addition some 1,300 specimens of bean- tiful china, forming a collection, probably the best of its kind in the Kingdom ; while during the whole time, we have had three Exhibi- tions in each year, a result achieved in few other towns. The work involved, and it has not been small, has been a pleasure to me, and it has been carried out under pleasant conditions. I have always been fortunate in my staff, who have willingly seconded my efforts for the good of the Institution, and in passing, I may say they have never been better than at the present time. The assistance I have had from the Special Sub-Committee (Mr. Stokes and Mr. Arnold-Bemrose) in the work of the Museum has been of inestimable value, and I gratefully acknowledge the unbroken kindness and consideration I have always received from all the members of the Committee. I hope such pleasant relations may long continue. 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Clergymen and Minter Clerks, Book-keepers, and Cashiers... Coach Builders Coal Merchants Commercial Travellers Cycle Repairer... Designers Dispenser Doctors and Surgeons Domestic Servants Drapers Dressmakers and Milliners ... Elastic Bandage Makers Electricians Engineers, Smiths, Moulders, Fitters, Boiler Makers, and Engine Drivers . aoe mae ook Errand and Office Boys Factory Hands French Polisher Grocers and Provision Dealers ) 32 3 or 5 141 Hair Dressers ... Housekeepers ... Jewellers and Watchmakers Journalist Labourers Machinists Mechanics Miller Musicians Nurses ... Painters and Paperhangers ... ae Piano Tuners ... Photographers... Plumbers and Glaziers Porters, Caretakers. and Attendants Postmen Publican Saddler ... Scholars and Students Shopkeepers and Salesmen ... Skinners Sweep Tailors, Hatters, and Hosiers Tanner ... Teachers and Pupil Teachers Telegraph Messengers Telegraphists ... Timber Merchant Turners and Brass Finishers Waiters and Waitresses Warehousemen Wheelwrights ... No Occupation stated 17 TABLE VI. General Summary. COMPARATIVE RETURNS. ———= a ° ——————— =< ———— 1904. 1905. Lending Library ee 387 802 New Books ve 423 D9L Total Books ... 22671 23401 » Issues 128546 | 138444 Average Daily Issues i 499 | 537 Turnover of each Volume ... 3.07 ) 9.92 Reference Library :— ) New Books _.. 309 | 335 Total Books ... 13265 13600 . Issues 8046 9031 Average Daily Issues. 28 32 Overdue Books written for ‘ es 1206 1155 Books Re-bound (423), Repaired, &e. Q 2581) a 2375 3004 New Borrowers :— . Male, 1037... ; Female, 657... 13it | 1694 Total Borrowers 4500 | 4900 GENERAL DATA. Population (estimated to June, 1905) 122,207 Rateable Value (March, 1995) £554,773 Amount of Rate Levied One Penny. Amount produced by Rate ... Library Stock £2,106 10s. 33°2 PER CENT. OF POPULATION. Donations to the Library. — a_—— @® —=—— = Agent-General for Canada.—*Report of the Department of Trade and Commerce for 1904.” Agent-General for New South Wales.—“ A Statistical Account of Australia and New Zealand.” ‘ Statistical View of the progress of New Sonth Wales, 1860-1903." “ Picturesque New South Wales—an Illustrated Guide.” “Framed Photograph of a New South Wales Wheat Farm.” Alleyne, Sir John.—Volumes of “ Knowledge,” “ Nature,” and “ Kngineering.” Amalgamated Press, Ltd., Messrs.—‘ Daily Mail Year Book, 1905.” Bailey, Sir Wm. H.—* A Sermon preached before the Mayor and Corporation of the Royal Borough of Salford, by Rev. W. G. Edwards Rees, 1904.” Bell, Richard, Esq., M.P.—“ General Secretary’s Report of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants, 1904.” Board of Trade, Labour Department.—* Report on Changes in Rates of Wages and Hours of Labour, 1904.” British Museum, Trustees of.—‘ Catalogue of Greek Sculpture, Vol. III.” “Catalogue of Terra-cottas.” ‘* Catalogue of Franks’s Book Plates, Vol. II.” ‘Catalogue of Franks’s Book Plates, Vol. Ill.” “Index to Sloane M.S.8.” “Catalogue of Greek Coins— Cyprus.” “ Gnide to Antiquities of the Bronze Age.” ‘Guide to Knglish Pottery and Porcelain.” ‘Guide to 3rd and 4th Egyptian Rooms.” “History of the Library.” ‘Collections, Vol. I.” * Library Catalogue, Vol. II.” ‘Second Keport on Economic Zoology.” “Catalogue of Jurassic Plants, Part II.” “ Intro- duction to Study of Meteorites, 1904.” “Catalogue of Birds’ Eggs, Vol. IV.” ‘Catalogue of Moths, Vol. V., Text and Plates.” ** Catalogue of Orthoptera, Vol. I.” “Guide to Bird Gallery.” Browne, T. B., Esq.—* Advertisers’ A.B.C. and Press Directory, 1905.” Cambridge Free Library—“ After Fifty Years—a Retrospect.” Campbell, Rev. L.—‘“ Professor Jowett, on St. Paul’s Epistles.” 19 Canada, High Commissioner for.“ The Statistical Year Book of Canada for 1903 and 1905.” Chambers’ Publishing Co., Messrs.—‘ Directory : Merchants} Manufacturers, Shippers, Professional and Trades.” Choate, Hon. Joseph H.—*‘Inaugural Address as President of the Associated Societies of the University of Edinburgh, March, 1904,” Clemson, A. W., Esq.—* Kelly's Directory of Merchants, Manufacturers, and Shippers of the World.” Cooper, William, Esq.— Abstract of Accounts, 1903-4, for the Borough of Derby.” Co-operative Society, Ltd., Derby.—* Annual Report, 1905.” “ The Co-operative Wh lesale Societies, Ltd.” Co-operative Union, Ltd..—« Report of the Co-operative Congress, 1905.” Edwards, R. J., Esq.—“ Legends of England and Wales in humorous verse.” Fletcher, Rev. J. M. J.—‘ A Guide to Tideswell and its Church.” Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College.—* College Calendar, 1905-6.” “ Annual Report.” Granger, James, Esq.—*“ Old Nottingham Notes,” Ist and 2nd Series. Groot, Dr. J. Morgan D.—* Jan Van Dyck.” Hampton, W., Esq.—“ Scholastic Directory for London and Provinces, 1904-5,” Hastings, Corporation of.—* Aynual Report of Meteorological Observations for the year 1904.” Howarth, Dr. W. J.—“ Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Derby, for the year, 1904.” Incorporated Society of Musicians.—* Year ‘Book and List of Members.” Iron & Steel Institute.—“ Journal of the Iron and Steel Insti- tute, 1903, 1904, 1905. Rules and List of Members.” Land Nationalisation Society.—* Four Books on Land National- isation,” Lamb, Alex., Esq,.—* International Guide to British and Foreign Merchants and Manufacturers, 1904. Library Reports from Aberdeen, Acton, Ashton-under-Lyne, Aston, Ayr, Barrow-in-Furness, Battersea, Belfast, Birmingham, Black- burn, Blackpool, Bootle, Bolton, Bournemouth, Bradford, Brentford, Bristol, Brighton, Bury, Buxton, Cambridge, Cardiff, Chorley, Cork, 20 Croydon, Dundee, Ealing, Folkestone, Fulham, Gloucester, Gosport, Great Yarmouth, Hanley, Hornsey, Hove, Hyde, Kettering, Kidder- minster, Kingston-on-Thames, Leeds, Leicester, Leyton, Lincoln, Liverpool, Loughborough, Manchester, Middlesborough, New York, Norwich, Neweastle-on-Tyne, Nottingham, Penarth, Plymouth, Portsmouth, Port Elizabeth, Preston, Richmond (Surrey), Rochdale, Salford, Seaforth, Shoreditch, Smethwick, Southampton, Stafford, St. Helen’s, Stockport, Stoke Newington, Tottenham, Tynemouth, Walsall, Walthamstow, Wandsworth, West Bromwich, West Ham, West Kilburn, Westminster, Wigan, Willesden Green, Wolverhamp- ton, Worcester, Workington, York. Macdonald, William, & Co., Messrs.—* English Directory and Gazeteer for 1904 and 1905.” “ Scottish Directory and Gazeteer for 1904 and 1905.” Mather & Crowther, Messrs.—* Practical Advertising.” Moody, F., & Co., Messrs.—‘ London and County ‘Trades’ Directory for 1905.” Museum & Art Gallery, Reports.—From Cardiff and Glasgow. National Union of Teachers.—‘Annual Report for 1905.” Nash, Vaughan, Esq.—* The Great Famine.” Nicholson Institute, Leek.—* Annual Report.” Ogle, Dr. W. (The late)—‘“British Association Reports, 1902-3.” Paton, J. & J., Messrs.—* List of Schools, 1905.” Pitman, Sir J. & Sons, Ltd., Messrs.—* Shorthand Year Book and Diary. 1905.” Roe, Sir Thomas, M.P.—* Files of Local Newspapers.” ‘ Strand Magazine, 1892-1004.” “ Cassell’s Magazine, 1887-L904.” Rowbotham, Rev. J. F.—‘ The Human Epic.” Royal Colonial Institute.—‘ Proceedings of the Royal Colonial Institute, Vol. 36, 1904-5.” Rylands Library, Manchester.—* Catalogues of an Exhibition of Manuscripts and Printed Books.” “ Bulletin of the John Rylands Library, Vol. I., No. 3.” Sawyer, Sir James, M.D.—* Insomnia, its Causes and Cure.” Shann, George, Esq.—* The Criterion of Scientific Truth.” Smith, H. W., Esq.—‘ Modern Thoughts on Life and Conduct.” “Modern Thoughts on Religion and Culture.” ‘“ The Founders of Christianity.” Statist, The, Proprietors of.—‘“ All about Assurance.” 21 Swann, Sonnenschein & Co., Ltd., Messrs.—* Essays on Robert Browning, by Marion Little.” Technical College, Derby.—* College Calendar for the Fifteenth Session, 1905-0.” Thompson, W. P. & Co., Messrs.—* Handbook of Patent Law of all Countries. Timewell, J., Esq.—* Police Work in London” (2 Copies). Town and County Directories, Ltd., Messrs.—* Derby and District Trades’ Directory, 1905-6.” Town Clerk, City of London.—* Calendar of Letter Books of the City of London.” ‘ Books, K. & G., 1337-1352.” Town Clerk, Derby.—“‘Calendar of Ancient Records for the Borough of Derby.” Trinity College, London.—* College Calendar, 1904-5.” University College, Nottingham.—* College Calendar, 1904-5.” University College of Wales.—‘College Calendar, 104-5,” University Correspondence College.—Tutorial Series (per Messrs. W. 8B. Clive & Co.) ‘Matriculation Directory, 1905,” -“ London University Guide and Correspondence College Calendar for 1905.” “ University Correspondent.” Pamphlets, ete. Victoria (Australia). National Gallery, Trustees of.— I]lus- trated Catalogue of the National Gallery.” Watson, Dr. R. Spence.—‘ The History of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Neweastle-on-Tyne.” Whitworth Institute, Manchester.—* Illustrated Catalogue of Drawings, Paintings, Sculpture, ete.” Wigan Free Library.—“ Suggested blocking out of Racing News.” “Summary of Returns.” Hope 29 Donations to the Museum. — > ot+—__—_ Bowen, W., Esq.—“ Seven Engravings and Prints of Derbyshire Scenery, circa. 1540.” Gresley, W. S., Esq.—‘ Collection of Iron Ores from Lake Superior Kegion.” Harrison, Alderman T. H.—* Old Notice Board from the Entrance to the Borough of Derby.” Murray, H. W., Esq.—“ British Sea Birds.” Rice, Mr. Jun.—* Collection of British Birds’ Eggs.’ ? Sutton, R. C., Esq.—‘‘ Old Map of Derbyshire.” Utterson, Rev. Ferris—* Case of Roman Coins in Framed Glazed Case.” Wakefield, Mr. F. W.—‘Shark’s Jaw.” “Sword Fish Beak.” Donations to the Art Gallery. ws ee From Mrs. J. T. Corbin.—T'wo Framed Portraits, “John Hallam” and “ Richard McConnell,” of Derby, both painted by the last named. From the Executors of the late Miss Darwin, of Scar- borough.—View of “ Breadsall Priory ” (W. Bb. Cottam), and Draw- ings of “Night-blooming Cereus” and “ Imperial Lily” (Miss V. H. Darwin), and sundry Prints and Engravings. From the Trustees of the late W. Sandby, Esq., of Harrow.—Six Water Colours, by Paul Sandby, R.A.—‘* Clay Hall, Windsor.” ‘ Beauchief Abbey, Derbyshire.” “In Sir Nigel Gresley’s Park, Burton-on-Trent.” “Windsor, from the fpital- fields.” ‘Landscape in Wales.” ‘Landscape, View at Little Easton, Essex,” cr ffbstract of Sfccounts. of Derby free ABSTRACT OF THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE Dr. Repairs and Alterations £ a To Ford & Co., Balance of Contract a ane con ADO , Joiner’s, Plumber’s, and Painter’s Work Be 24 BOG eee ,, Locksmith’s and Electrician’s Work... a 3. 22d ore ,, Upholsterer’s Work a 3 ng ee e oR a £96: “3 a Salaries and To W. Crowther, Chief Librarian, Curator, and Secretary 290 0 O ,» W. H. Walton, Sub-Librarian ... Se aye rere 10% (0) 810), » HK. J. Crowther, Assistant Librarian ri ae OL aaa » H.J. White : a ae SV ORaG » ©. Laughton, Junior Assistant. o as <: ian DS aD ,, 5. Thornton x = 4 ee 3.0) 2b Oe ,» H. Holmes e ae se ue Mi otepeeo we 0) oe extra, Help, Evening Boys Pe ate Proll tates » Porter’s Wages, Attendant, and Assistant Cc leaners’ Jo lO ia eee ,, Watson, Sowter & Co., Auditors 3 Ne ee (ba eer £780 1 6 Library To New Books.. se ss, .O20) LB se ., Binding and Repairing Books, and Mater ials a a a 5 ue Cards, Notices, and Forms _... re An pe OR » New Catalogues sa ~ ie : oe aor 1 OOO a a ,, Rent of “ Patent” Stores. =e ae ais) eae OA ,, Indicator Tickets and Fines Books... - SE te ESAT oh £598 7 5 Icsibrary, &e. YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER a2gth, 1905. to Premises Account. By Free Library Revenue Account Wages Account. By Free Library Revenue Account Account. By Sale of Catalogues ste . Fines upon Keaders for Detention of Books as ,, Fees for New ‘lickets and Post Cards , Lost and Damaged Books » Free Library Revenue Account... Cr beer (6 | 9 9 3 £96 9 3 780 11 «6 780 11 6 1310 3 AY -2aa'9 1212" 3 ie Be 330 15 10 £998. 5 26 Dr. Reading and News mga rie To Magazines and Periodicals ax: = sa oe 536mm ,. Newspapers, Illustrated Papers, &c. ... ma ae 63 12 8 £7 9s Museum To Altering and Re-fitting Cases ... PS a ee 1579 ee ,, Boxes for Eggs .. a vad se 2a pa ,, Sundry Payments by Curator ... m6 ae a | tone 218 14 5 * Arboretum To Caretaker’s Salary and Charwoman ... he se 16 ‘16, ,, Rent of Premises oo ae St a oa 10,.0°9 », Gas ee ae ae 10-0 ~ 7 £434 10 10 w ba | Rooms Account. e By Sale of Old Periodicals, &e. ... » Free Library Revenue Account Account. By Free Library Revenue Account Branch Account. By Free Library Revenue Acconnt 100 10 11 £100 10 11 Account. Cr. j q Revenue Account. Ry Cash in Hand » AUTUMN EXHIBITION, 1904-5. ee Receipts at Turnstile ae ait 2/19 Commission on Pictures Sold... 419 .. SPRING HXHIBITION, 1905, Receipts at ‘Turnstile Sis 7 13 Commission on Pictures Sold... 0 10 5, SUMMER EXHIBITION, 1905. Receipt at Turnstile » Balance (deficiency) Sheet. LIABILITIES. By Treasurer : : ae W. CROWTHER, Curator and Secretary. 1. ] 0) 0 0 Cr. SVR 1 eT ams a LS 18a § 3 0 2 10 433 0 8 £433 0 8 Ve have examined the s veral Accounts of the Derby Art Gallery Sor the year ending 29th September, 1905, and hereby certify that they are correct, and that all our requirements as Aulitors have been complied with, Dated this 20th day of October, 1905, WATSON, SOWTER & CO., A.C.A., Auditors appointed by the Corporation. ARTHUR HUBBARD, Auditor appointed by the Burgesses. JOHN W. GANDY, Auditor appointed by the Mayor. Phe Oki o iD 1 SEP.1916 FREE LIBRARY, MUSEUM, ART GALLERY COMMITTEE’S Jhirty-Fifth Annual Report. Presented to the Town Council, Nov. oth, 1906. H. Mee, Printer, Ledger’s Passage, St. Peter Street, Derby. COUNTY BOROUGH OF DERBY. Chirty-Fifth Annual Report FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY Museum, & Art Gallery. Presented to the Jown Couneil, Yovember 9th, 1906 DERBY : H, MEE, PRINTER, ST. PETER’S STREET. 1906, List of Committees and Officials. ———-—> + General Committee. Alderman SIR EDWIN ANN, J.P., Chairman. Mr. Alderman HARRISON. J.P. Mr. Councillor SHACKLETON. a - SOWTER, J.P. 55 ms SURTEES. 4, Councillor ARNOLD-BEMROSE, M.A., el Be. , A. BUCHANAN, J.P. F 5 BRIGDEN. » H. M. HOBSON, J.P. i 5 CHAMBERS, B.A. , C. B. KEENE. he “ INNES. . , W. J. PIPER, JE. NEWLAND. ; ., A. H. STOKES, F.G:S. Sub-Committees. Art Gallery, Book Selection— Building. Mr. ARNOLD-BEMROSE. Mr. ARNOLD-BEMROSE. Mr BUCHANAN. ,» CHAMBERS. » BUCHANAN. » INNES. » HARRISON. , BRIGDEN. » N&WLAND. » KEENE. , CHAMBERS. . SHACKLETON. yy edilled Dees 5 JKEEINE: =, . SOWTER. , SHACKLETON. EER: , SURTEES. » SOWTER. SHACKLETON. SURTEES. Finance. Museum. Mr. CHAMBERS. Mr. ARNOLD-BEMROSE. , HARRISON. . BUCHANAN. , HOBSON. » BRIGDEN. » SHACKLETON. » HOBSON. SOW'TER. » INNES. STOKES. . » NEWLAND. STOKES. The Chairman is an ex-officio member of all Sub-Committees. Librarian, Curator, and Secretary. Mr. WILLIAM CROWTHER. Sub-Librarian—Mr. W. H. WALTON Assistant Librarians. Miss ETHEL J. CROWTHER. Miss HELEN J. WHITE. Mr. S. LAUGHTON. Junior Assistants—Miss L. THORNTON. G. ANDREWS. Porter—GEORGE PULLEN. Assistant Porter—J. A. HEDLEY. Art Gallery Attendant—J. FOLEY, COUNTY : BOROUGHS -OF~ DERBY. Thirty-Fifth Annual Report OF THE Free Library, Museum, and Art Gallery Committee. HE Committee are pleased to lay before the Town Council their Thirty-Fifth Annual Report, and to be able to place on record another year’s successful work. In the Library, the year has been avery busy one. Every month has shown an increase in the issues as compared with those of the previous year, and the gross increase amounts to about fifteen thousand volumes, while the daily issue has nearly reached six hundred. In the Children’s Department this upward movement has been particularly marked, and still continues. The Book Selection Committee have done their utmost in keeping the Library Stock quite up-to-date in all departments, but continue to feel most keenly the want of more room. They have been able partially to meet the difficulty by withdrawing a number of books which had become obsolete, and they will try’ to do this from time to time, but more space has become an urgent necessity if the usefulness of the Library is to remain unimpaired. The statistical tables compiled by the Librarian, which are appended to this Report, will give detailed infor- mation on all important points, d The Newsrooms both at the Central Institution and the Arboretum Branch continue to be largely used, and the Committee think that the list of Newspapersand Periodicalssupplied meets the requirements of most of the visitors. There is no serious cause for complaint in the way the rooms are used. Cases of mutilation and petty pilfering still occur, but the Committee believe they have been less frequent during the year just closed. In the Reference Room, certain books of common reference are placed, beside Directories and Time Tables, and the Committee have in view the extension of the list of such books as far as accommodation exists or can be made, The Sub-Committee in charge of the re-arrangement of the Museum has continued its labours during the year, and the work is now nearly completed. Students use the Museum in increasing numbers, and the Committee note with satisfaction the frequent visits of children from the Public Elementary Schools. In the Art Gallery the customary Spring and Autumn Exhibi- tions of modern pictures have been held, and in February the mem- bers of the Derby Photographic Society hada very satisfactory display of their work. This was supplemented by an open class, to which some of the best Photographic Artists of the Kingdom contributed. During ten weeks in the summer, the Exhibition was confined to the Per- manent collection only. The total number of visitors during the year was 38,730. Here again in the Art Gallery, the want of space cripples the efforts of the Committee. Our own valuable permanent collection is far too crowded for effective display, and the number of pictures in the most attractive of our Exhibitions has to be curtailed for lack of space. Judging by the experience of other towns, many more pictures and objects of art would be presented to the Gallery, were there room in which to display them. The Committee earnestly hope that the Council will embrace any opportunity which occurs of helping them in this particular, both in the Art Gallery and the Library. All the buildings are now in a good state of repair. During the year the Newsrooms and Museum have been repainted in lighter colours, to their manifest improvement, and the Arboretum Newsroom has been similarly dealt with. A better dight has been secured in the Reading Rooms by the removal of the coloured glas3 at the top of the windows and the addition of reflectors, while the arrangement of the electric lights in the same rooms has been much improved. A new boiler has been fixed for the heating apparatus, replacing one which 5 has been in use for twenty years, and the Committee believe that the heating will now be quite satisfactory. The ventilation in the Librarian’s Office has also been much improved. The Committee intend to have the basement thoroughly cleaned and the interior of the Library painted during the coming year, and then they hope there will be little necessity for expenditure in this direction for some time to come. For the first time in its history no statement of accounts appears in this report. The necessity for purposes of local information has passed away, as the accounts will now appear in detail with those published annually for the whole Borough. No doubt it will be desirable to publish in future years such a summary as will be useful to other towns for purposes of comparison, but this time only half a year’s accounts are available. It only remains for the Committee to tender their thanks to the Donors of various gifts to the Library, Museum and Art Gallery during the past year, and to once more place on record their apprecia- tion of the excellent work done on behalf of the Institution in all its branches by the Librarian and Curator, Mr. Crowther. On behalf of the Committee, EDWIN T. ANN, October 29th, 1906. Chairman. At their meeting this day, the Committee had oflered to them the option of purchase of two shops, two cottages, and other property between the Art Gallery and Cheapside for the sum of £3,350, the Corporation to rebuild a Stable at an estimated value of £100, and they unanimously resolved to ask the Council to sanction the purchase, both with a view to the ultimate extension of the Art Gallery and the carrying out of a desirable street improvement. Librarians deport TO THE COMMITTEE, FOR THE YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 29th, 1906. GENTLEMEN, have very much pleasure in laying before you my Annual Report, | and although I am naturally obliged to traverse much the same ground year after year, I hope I may be able to place before you some points of interest in the working of the Institution under my charge, and at the same time indicate some of the principal results arrived at in the Statistical Tables. Dealing first with the Library Stock; in the Lending Depart- ment our total number of books is now 23,126, or 275 less than last year, and this in spite of the addition of 501 new books for 1,387 have been withdrawn as worn out or obsolete, of which only 618 have been replaced. All our classes show an increase except light literature, and there we have a decrease of 503. Works of fiction now form about 27 per cent. of the Library stock. Six books have been lost and paid for, and one has been totally lost through default of both borrower and guarantor. This out of an annual issue of 153,211, lam sure the Committee will considera satisfactory result. The issues have steadily increased throughout the year, and in the Children’s department, which now contains 2,135 books, the issues during the past year have risen from 12,682 to 21,621, and the daily average from 49 to 84. In the Reference Department the daily issue is two less than last year, but the Stock has been increased by 290 volumes. The total Library Stock is now 37,016 volumes. 1,190 overdue books have been written for, and 2,796 books have passed through the binder’s hands for re-binding or repair. We have this year done with only one intermediate Stocktaking, and the experiment has been a success. The Newsrooms, both in the Wardwick and the Arboretum have been as largely frequented as ever, and I have no complaint to make of the behaviour of those who attendthem. The improved conditions of light and ventilation have added much to the comfort of our readers. — ee TT 7 In the Museum, the work of the Re-arrangement Sub-Committee is drawing to a close. We have acquired by purchase several impor- tant specimens, and by gift many others. We are much indebted to the Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History) for the gift of foreign birds and eggs. Most of these have already been placed in the cases and the remainder are being prepared. In the Art Gallery, the Spring and Autumn Exhibitions have fully maintained their high level of merit, and my difficulties in obtain. ing good pictures on loan are much less than formerly. The Exhibition now open is one of considerable merit, and its attractions are considerably enhanced by the Exhibition of the Crown Derby Casket graciously lent by His Majesty the King. The excellent Exhibition of Photographs contributed by the members of the Derby Photographic Society merits a special word of praise, and I should like here to place on record my obligation to the officials and members of that Society for the valuable help they gave me, and for the zeal they displayed in making the Exhibition such a success. I complete this year, twenty-one years in your service. My duties have vastly increased since my appointment, but they have at all times been a pleasure to me, and the pleasure has been increased and the work made less onerous by the hearty co-operation of the members of my Committee, and the kindly consideration and help they have always been ready to afford me. My Staff, an excellent one, has remained practically unchanged during the year, and I owe much to them for the loyalty with which my instructions are carried out, and for the general efficiency and courtesy with which their duties to the public are discharged. I have always been under great obligation to the local Press, which I desire once again to acknowledge. 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Buwnoysy ‘yuowsedsg s0u0s90;94y "AL ATAVL ; e pe RAE OS - —————<— ts—“‘sOSO——“(— . — 14 TABLE V. _ Occupations of the Last Thousand of the New Borrowers. Acvountants and Solicitors ... Agents and Collectors Apprentices and Shop Assistants Architects, Surveyors, and Draughts- men =e He a3 Artists ... Bakers and Confectioners Bookbinders, Printers, SESE DE ers, and Compositors ... Bootmakers Brewer .. Builders, Bricklayers, and Masons... Carpenters, Joiners, Cabinet Makers, and Upholsterers Chemists and Druggists China Workers Clergymen and Ministers Clerks, Book-keepers and Cashiers... Coach Builders Commercial Travellers Dairyman Dentist ... Doctors and Surgeons Domestic Servants Drapers... Dressmakers and Milliners ... Electricians Engineers, Smiths, Moulders, Fitters, Boilermakers, & Engine Drivers Engravers Errand and Office Boys Factory Hands Farmer ... Firemen French Polishers... 40 Grocers and Proyision Dealers 10 | Hair Dressers ... 2 Ironmongers ... 4 Journalist 1 Labourers 20 Lamplighter 1 Leather Dresser 1 Machinists 5 Mechanics 3 Musicians 4 Nurses ... Painters and Paperhangers ... 14 Photographers 3 Plumbers and Glaziers 4 Porters, Caretakers, and Attendants 4 Postman 1 Publican 1 Railway Employés 10 Scholars and Students 50 Shopkeepers and Salesmen ... 14 Tailors, Hatters, and Hosiers 14 Teachers and Pupil Teachers 65 Telegraph Messengers 2 Telegraphists ... 3 Tent Maker 1 Tram Conductor 2 Turners and Brass Finishers 3 Warehousemen 4 Waiters and Waitresses 5 Watchmaker i No occupation stated... 346 1,000 ao TABLE VI. General Summary. COMPARATIVE RETURNS. 1905. 1906. Lending Library Replacements ... sf ak 802 618 New Books _... M. es i 591 DOL Total Books... ar Ab? oe | 25401 4" 23926 5 Issues aad a .. | 138444 | 153211 Average Daily Issues.. ee ae oe 537 593 Turnover of each Volume... Ms wnte ¢ Dee 6.63 Reference Library :— New Books _... oe at ae 3 335 | 290 Total Books es of ...| 13600 | 13890 ca dSHES 2 : a3: = Sn) We L 3252 Average Daily Issues wae Si <ét 32 30 Overdue Books written for a3]> EOS 1190 Books Re-bound (387), Repaired, “Ge. (2 1409) ...| 3004 2796 New Borrowers :— ge ae etree eee Tt ici dee Megnei te Gore tLIoRi- WA tabeesies-moklso oe rcik wlenies Total Borrowers .. ae ah ae | 4900 5000 GENERAL DATA. Population (estimated to June, 1906)... Sr med p tie! Rateable Value (March, 1905)... sch .» £905,416 Amount of Rate Levied ... Se ah One Penny. Amount produced by Rate... ee: urd a: £2,1C0 Library Stock baie 29°9 PER CENT. OF POPULATION. Donations to the Library. > +0-@- op Agent-General for New South Wales.—“ Official Year Book of New South Wales, 1904-5-6.” Agent-General for New Zealand. relating to the Colony of New Zealand.” “Reports and Pamphiets Agent-General for Queensland.—“ Queensland at Home, 1905.” “ Queensland Official Year Book, 1901.” ‘“ People, Products, and Industries.” “Report of the Under Secretary of Mines, 1903.” “ Year Book of Queensland, 1906 (two copies).” Agent-General for Victoria (Australia).—“ The Journal of the Department of Agriculture of Victoria (special numbers).” Agent-General for Western Australia.—‘ West Australia Mining Industry.” Alleyne, Sir John.—Volume of “ Nature.” “ Engineering.” Anderson, Anderson & Co., Messrs.—‘ Framed Calendar for 1906.” Bridge, James H., Esq.—“ Inside History of the Carnegie Steel Trust.” British and Foreign Unitarian Association.—“ Report of the International Congress, Geneva, 1905.” British Musuem, Trustees of.—‘ Catalogue of English Porcelain.” “Catalogue of Hebrew and Samaritan M.S.8., Part II.” “Catalogue of Japanese Printed Books and M.S.S. Supplement.” “ Guide to the Antiquities of the Early Iron Age.” “————— _ Naval Exhibi- tion—Nelson Centenary.” “Catalogue of Corals, Vol. V.” “Cata- logue of Glossopteris Flora.” ‘“ Reproductions of Prints, New Series.” “Catalogue of Cicadida, 1906.” “Catalogue of Fossil Vertebrata of the Fayfim, 1906.” “Guide to Reptilia and Amphi- bia, 1906.” Carson, J. G., Esq.—‘ Man’s Responsibility.’. Champness & Co., Messrs.—“ Insurance Blue Book and Guide for 1904-5.” Cooper, William, Esq.—‘“ Abstract of Accounts, 1905-6, for the Borough of Derby.” ee ee —— -— ? 17 Co-operative Union, Ltd.— Report of the Co-operative Congress, 1905.” Cripplegate Institute.—“ Report of the Governors, 1905.” Director-General Ordnance Survey.—‘ Ordnance Survey Map, Two Mile, England.” Edwards, J. Passmore.—“ A few Footprints.” Eland, Mrs. Frank.—* Excelsior,’ by Mrs. Heckford. Elgood, Rev. J. C.—“The Views of Praxeas on the Christian Faith.” Geological Survey, Director of.—‘ Colour Printed Map, Lough- borough.” Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College.—“ College Calendar, 1906-7." ‘ Annual Report.” Greaves, F. W., Esq.—‘ Flora of Derbyshire.” Grimaldi, Rev. A. B.—‘ Catalogue of Zodiacs and Planispheres.” Hampton, W.—“ Hampton’s Scholastic Directory, 1905-6.” Hastings, Corporation of.—‘ Annual Report of Meteorological Observations for the Year 1905.” Howarth, Dr. W. J.—‘* Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Derby, for the Year 1905.” Institute of Chartered Accountants.—“ List of Members, Royal Charter, and Bye Laws, 1906.” Iron and Steel Institute.—“ Journal of the Iron and Steel Insti- tute, 1905-6.” “ Rules and List of Members.” Library Reports from Aberdeen, Acton, Ashton-under-Lyne, Aston, Barrow-in-Furness, Battersea, Belfast, Birmingham, Blackburn, Blackpool, Bootle, Bolton, Bournemouth, Bradford, Brighton, Bury, Buxton, Chorley, Cork, Croydon, Dundee, Ealing, Eccles, Folkestone, Fulham, Gloucester, Gosport, Great Yarmouth, Hammer- smith, Hanley, Hornsey, Hove, Hyde, Kensal Rise, Kettering, Kidderminster, Kilburn, Kingston-on-Thames, Leeds, Leicester, Lincoln, Liverpool, Longton, Loughborough, Manchester, Middles- borough, New York, Norwich, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Nottingham, Penarth, Perth, Portsmouth, Preston, Richmond (Surrey), Rochdale, Salford, Shoreditch, Stafford, St. Helen’s, Stockport, Stoke Newing- ton, Tottenham, Tynemouth, Walsall, Walthamstow, Waterloo-with- Seaforth, West Bromwich, Westminster, Wigan, Willesden Green, Wolverhampton, Worcester, York. London Directory Co., Ltd.—“ London Directory for 1906.” Longman, T. Norton, Esq.—‘ Wordsworth and Coleridge Manuscripts,” 18 Macdonald, William & Co., Messrs.—‘ English Directory and Gazeteer, 1905-6.” Mather & Crowther, Messrs.—“ Practical Advertising.” Museum and Art Gallery.—Reports from Bristol, Glasgow, Leicester, Plymouth. National Union of Teachers.— Annual Report for 1906.” Nicholson Institute, Leek.—‘* Annual Report.” Ogle, Rev. H. L.—‘'28 Volumes of the Transactions of the National Association of Social Science, 1857-1884.” “5 Volumes of the Journal of the Transactions of the Victoria Institute, 1898- 1904.” Paton, J. & J. Messrs. —‘‘List of Schools and Tutors, 1906.” Peck’s Circular, Manager of—‘Peck’s Circular and Trades’ Directory to the Manufactures of Birmingham and District, 1905.” Pritchard, John E., Esq.—‘Kmanuel Bowen’s Map of Derby, Circa., 1760.” Royal Colonial Institute.—‘‘ Proceedings of the Royal Colonial Institute, 1905-6.” Royal Commission for the St. Louis Exhibition, 1904.— “Report.” Stubbs’ Publishing Co.—‘ Stubbs’ Directory, 1906.” Trinity College of Music.—‘ College Calendar, 1905-6.” United Asbestos. Co., Ltd.—‘‘Asbestos, Its Occurrence, Exploit- ations and Uses.” University, Durham,—‘ Calendar, 1905-6.” University College, Nottingham.—“ College Calendar, 1905-6.” University College of Wales.—‘College Calendar, 1905-6.” University Correspondence College.— Tutorial Series (per Messrs. W. B. Clive & Co.) “Matriculation Directory, 1906.” “Tondon University Guide and Correspondence College Calendar, 1906-1907.” “The Properties of Matter,” ‘Practical Physics.” “School Magnetism and Electricity.” Geometry, Theoretical and Practical.” ‘University Correspondent.” Pamphlets, &c. Voysey, Rev. Charles.—* Religion for all Mankind.” Young, Dr. James, (the late), Trustees of—‘“ Bibliotheca Chemica.” 19 Donations to the Museum. Bambridge, Mr.—‘ British Shark.” Fox, W. Storrs, Esq.—‘Collection of Breast Bones of British Birds.” Marriott, E., Esq.— Framed Engraving of Lecture Hall, Derby —Mechanics’ Institution.” Miles, Mr. George—“ Piece of Transparent Rock, from Table Rock, Niagara Falls.” Donations to the Art Gallery. Wheeldon, The Misses—‘“A Statuette.” if2N0) 1906 } Ty eee eee . - COUNTY BOROUGH OF DERBY. FREE LIBRARY, MUSEUM, AND ART GALLERY COMMITTEE'S Thirty-Sixth Annual Report. os ‘ aad a4 Bh EE aia Le Bt i ee, wt rts : Cae Speen eA, 4 ‘Lore Sell adhe 08 > {ela nee ey sh ee. 7 é Presented to the Town Council Nov. 9th, 1907. tr q . J. W. Simpson and Sons, Printers, Albert Street, Derby. t fre rete er nee ere ed ~ % _ = ie wae COUNTY BOROUGH OF DERBY. Chirty-Sixth Annual Report OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE _ FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY { Museum & Art Gallery. DERBY : J. W. SIMPSON & SONS, PRINTERS, ALBERT STREET. 1907, List of Committees and Officials. <> General Committee. Alderman R. B. CHAMBERS, B.A., J.P., Mayor. Alderman SIR E. T. ANN, J.P., Chairman. Mr. Councillor SURTEES. Mr. ,, SOWTER, J.P. , A. BUCHANAN, J.P. s, Councillor ARNOLD-BEMROSE, M.A.,J.P.,, H. M. HOBSON, J.P. 4 »"*? BRIGDEN. » OC. B. KEENE. . G2 b INNES. » W. J. PIPER, J.P. > = NEWLAND. » A. H. STOKES, F.G.S. a 9 SHACKLETON. Sub-Committees. Art Gallery. Book Selectlon— Building. Mr. ARNOLD-BEMROSE. Mr. ARNOLD-BEMROSE. Mr. BUCHANAN. », CHAMBERS. ,. BUCHANAN (Chairman) ,, INNES. » KEENE. (5 » BRIGDEN. ». NEWLAND. ay. LELURADN Sr ,; CHAMBERS. » SHACKLETON. »§, SHACKLETON. » KEENE. > SOWTER. » SOWTER (Chairman). ,, PIPER. » SURTEES. » SHACKLETON. » SURTEES. Finance. Museum. I Mr. CHAMBERS. Mr. ARNOLD-BEMROSE. ? » HOBSON. >» BUCHANAN. » SHACKLETON. » BRIGDEN. » SOWTER. » HOBSON. >» STOKES. >» INNES. » NEWLAND. » STOKES (Chairman). The Chairman is an ex-officio member of all Sub-Committees. Director and Secretary. Mr. WILLIAM CROWTHER. Sub-=Librarian—Mr. W. H. WALTON. Assistant Librarians. Miss ETHEL J. CROWTHER. Miss LUCY THORNTON. Mr. 8S. LAUGHTON. Junior Assistants—Miss L. PANTER. G. BUXTON. Porter—GEORGE PULLEN. Assistant Porter—J. A. HEDLEY. Art Gallery Attendant—J. FOLEY. COUNTY BOROUGH OF DERBY. Thirty-Sixth Annual Report —— OF THE —— Free Library, Museum, and Art Gallery Committee. The Committee have pleasure in submitting to the Town Council their Thirty-Sixth Annual Report, and in chronicling another year’s successful work. The Library statistics show no diminution in the number of borrowers, and in the daily issues the numbers have been fully maintained. The Children’s Department shows steady increase, and during the winter evenings the resources of the staff are taxed to the utmost. By taking a portion of the Reference Reading Room, much additional space has been obtained, while the narrow- ing of the unnecessarily wide tables enables the same number of readers to be accommodated as before. Much relief to the over- crowded shelves has been obtained by this means, and the comfort < . and convenience of the new arrangement will be much felt during the coming busy season, The Book Selection Committee have done their best in purchasing new books to keep the Library up to modern requirements, and have during the year just closed made further withdrawals of obsolete books. All further details respect- ing the Library will be found in the Librarian’s separate Report, and in the appended tables. The Newsrooms, both at the Central Library and the Arbore- tum branch, continue to be very widely used, and every effort has been made to make the list of newspapers and periodicals as interesting and generally useful as the pecuniary resources of the Committee will permit. A few alterations and additions have been made during the past year, and every suggestion that is made by those who use the rooms receives the consideration of the Com- mittee. They are sorry to notice from the Report of the Librarian that petty pilfering is not yet quite extinct, and they appeal to those who use the rooms to assist them in the care of the property of the ratepayers, and to aid in the detection of those who offend The re-arrangement of the Museum is now practically com- plete, and there is little to be done there beside the placing in position such new specimens as may from time to time be acquired. For a small Museum, it now contains a fairly complete collection of typical specimens in all branches, and the Committee are glad to know that it is being increasingly made use of by students. Classes from the public Elementary Schools also attend frequently, and are gladly welcomed by the Curator, who is always pleased to give any assistance to their studies which lies in his power. The Art Gallery continues to prosper, and has been attended by a large number of visitors. The Autumn and Spring Ex- hibitions were held as usual, and maintained their high character, while in the summer months, no special Exhibition was held, but all the pictures belonging to the Permanent Collection were hung together in the Upper Gallery, and these were visited by nearly fifteen thousand persons. The Council will be interested 5 to «now that this collection now numbers sixty pictures, beside a similar number of framed sketches, engravings, aud prints. An annotated catalogue of these works was prepared for the Summer Exhibition, and this will in future be embodied with the catalogues for the periodical exhibitions. A few typical specimens for the completion of our collection of Derby China have been purchased during the year. Since the last Report, the Council have pur- chased the remaining property between the present building and Cheapside, having in view the ultimate enlargement of the Gallery. The Committee fear that the present time 1s not opportune for engaging’ in such a project, although the need is most pressing ; but they hope that some private benefactor may arise who will recognise the needs of the town, and give the necessary help. The cost of the Gallery for the past year, omitting the charges in connection with the new property has been just over £300. The Committee are pleased to make note of the fact that in response to a request from the Workers’ Educational Association, the Director lectured on the work of the Gallery to a large audience of the members of that Association in February last, and that the lecture was much appreciated. All the buildings are now in a good state of repair. A con- siderable sum has had to be spent during the past year, beside the important alterations in the Library already referred to. The steps and pavement at the main entrance to the Library, which had been in use since 1879, have been entirely renewed, and all the basement premises painted and white-washed The only part of the premises which requires re-painting is the inside of the Library, but this the Committee thought it wise to defer till the altera- tions were completed. They hope to deal with this portion next spring. An abstract of the year’s accounts as supplied by the Borough Accountant, appears with this Report, dealing with the year ended March 31st last. These abstracts are useful as affording details for purposes of comparison by other institutions. Those locally interested have access to the fuller accounts published aunually. 6 The Committee beg, in closing, to tender their thanks to all Donors to the Institution during the past year, and desire again to express their appreciation of, and satisfaction with the excellent administrative work done for the Library, Museum and Art Gallery, by their Director, Mr. Crowther. On behalf of the Committee, EDWIN T. ANN, Chairman. October 31st, 1907. Libearian’s Report TO THE COMMITTEE FOR THE YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 29th, 1907. > GENTLEMEN, It gives me much pleasure to lay before you my Annual Report, the figures in which deal with the year ended March 31st, 1907. I can lay before you no new features, but merely indicate to you the salient points of the various tables, which deal with the work of a year which, if a busy one, was comparatively uneventful. As regards the Library Stock; in the Lending Department the total number of books is 23,700. Of these 387 are new books, and 650 are replacements, and all classes show an increase. Three books have been lost and paid for, and two totally lost. To the Refer- ence Department 146 new books have been added, and the total Stock is 14,036. In the Children’s Library, the issues steadily in- crease, and the stock is now 2,223 books. The tctal number of books in the Library is 37,736. against 37,016 at the time of the last Report. The experiment which has now been tricd two years of doing away with one of the intermediate stocktakings, has worked so well, that in future we shall only take stock twice a year, and the one fixed for November or December will be carried out without the recall of the books. As a rule, I am glad to find that the books are well used, and that there is little to complain of in this respect. In the Newsrooms, there has been little to find fault with with regard to the conduct of those attending. I wish I could say there was no pilfering or mutilation of papers. These practices still con- tinue, but in a lesser degree than formerly, and I hope they may eventually cease altogether. The readers who do not indulge in these practices would assist me very much if they would help to protect their own property, by finding out and reporting the few culprits. 8 The Museum continues to be largely attended, and is, I be- lieve, of real use to many. I should more often be able to do my- self the pleasure of having a Natural History talk with the children from our elementary schools, if I knew beforehand when they were likely to come, so that I could be free, but I am always glad to see them, particularly when they are in charge of a good disciplin- arian. The year’s visitors to the Art Gallery numbered 43,557. The Autumn and Spring Exhibitions were quite up to our usual stand- ard, and the Summer Exhibition of our own pictures alone, proved very attractive. That recently opened is a very good one, and I expect to find it largely attended. This is my Twenty-Second Annual Report to you, and I have once again to acknowledge the kindness and consideration I have always received at your hands. My staff continue to do their work well, and to my entire satisfaction. One of their number has left during the year after eleven years service, which gave well- deserved promotion to some of those who were below her, and the new juniors appointed seem likely to be very satisfactory. Ihave again to acknowledge my indebtedness to the local Press, who are always ready to help the Institution all they can in every depart- ment of its work. I have already reported fully to yon on my visit to the Library Conference at Glasgow, and need only reiterate here my opinion that the meetings held, and the subjects discussed were such as are likely to be of practical value. I was re-elected as a member of the Council of the Library Association for the fifteenth year in suc- cession, and this year I have also the honour of being Chairman of the North Midland Library Association. I know of nothing further on which it is necessary to report to you, and I therefore subscribe myself, Your Obedient Servant, WILLIAM CROWTHER, Director and Secretary: October 31st, 1907. Statistical Cables. 10 a 00'00T! #LE | COLES L8E | OS9 | E99Zz] Sor | SGP |S | °° |S | 9eTESI"" ee "* s[eqoy, 6L'6 | SF 61E% | 9 9% 62S || ZE 1g Pete bit eee se hate . 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Accountants .. ae or Sep 00) Agents and Collectors A Bote ts) Apprentices and Shop Assistants 36 Architects, Surveyors and Draughts- men i oe +c ee Auctioneers 2 Bakers and Confectioners .. wai ee Bandage Maker me 1 Bookbinders, Printers, Lithographers and Compositors ie eG Boot and Shoe Makers 3 Brushmaker 3 1 Builders, eres and “Masons 4 Butchers 3 Cab Driver eo : 1 Carpenters, Joiners, Cabinet Makers and Upholsterers ae -. 20] Chemists - AG 3 China Workers y ae ots PEL Clergymen and Ministers speas Clerks and Book-keepers .. er L2DE Coach Builders an ats ate ae g Commercial Travellers 4 Corset Maker 1 Dairyman ] Dentist 1 Dispenser 1 Doctor ] Domestic Servants ll Drapers : 3 Dressmakers and Milliners 23 Dyer ] Electricians .. ll Engineers, Moulders, Smiths, Hitters, Boiler Makers and Engine Drivers 49 Engravers 3p OZ Errand and Office Baye ee eye Factory Hands Efe Pe <2) 20 Farmers on ats aS Sa ey Feather Dresser ii Fireman ‘ ae : 1 | French Polishers .. os Bee Gardeners 3 Grinder AY: : 1 Grocers and Provision Dealers .. 10 Housekeepers 9 Journalist 1 Labourers 9 Laundress 1 Leather Dresser 1 Machinists 2 Miller ua ae 1 Musicians and Music Teachers 4 Nurses 3 Pawnbroker 1 Painters and Paper-hangers if Photographers 2 Plumbers and Glaziers 2, Pointsman 1 Policemen f a om 22 Porters, Caretakers, a Attendants 5 Postmen 3 Scholars and Students 54 Shopkeepers and Salesmen 9 Sweeps 2 Tailoresses 5 3 6 Tailors, Hatters ai Hosiers 6 Taxidermist ts ] Teachers and Pupil Teachers 79 Telegraph Messengers 4 Telegraphists + Tram Conductor : 1 Turners and Brass Finishers 3 Warehousemen 7 Watchmakers and Jewellers 3 No occupation stated 337 15 TABLE VI. General Summary. COMPARATIVE RETURNS. ! / 1906. | 1907. _ Lending Library Replacements 618 | 650 New Books ve 501 | 387 | Total Books 23126 | 23700 | ,, Issues 153211 | 151610 | Average Daily Issues 593 589 Turnover of each Volume 6.63 6.40 Reference Library :— . New Books 290 146 Total Books 13890 | 14036 ., Issues 8252 7588 | Average Daily Issues 30 27 | Overdue Books written for .. eS 1190 1126 Books Re-bound (477), Repaired, &e. '(2958) 2796 3435 New Borrowers :— Male, 1076 _ ee si : = Female, 665 irs me } 186 Hi, Total Borrowers 5000 | 5000 GENERAL DATA. Population (estimated to June, 1907) 125,774 Rateable Value (March, 1906) £559,244 Amount of Rate Levied .. One Penny Amount produced by Rate £2,100 Library Stock 7 30 PER CENT. OF POPULATION. o & eclay O19 68 ue oe og gis PIVMIOF pollivo souvyeg 5 Sic 0 = pe hs eS oe sosivyQ Sioyueg 6 OT 66 ay wipe BS oe a6 aa sis sotmpung 0 0 G o* oe o- - jue auoydeay, 000°: ws ae #3 quay (O) (Si ee + vi yy eS saredoyy Ole. sy Tucker, Mrs.—Oil Painting (Portrait Study), by the late Tudor St. George Tucker.” Ann, Sir Edwin T.—“ Picture by J. Spinks “‘ A Summer Day on the Conway.” PRESENTED i SEP.1915 Printers & Account Book + Manufacturers « Ui Wy Wi et : COUNTY BOROUGH OF DERBY. FREE LIBRARY, MUSEUM, AND AKT GALLERY COMMITTEE'S Thirty-Seventh Annual Report. Presented to the Town Council Nov. oth, 1908. J. W. Simpson and Sons, Printers, Albert Street, Derby. COUNTY BOROUGH OF DERBY. Chirty-Seventh Annual Report OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY ™ ‘8. Museum & Art Gallery. Presented to the Town Council, November 9th, 1908. DERBY: J. W. SIMPSON & SONS, PRINTERS, ALBERT STREFT. 1908 List of Com mittees and Officials. —$_iit—— General Committee. Alderman A. SIMPSON, Mayor, ex-officio. Alderman SIR E. T ANN, J.P., Chairman. Mr. Councillor NEWLAND. Mr. , BR. B..CHAMBERS, B.A., J.P. aS cc SHACKLETON. » » SOWTER, J.P. ” » SURTEKS. ,, Councillor ARNOLD-BEMROSE, , A. BUCHANAN, J.P. MeASS DSc. ae. » H. M. HOBSON. J.P. ~ a BRIGDEN. » OC. B. KEENE. es - INNES. , W. J. PIPER, J.P. es ns MORGAN. » A. H. STOKES, F.G.S. = Art Gallery. Mr. ARNOLD-BEMROSE. Mr. ,» CHAMBERS. pi » KEENE. ys ,» PIPER. ae ,» SHACKLETON. re ,» SOWTER (Chairman) _ ,. Finance. Mr. CHAMBERS. ,» HOBSON. » SHACKLETON. » SOWTER. .» STOKES. The Chairman is an ea Librarian, ub-Committees. Book Selection. Building. ARNOLD-BEMROSE. Mr. BUCHANAN. BUCHANAN (Chairman) ,, INNES. BRIGDEN. . NEWLAND. CHAMBERS. » SHACKIETON. KEENE. > SOWTER. MORGAN. » SURTEES. PIPER. SHACKLETON. SURTEES. Museum. Mr. ARNOLD-BEMROSE. , BUCHANAN. » BRIGDEN. » HOBSON. » INNES. » MORGAN. » NEWLAND. ,» STOKES (Chairman). -officio member of all Sub-Committees. Curator. and Secretary. Mr. WILLIAM CROWTHER. Sub-Librarian—Mr. W. H. WALTON. Assistant Librarians. Miss ETHEL J. CROWTH Mr ER. Miss LUCY THORNTON. §. LAUGHTON. Junior Assistants—Miss L. PANTER. G. BUXTON. Porter—GEORGE PULLEN. Assistant Porter—J. A. HEDLEY. Art Gallery Attendant—J. FOLEY. COUNTY BOROUGH OF DERBY. —_eE——_ Thirty-Seventh Annual Report —OF THE— Free Library, Museum, and Art Gallery Committee. The Committee have much pleasure in submitting to the Town Council their Thirty-seventh Annual Report. The tables appended and the Report of the Librarian to the Com- mittee will give all necessary details as to the work of the Institu- tion, and will, they think, sufficiently demonstrate that the last year has been one of steady prosperity and increased usefulness. _In the Library, the only new departure has been the entering into an agreement with Messrs. W. H. Smith and Son, by which the Library can have in exchange for their subscription, one hundred of the best books (non-fiction) which can be changed at pleasure, and of which the Committee have the option of purchase at second-hand rates if after sufficient trial, it is thought desirable to acquire them for the Library. The experiment has worked 4 well; books of which the interest is only ephemeral have been re- turned, and those which it has been thought desirable to retain have been purchased at an average of forty per cent. of their original cost, and this after readers have had the advantage of their use for six months or more. The Committee regard the ex- periment as distinctly successful, and it has earned the warm approval of the readers of the better class of books. The Newsrooms, both at the Central Library and at the Arboretum Branch, continue to be very largely used, and there is no serious complaint to be made of the conduct of the many thousands who use them. In the Museum, the work of re-arrangement which has been going on for many years, is now complete; the last section being the arrangement and classification of our collection of the eggs of British birds. In this the Committee have to acknowledge the valuable help given by the Rev. H. C. Jourdain, one of the best of living authorities on this branch of Natural History, while the actual classification and arrangement has been done by one of their own staff, Mr. George Pullen, who has done it carefully and well. Some very valuable donations have been made to the Museum during the past year of which a full list is appended to the Report. The Art Gallery continues to prosper, and interest in it has been fully maintained. Here, again, the Committee have received several valuable donations, and no doubt we should have received more had there been more room in which to display them. The enlargement of the Galleries is a crying necessity, which becomes every year more acute, but the Committee still hope that someone among their fellow- citizens may be found able and willing to give them a start in the matter. In the meantime, they can only wait and hope. The Autumn and Spring Exhibitions both maintained the standard of merit which has been hitherto set, and the Exhibition opened just recently, is probably one of the best ever held in the Gallery. For the Summer Exhibition, the Committee relied on the attractions of their own Permanent Collection, which now contains sixty-two pictures, beside a large number of framed engravings 5 and other miscellaneous works. The fine co:lection of Derby and other China is also an attraction which draws visitors from all parts of the country. Several objects have been added to this during the past year both by donation and purchase. Two of the pictures have been lent to other Corporations during the year, those of Bristol and Burnley. The buildings are in a good state of repair. One of the old houses recently purchased for Art Gallery extension has been pulled down, and the new road constructed to the rear of the Ward- wick property as agreed upon. A new roof has been put on the boiler house attached to the Art Gallery, and no other important work has had to be undertaken. An abstract of the Accounts for the year ending March 31st last, has been supplied by the Borough Accountant, and contains all the details necessary for purposes of comparison by the authori- ties of other Institutions. Those locally interested have, of course, full opportunity of seeing the annual statement of the Borough Accounts published by the Corporation. The Committee desire to express their thanks to all donors to every part of the Institution, to the public press, and to all others who help in any way in extending its usefulness; and also to place on record their appreciation of the zeal and ability displayed by the Librarian, Mr. Crowther, a feeling which they believe is shared by all the inhabitants with whom he comes in contact in the discharge of his manifold duties. On behalf of the Committee, EDWIN T. ANN, Chairman. ~ 2607 Libeacian’s Report TO THE COMMITTEE FOR THE YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 29th, 1908. ae GENTLEMEN, ji I have much pleasure in presenting to you my Twenty-third Annual Report, which I fear will present no new features, as it is extremely difficult to find anything fresh to be said about the work- ing of an Institution which has long passed the experimental stage, and the details of the work of which vary little from year to year. The usual tables accompany this report, to which I beg to re- fer you for full information, the most I am able to do being to point out the salient features of the tabulated returns. First as to Library Stock; the Lending Library now contains 24,215 volumes, which number includes 2,300 Children’s Books, and the Reference Library 14,313. This shows an advance on last year’s figures of 515 in the Lending Library and 277 in the Reference ; our total Library Stock being now 38,528. The actual number of new books added during the year is 844, and the number of worn out volumes which have been replaced i3 601. The process of weed- ing out obsolete and useless books is steadily going on at the same time, or the increase in the total number of volumes would have been much larger. Our Annual Stocktaking showed an excellent result, only two Children’s books being unaccounted for, out of an annual issue of 171,927. A small number of books have been lost and paid for; near-y 500 books have beex rebound, and about 2,235 have passed through the binder’s hands for smaller repairs and numbering. The average daily issue has risen from 609 to 627. Among other interesting details I may mention that 1,166 postal applications have been made for overdue books, and that the number of new tickets issued during the year reaches a number only three short of two thousand, this including both renewals and new borrowers. As will be seen from these figures the purely clerical work involved in the working of a large Library is no trifle. 7 Our subscription for a hundred volumes through Messrs. W. H. Smith and Sons is an unqualified success. By this means we are enabled to see new books at once, and to judge whether they are worthy of a permanent place on our shelves. In other years we have had to wait for expensive works of Biography and Travel, and often when purchased at a reduced rate, their interest was found to be only transient, and in after years they merely cumbered the shelves. The addition of these books adds much to the usefulness of the Library, and is much appreciated by the borrowers. As to the Newsrooms, I have nothing to add to my remarks in former years. They are well used, and there is little to complain of in the behaviour of those who use them. The Museum is now practically completed, and I believe is fully appreciated, and the number who visit it for purposes of study con- tinues to increase. Classes from the various elementary schools come pretty frequently, and to these and to all visitors, I am al- ways pleased to give any information that lies in my power. The year has been marked by some sp!endid donations, of which a full list appears elsewhere, the objects given by the Spencer Trustees, Captain Rickards, Captain and Mrs. Power being of a specially attractive character, while those by Mr. Seton-Kerr form a valuable addition to our small collection of pre-historic remains. The Art Gallery, although crippled by want of room, continues to prosper. There were nearly forty-two thousand visitors during the year, and our own permanent collection during the Summer months was visited by nearly thirteen thousand. I believe that our Loan Exhibitions steadily improve in character, and in the Exhibition now open we have one of the best ever held in the Gallery. Dr. Curgenven on leaving the town, left us a very nice oil painting, and Sir Edwin Ann has placed the Gallery under further obligation to him by his gift of Mercier’s “Maundy Thursday,” a very fine picture, which cannot fail to grow in interest. 8 My staff has been unchanged during the year, and their con- scientious work is worthy of all the praise I can give them. No Committee could, I think, be better served, and the resolution passed by you after the Annual Stocktaking was a source of much gratification to them. I desire once more to thank you for the uniform kindness and consideration I receive at your hands, which makes my work a pleasure. I have already reported fully to you on the Library Conference at Brighton, and I know of nothing else which calls for special remark, and therefore subscribe myself, Your Obedient Servant, W. CROWTHER, Librarian and Secretary. eS a ee ee “9 MK or: Statistical Cables. 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Dressmakers and Milliners Dyer Electricians a ne ate Engineers, Moulders, Smiths, Fitters, Boiler Makers and Engine Drivers Engraver Errand and Office Bets Excise Officer Factory Hands Foremen Grinder Groom Al F Grocers and Provision Dealers “ 11 27 K ON WN SK = Ww Door SF ww wo =— om © Hair Dressers Hotel Keeper Housekeepers Labourers Lamp-lighter .. Laundresses Leather Dressers Managers it Se Miller .. Musicians Nurses Optician Pawnbrokers .. Painters and Paperhangers Photographer Js Picture Framers and Gilders Plumbers and Glaziers Plasterer Policeman Postmen 4c Printers, Tathopberplioes and Com- positors .. AD Scholars and Students Shopkeepers and Salesmen. . Solicitors _ Tailoresses 46 Tailors, Hatters sah eget Teachers and Pupil Teachers Telegraph Messengers Telegraphists Tram Conductors P Turners and Brass Finishers Warehousemen 5 Watchmakers and Jewellers Wine Merchant No occupation stated Porters, Caretakers, and Attendants = Soe Ae HP OaAN & NP eH Oe 15 TABLE VI. General Summary. COMPARATIVE RETURNS. == ETS eee eee | / | : | | | | | | / | 1907. 1908. / Lending Library Replacements ‘. =e 650 601 | . New Books sti ee ae al 387 | 567 | | Total Books er ee © 2h 23700") ~ 2a | ., Issues 5 a a ..| 151610 157614 . Average Daily Issues... ee =| 589 - 602 Turnover of each Volume ws a 6.40 | 6.50 | Reference Library :— ) / . New Books Ve M8 os i 146 | 277 Total Books © + .-| 14036 | 14313 | » Issues a hy oe aS 7588 7194 | Average Daily Issues... a aie 27 25 | Overdue Books written for .. si it 1126 | 1166 Books Re-bound (493), Repaired, &c. (2235)| 3435 2728 | New Borrowers :— Male, 1202 ray) A Ae ) 1741 | 1997 Library Stock .. 30 PER CENT. OF POPULATION. | | ) Female, 795 ao oe Ss j | Total Borrowers Si ae oe ae 5000 5000 | | GENERAL DATA. Population (estimated to June, 1903) .. 127,583 | Rateable Value (March. 1908) .. ». £561,385 Amount of Rate levied .. 3 .. One Penny Amount produced by Rate a a EQS. 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(8180.9 6 iGl Go ‘ Omeraral ‘ 0 L 64 6 If ; O &L 6F : ueoyT pue Dork as. ‘PIL ‘S6L GOPEF ILE Younpy uo burpunjsyno qunowny ayy, pun hjwodorg JO asnyoung) uowwjrg Rasy yop ayy 40] papuadxa yunouw 740} 04, J— ALON sosv5j10]({—pung Surpuig suvoT UO 4soloJUT a. SUOT}R10}/Y pues saredoy SPUSWMIASTFIOAPY ONSopRyVO ssaT = SseLIpUuUNng peseyoind syoelqg soyey pue souBvansuy SOnSoO[eIVO SuTULET Suist}jIoApy ‘Asou0yeyg ‘suynug qysry pue yang —: sabiny) juamysiqnjisy "* SqIq Uo somnjolg fo ase) pue uorpoo}]jog SoS A\ PUL soLIe]Rg 8 F 9LSS 9 6 Ie SLP ot Je ** (ayey unosny) puny poujsiq [eisuey wos podsozsuecy, Aysodorg opisdeoyp ‘syetoyeyy fo opeg oh a ysorojuy saoyueg VQPAIODOY sy UY sis "* soyVg amgoig UO UOISsTUTUTOZ Ss ie sqdroooy opgsuany, ‘8061 ISIE AeW Sulpua svaX ‘syuNOddy Jo joOR.YSGyY—'AUDTIVD LUV NOLLVYOdNOD AGYAG 18 Donations to the Library. Agent-General for Victoria.—“‘ Victorian Year Book, 1906-7.” Alleyne, Sir John.—34 Volumes of Encyclopedias and other Books. etc. Anti-Vivisection Society.—‘‘ The Royal Commission on Vivisection, 1907.” Australia, Commonwealth of—‘ Official Year Book of the Com- monwealth of Australia, 1901-7.’ British Museum, Trustees of.—‘‘ Guide to Horse Family.” ‘‘ Ex- hibited Series of Insects.” ‘“ Elephants.” ‘‘ Fish Gallery.” “Domesticated Animals.” ‘‘ Catalogue of Drawings by British Artists, Vol. IV.” ‘Catalogue of the Thompson Tracts.” “Catalogue of Additions to the M.8.S., 1900-1905.” ‘“‘ Guide to the Medieval Room.” ‘‘ Reproductions of Prints in the B.M., Third Series, Part II. (Specimens of Etching by Italian Masters, 1525-1550). “‘ Discovery Report.” ‘‘ Guide to Great Game Animals.” ‘Guide to Fossil Invertebrate Animals.” “List of British Seed Plants and Ferns.” ‘‘ Special Guide to Memorials of Linnceus.”’ Canada, High Commissioner for.—‘‘ Report of the Department of Trade and Commerce, 1907.’ Year Book, 1906. Collingwood, Bros., Messrs.—‘‘ International Mercantile Directory, 1908.” Co-operative Union, Ltd.—‘ Report of the 40th Co-operative Congress, 1908.” Crane, Crane & C€o., Messrs.—‘‘ London and Provincial Direc- tory and Continental Guide, 1908.” Cripplegate Institute.—‘‘ Report of the Governors, 1907.” Dawson, A. J., Esq.—”’ The Message.” Fletcher, Rey. J. M. J., M.A.—‘ Pamphlet, ‘Sir Sampson Meverill of Tideswell, 1388-1462.’ ”’ Glasgow and West of Scotiand Technical College. — ‘“ College Calendar.” ‘“‘ Annual Report.” Griffiths, Harold, Esq.—‘‘ The Plenum or propulsion System of Heating and Ventilation.” Hampton, W., Esq.—‘‘ Hampton’s Scholastic Directory for London and Provinces, 1907-8.” 19 Hastings, Corporation of.—‘‘ Annual Report of Meteorological Observations for the Year 1907.” Hazelhurst, J., Esq.—‘‘ Flashes from the Orient.” Howarth, Dr. W. J.—~‘ Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the Year 1907. ” Incorporated Society of Musicians.—‘‘ Year Book and Register of Members, 1908.”’ Institute of Chartered Accountants.—‘‘ List of Members, Royal Charter and Bye-laws, 1908.” Institute of Chemistry. — “ Official Chemical Appointments.” Iron and Steel institute.—‘‘ Journal of the Iron and Steel Institute, 1907-8.” Library Reports from Aberdeen, Acton, Ashton-under-Lyne, Aston, Barrow-in-Furness, Battersea, Belfast, Birmingham, Blackburn, Bolton, Bootle, Bournemouth, Bradford. Brighton. Bristol, Bury, Buxton, Cambridge, Cardiff, Chorley, Cirencester, Cork, Croydon, Dundee, Ealing, Eccles, Folkestone, Finsbury, Gloucester, Great Yarmouth. Hammersmith, Hanley. Hornsey, Hove, Hyde Ipswich Kilburn, Kettering, Kidderminster. Leicester, Leyton, Lincoln, Liverpool, Loughborough, Manchester, Middlesbrough, Newcastle-under-Lyme, New York, Newcastle- on-Tyne, Nottingham, Paisley, Penarth, Perth, Port Elizabeth, Portsmouth, Preston, Richmond (Surrey), Rochdale, Salford, Shoreditch, Southwark, St. Helen’s, Stockport, Stoke Newington, Tottenham, Tynemouth, Wandsworth, Walthamstow, War- rington, West Bromwich, West Hartlepool, Westminster, Wigan, Willesden Green, Windsor, Wolverhampton, York. Macdonald, Wm. & (Co., Messrs—‘‘ English Directory and Gazetteer, 1907.” Manchester Free Public Library.—‘‘ Handbook of the Man- chester Free Public Libraries.” “‘ Quarterly Record.” Mather & Growther, Messrs.—‘ Practical Advertising, 1907-8.” (Two Copies). Museum and Art Gallery Reports and Catalogues from Bolton, Colchester, Glasgow, Great Yarmouth, Manchester, Plymouth. National Publishing €o.—‘* A.B.C. Commercial Directory, 1906-7 ” New Zealand, High Commissioner for.—“ Official Year Book, 1907.” “ Immigrants Guide.” ‘“ Mining Handbook.” Pamph- lets, etc., relating to New Zealand. Nicholson Institute.—‘‘ Annual Report.” 20 Paton, J. & J., Messrs.—‘‘ Paton’s List of Schools, 1908.” Pitman, Sir Isaac & Sons, Ltd.‘ Shorthand and Typewriting Year Book, 1908.” Pratt, Edwin A., Esq.—‘‘ State Railways,’ ‘‘ German versus British Railways.” Raymond George L., Esq.—‘ The Psychology of Inspiration.” “ Ballads.” ‘“‘A Life in Song.” ‘ Dramas.” Research Defence Society.—‘‘ Experiments on Animals.’’ Pamph- lets issued by the Research Defence Society, 1908. Royal Colonial Institute.—‘‘ Proceedings of the Royal Colonial Institute. Volume XXXIX., 1907-8.” Royal Society. —‘‘ National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-4.” ** Physical Observations.”’ “ Meteorology.” Simpkin, Marshall & Co., Messrs.—‘ Papers on Health, by Pro- fessor Kirk.” Simpson, William, Esq.—‘‘ The Voluntaryist Creed.” by the late Hon. Auberon Herbert. Stubbs & Co., Messrs.—‘‘ Manufacturers, Merchant Shippers. and Professional Directory, 1908.” Thom & Co., Ltd., Messrs.—‘‘ Directory of the Manufacturers and Shippers of Ireland, 1908.” Trinity College of Music.—‘‘ College Calendar, 1908.” University, Durham.—‘ Calendar, 1907-8.” University College, Nottingham.—‘‘ College Calendar, 1907-8.” University College of Wales.—“ College Calendar, 107-8.” University Correspondence College. Tutorial Series (per Messrs. W. B. Clive & Co.)—‘ Matriculation Directory, 1908.” “* Duties and Rights of Citizenship.” ‘Theory and Practice of Per- spective Drawing.” “Science, German Course.” “ Light.” “Heat.” “Plant Biology.” ‘‘ The University Correspondent.” “ Certificate Examiner.” Pamphlets, etc. Waddie & Co., Messrs.—‘‘ The Religion of a Layman.” =. 21 Donations to the Art Gallery. ——>4+— Ann, Sir Edwin T., J.P.—Oil Painting, “Maundy Thursday,” by C. J. Mercier. Burton, Rt. Hon. Lord.—Two Crown Derby China Dishes. Curgenven, Dr.—Oil Painting, “ A Wreck on the Goodwins,” by James Stuart. Donations to the Museum. ee Adsetts, Mr. A. F.—Mounted Whidah Bird. Canirill, Mr.—* Clay Image of Buddha.” Carter, F. S., &sgq.—‘‘ Case of Natural History Specimens, col- lected by donor.—Rattlesnake and Birds.” Clemson, Walter J., Esq.—‘ Miniatures in Feather Work, by native artists from Colombia, South America.” Gisborne, Henry Francis D., Esq.—‘* Bronze Indian God.” Nash, W. L., Esg.—‘ Egyptian Relic, Bronze Cat (Bubastes), Bronze Figure of Osiris, a Globular Vase, Ushabti.”’ Power, Captain W. S.—‘ Two Mounted Tarpons.” ‘‘ Woodland Cariboo Heads from British Colombia.”’ Powe7, Mrs. W. §.—* Pair of Norwegian Reindeer Heads on Skull.” Seton-Kerr, H. W., Esq.—‘ 81 Implements from Egypt, India, Argentina, etc. “‘ Three Monographs.” Spencer, Herbert, Trustees of.—‘ Original cast of the head of the Rev. Thomas Spencer, 1796-1853., Social Reformer, by his Nephew, Herbert Spencer.” ‘* Plaster cast from the above, by Mr. Frampton, R.A., on dwarf stand.” ‘* Cast of Ideal Female Face, modelled by Herbert Spencer when a young man.” “ Two small casts figuring ‘ Sorrow’ and ‘ Joy,’ by W. G. Spencer 1790-1786, father of Herbert Spencer. Ward, John, Esq.—* T shaped Turncock and Rose,” from Becket Well, Derby. é AAI8h Mug PRESENTED “ a» .°S ¢ SEP1915 & & ne Hy wlr., by 4 >, \/ Py bh mht o* / Uy) pl eae § © Manufacturers COUNTY BOROUGH OF DERBY. PRE LIBRARY, MUSEUM, AKT GALLERY COMMITTEE 4 Thirty-Eighth Annual Report. Presented to the Town Council, Nov. 9th, 1900. J. W. Simpson and Sons, Lid., Printers, Albert Street, Derby. COUNTY BOROUGH OF DERBY: Chirty-Eiahth Annual Report OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY Museum & Art Gallery. . - \ 4] Presented to the Town Council, November 9th, 1909. DERBY : J. W. Simpson & Sons, Ltp., PRINTERS, ALBERT S1REET. 1909. List of Committees and Officials. ——_ “"@—__—_ General Committee. Alderman W. BLEWS ROBOTHAM, Mayor, e2-officio. Alderman SIR E. T ANN, J.P., Chairman. Mr. Councillor MORGAN. Mr. ,, 2B. B. CHAMBERS, B.A., J.P. é NEWLAND. Sy. SOWERR, J.P: 4 » SURTEES. ,, Councillor ARNOLD-BEMROSE, , A. BUCHANAN, J.P. M.A., D.Sc., J.P. , H. M. HOBSON, J.P. ‘ » BRIGDEN. , C. B. KEENE. ts =~) HES TAET, » W. J. PIPER, J.P. & » INNES. » A. H. STOKES, F.GS. Art Gallery and Museum Sub-Comnnittee. Mr. ARNOLD-BEMROSE. » CHAMBERS. » KEENE. By LEAUEIDINE » A. H. STOKES. >, SOWTER (Chairman) The Book Selection Committee is now the full Committee. The Chairman is an ex-officio member of all Sub-Committees. Librarian, Curator, and Secretary. Mr. WILLIAM CROWTHER. Sub-=Librarian—Mr. W. H. WALTON. Assistant Librarians. Miss ETHEL J. CROWTHER. Miss LUCY THORNTON. Mr. 8. LAUGHTON. Junior Assistants—Miss L. PANTER. W. MOORE. Porter—GEORGE PULLEN. Assistant Porter—J. A. HEDLEY. Art Gallery Attendcnt—J. FOLEY. ZOUNTY BOROUGH ° OF “DERBY. ———__—__ Thirty-Eighth Annual Report OF _THE Free Library, Museum, and Art Gallery Committee. The Committee have much pleasure in submitting to the Town Council their Thirty-eighth Annual Report. All the buildings are in a good state of repair, and it has been necessary to spend litt’e upon them during the current year. The Librarian’s Report, and the tables appended will give all details respecting the inner working of the Library, and will show that the past year has been a busy one, and that the efficiency of the Library has been fully maintained. The arrangement for an annual subscription to Messrs. W. H. Smith & Son for the continuous supply of a hundred of the best non- fiction books still works admirably, both for the readers and for the Library. We get new books at once, and if the interest in them be only a passing one, they are returned, while if-they are likely to be of permanent value, they are purchased at cheap rates after six months use. A new departure has been made in the Reference 4 Room in the placing upon the counter for free consultation a number of reference books of general utility, such as encyclopedias, gazetteers, and similar works, which the Committee believe has been very much appreciated, although in its early stages, the privilege was abused, as referred to in the Librarian’s Report. They will from time to time increase the number of such books as far as space permits, and trust there will be no further abuse of a concession which they know is highly valued by many frequenters - of the room. The number of visitors to the Newsrooms, both at the central building and at the Arboretum, continues to be very large indeed, and there is no serious fault to be found with the conduct of those who frequent them. The Museum also has its full quota of visitors, and is much appreciated. It has been enriched during the past year by many donations, for details of which the list at the end of the Report may be consulted. The Art Gallery maintains its interest, and the standard of the Exhibitions held there has been fully maintained. The Com- mittee have once more to draw attention to the want of space, and to express their regret that up to the present, they have been unable to take any steps toward the much-needed extension of the Galleries. It is impossible to display all the pictures at present in their possession, and want of space will most certainly go against the receipt of further donations. Having secured the ground, the Committee earnestly hope some means may speedily be found to carry out a work so much needed. The great increase in the number of books, and the steady rise in the value of the pictures and china belonging to the Corporation, have led the Committee during the year to consider the Insurance policies upon the buildings and their contents with the result that the policies have been raised in value and consolidated. The Library and Museum buildings and their contents are now insured for £31,400, and the Art Gallery for £13,200. In addition to this, the Committee thought it desirable to take out Burglary 5 Policies for the portable articles in both Museum and Art Gallery, The Committee are sure that the Council will approve what has been done in this direction. The Committee desire once more to express their satisfaction with the manner in which the staff discharge their duties, and they believe this satisfaction is shared by the public with whom they come in contact in the execution of those duties. The chief Librarian, Mr. Crowther, has just completed twenty- four years’ service with the Committee. He was appointed in 1885 at a salary of £200, with residence, fuel and light, ete. In 1891, this was raised to £240, and in 1898 he took over the duties re- linquished by Captain Haywood, and the salary of £50 attached to those duties. Since his appointment, the number of books in the Library has been more than doubled, the Museum has been en- tirely re-arranged, and its value as an educational institution greatly enhanced. He has been responsible for a complete altera- tion in the methods of issue in the Library, which tends to greater accuracy and quicker service; while a separate Children’s Library and a Branch Reading Room have also been established. In the Art Gallery his duties and responsibilities have also largely in- creased. When he was appointed, the permanent collection of pictures only numbered three, now they are above seventy, and in addition we have what is probably the best collection of Derby china in existence, the value of which can be reckoned in thousands of pounds, and a large proportion of which is directly owing to Mr. Crowther’s personal efforts. The Committee think this is a suitable time for the revision of his salary, and they recommend that it be increased by the sum of £50. They do this with the less hesitation, because they find on enquiry that his salary will not then be out of proportion with that given in other towns where the duties are the same; and in many towns two or three officers are employed to do the same work. In the period re- ferred to, the amount produced by a penny rate has increased by fifty per cent., and they do not think they will be at all likely to exceed the amount of their annual estimate. They believe that in making this recommendation, they will have the approval of the 6 townspeople generally, to whom, for many years past, Mr. Crowther has rendered invaluable service in many capacities. It only remains for the Committee to express their thanks to all donors to every part of the Institution, to the local press, whose help is at all times valuable and sympathetic, and to all others who have in any way helped during the past year to extend the useful- ness of the Library, Museum, and Art Gallery. On behalf of the Committee, EDWIN T. ANN, Chairman. ; ° ° 9 Librarian's Report. - TO THE COMMITTEE FOR THE YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 29th, 1909. The time has once more come round for the presentation of my Annual Report. It becomes increasingly difficult for me to say anything fresh on the ordinary working of the Institution, particularly as I report to you month by month on all important matters, and I can do little more than point out the most note worthy results summarised in the accompanying tables. As regards the work in the Library, the year has been one of progress. The total issues recorded reach nearly 170,000. On many days they reached 1,000, and on two occasions they were above 1,200, while the daily average the year through has been 624 in the Lending Library, and 25 in the Reference, and in ad- dition to the last-mentioned figures, there are a great number of issues which are not recorded as a number of the most useful refer- ence books have been placed on the counter for free consultation. This experiment has been a successful one, and I believe is much ap- preciated, although, unfortunately, three books were stolen during its early stages. I am glad to report that we have had no case of theft now for nearly six months, and I hope we may continue free. The small number of books lost or untraced during the year speaks well for the excellence of the system now in use and the accuracy of the staff, and the results of both annual and inter- mediate stock-takings have been very satisfactory. The number of books passing through the binder’s hands during the year has been 3,297, of which 707 have been re-bound, and the Library as a whole is in a satisfactory state of repair. It would be still better if all the paper used in bookmaking were of uniform good quality, which is far from being the case. The statistics of clerical work, 8 writing for overdue books, issue of tickets, and similar matters remain about the same as in former years. The table showing the occupations of borrowers is always an interesting one. We tabulate the last thousand, and one year shows little variation from its predecessors. Clerks and book- keepers, scholars and students, and the various occupations con- nected with the engineering trade nearly always head the list, although 312 of the 1,000 are returned as of “no occupation.” This does not necessarily mean that they belong to the leisured classes, for the majority of those so returned are married ladies, to whom the description of “no occupation ” is, or should be, a misnomer. As compared with last year’s thousand, barmaids, basketmakers, dentists, grooms, lamplighters, pawnbrokers, policemen and plas- terers have disappeared, but in their places have come an auctioneer, a brewer, a fireman, two coachmen, two journalists, a ropemaker, a signalman, a sweep, a window cleaner, and I believe for the first time, a chauffeur. One thing is certain, all classes use the Library, and there are few businesses or professions unrepresented among our borrowers. With regard to the Newsrooms, there is nothing to add to what I have said many times previously. They could hardly be more used, and there is generally no serious complaint as to the behaviour of those who use them. The regulation as to silence is sometimes broken, I believe mostly from thoughtlessness, but I always find that a word quietly spoken is enough to check the offender. I have spoken above of the thefts we have unfortunately had during the year, and another class of offence is the mutilation of newspapers and magazines. A man sees an ad- vertisement of a situation he thinks would suit someone he knows, or of an article which he ought to buy, and if no one happens to be looking, cuts it out, and takes it home for reference. The same thing, I regret to say, occurs where we should least expect it, in the Ladies’ Reading Room, where not infrequently a picture of a pretty blouse or a smart tailor-made costume or some similarly in- teresting object is abstracted by the same methods. I believe the number of these depredators is small, and that the vast majority 9 of our visitors enjoy the privileges of the rooms without abusing them, and are quite ready to give all the help they can toward the detection of the offenders. The Museum continues to be well attended, not only by casual visitors, but by scholars and students. The Elementary Schools send Classes almost every week, and with any and all I am glad, when my other occupations permit, to go round, and give any in- formation in my power. We have had several notable additions dur- ing the past year, all of which appear in the details of this Report; but the special gift by Mrs. Boyd-Dawkins, of Manchester, of the collection of birds made by her brother, the late Mr. R. H. Evans, of Derby, is worthy of special mention. The mounted specimens have been arranged and labelled, and prove a source of great interest. A collection of electros of famous national medals given by the Trustees of the British Museum is also both interesting and valuable. The Art Gallery has also done well during the year. More than forty thousand visitors have seen its treasures, and the free days seem to increase in favour. The character of our Loan Ex- hibitions keeps up well, and I believe that at the Exhibition recently opened, more artists of eminence are represented than ever before. We were fortunate enough to secure from the Board of Education, for the Summer Exhibition, two small loan collec- tions of great interest. The members of the Derby Sketching Club paid a special visit to the Spring Exhibition, the pictures being criticised by one of their number. They spent a pleasant evening, and I was very pleased to be able to assure them that the Committee much appreciated their efforts in the cause of Art, and were glad to cooperate with them. The Gallery has received several valuable additions during the year, both of china and pictures, the most important among the latter being five pictures bequeathed to them by the late Hon. Frederick Strutt, J.P. The Gallery is now as full as it can hold, and I shall have difficulty in showing to advantage many more objects, while the periodical Exhibitions are still handicapped by insufficient space. 10 The Library staff has continued without change during the year, except among the juniors, and I again have to express my satisfaction with their conscientious and careful work. For the kindness and cordial support always afforded me by my Committee, I desire to express once more my personal thanks, and to subscribe myself, Your obedient servant, W. CROWTHER, Librarian and Secretary. Statistical Cables. SCARS” “poqoosuistp syoog [fF x 12 SS¥[D WOVE UI syoog jo odRyus010g ‘gsBat0uy [B40], €09FG T€ve GILL FOE GE89 9OLT GLL 19 SLE PUEG “6UG6T “Gore *yooyg Areaquy quaseig “‘syoog MON Jo Jaquiny “poos[day LZ9 | 99FES) GFL | LEL |G L GGESG || SS G¢ Seles Sstel Reed TI9L || g Foe Wak, F0G | 060G | GIG | 806 | F * a 69€ | 9LZ9 || OLF | E9F T a ets) 6601 | G G lee eal eae sive ieee econ ee foe fae eailtgene ine ; Oe i ees oe flare st Oar on Oe RP GOES || F Ge Sa cr ees al 3 ro *JOARAT, pue Aqdeasorg ‘f1048'H GEL beer Or LG 1G OP 9 GE 1G G él 91 6 GT Or 61 |G al CG L 1G al 9 GG 8 LG a oe [> oa gs | ge (omer eh *AIO]STY jenjen qay pure sdue10g ‘Aqdosopiyg pue AS50[0a (1, L paw sorp [Od “e019 TIULOD, ‘uedo shvq jo 1aquinN L8¢\"° 8[T@0.L VG 9G “+ Yoreyf ALENIGO'T "+ ATeNUR EP “6061 JaqwueseqT TOqUIBAONT "+ 1aqoO Jaquieydeg qsnsny oe Ajo c£ ‘Judy “HLNOW ‘abowaap fipog ay, pun ‘panssy sawnjo, 40) oY) havaquvy oyy shnq fo saqunu ay ‘ssnjQ yova ur anssy fijyquopy ayy duunoyy ‘yUOWUAAedsg sDUdI9J0y ‘AI WTEVL- 16 TABLE V. Occupations of the Last Thousand of the New Borrowers. Accountants .. ie eye .. 2 { Hotel Keepers Ae os Bee 23 Agents and Collectors $0 8 | Housekeepers atc Se 5K) Architects, Surveyors and Deaakie Inspectors .. os Be BG, men 26 oe +» 12) Journalists .. a6 335 Pan Auctioneer 1 | Labourers .. of =e sap eee Bakers and ee o ©)! Themrniess 1 Bandage Makers 2 | Leather Dressers ae see Bookbinder ue 1 Managers De Ss ore Bo Boot and Shoe Makers 2alevallertes 1 Brewer ite a5 au aol ivneieeaa 1 Brushmaker .. “0 1 Nurses re ack MED Builders, Bricklayers, and ev Oil earatanseasit Beeches | ae Butchers aie Photographers 3 Carpenters, Joiners, Cabinet oe etoroelcnmercseand eilatee 2 send Web pisa te e Plumbers and Glaziers 5 Carer 3 Polishers es baciiper : Porters, Caretakers, af aganse 5 aes z Postmen - at Cline Workers An’ : Printers, Lithographers ih Gua Clergyman and Ministers = 6 positors .. . 21 Clerks and Book-keepers .. Ob Ropemaker .. a a mee |) Coach Builders 30 T\gaddlers eS a et y Coachmen .. pt -» 2 Scholars and Students Se .. 42 Commercial Tr avellers OF sete fe Shopkeepers and Salesmen.. .. 43 Doctor 2: 1 Signalman .. ott ae Ase Domestic Servants .. GR Pen ieitord ae a z Drapers oc 6 Sweep... : ale ar oo ll Dressmakers and Milliners ao) St!) aihdiseeeey 5 ie ed Pe Dyer .. . -° 22 - ol Tailors, Hatters and Hosiers -. Electricians .. e oc -- 3 Teachers and Pupil Teachers oes Engineers, Moulders, Smiths, Fitters, Telegraph Messengers 4 Boiler Makers and Engine Drivers 56 iticeea piaiete 1 7 eee gs ee i i Turners and Brass Finishers 5 Errand and Office ans Sec sy) Ti sekomehiek cs ; = Hactory Hands Ae + aa Watchmakers and J fecilize 5 fe Window Cleaner 1 Worement Wine Merchant : . Se a ee f te ae No occupation stated ss ~ 31g Grocers and Eetiaos Dealers .. 13 Hair Dressers be Ac Some 3 1,000 17 TABLE VI. General Summary. COMPARATIVE RETURNS. Lending Library eens New Books ee Total Books ;, Issues Average Daily Issues Turnover of each Volume Reference Library :— New Books Total Books ,, Issues Average Daily Issues Overdue Books written for Books Re-bound (707), ), Repaired, &e. (2590) New Borrowers :— Male, 1095 Female, 880 Total Borrowers GENERAL DATA. Population (estimated to June, 1909) Rateable Value (March, 1909) Amount of Rate levied Amount produced by Rate Library Stock .. 33 PER CENT. OF POPULATION. | eet | | 1908. 1909 601 | 627 | 567 510 24215 | 24603 157614 | 162513 602 624 6.50 6.45 277 400 14313 | 14713 7194 7183 25 25 1166 1282 2728 | 3297 1997 1975 5000 5000 129,411 / £550,011 | One Penny £2,110 G PL SZlas S FL Soler ; os 7 = 2 = 2 a sosIVYy saoyueg ; ANDY je. 9 Gc of o* en o* * setmpung OPFOR GE oe Cee a Oe juey suoydeyay, 000°: be fn ae Si “+” quaxy I “a Gc . oe * . eo. saredoyy LOR 10g" 3: os “" souizedeyy pure saodedsmoyy ORTSan6G is = > Ci qqSrT pur pang 0 ZI CT . e ee o. oe “. 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SS ed Allen, W., Esq.—‘‘ Hardwicke of Derbyshire,” by a scion of the House. Australia, Commonwealth of.—‘‘ Year Book of Australia, 1909.” “ Annual Review of Australian Oversea Exports.” “ Australia To-day.” ‘Handbook of Australia.” ‘ Pamphlets, etc.” Australia, South, Agent-General for—‘‘ Handbook of South Aus- tralia.” Australia, Western, Agent-General for.—‘ Seventh Census of Western Australia, 1901.” Beal, John, Esq.—‘‘ The Tichborne Trial.” Bennett & Go., Messrs.—‘‘ Business Directory, 1909.” Benthall, Dr. W.—‘‘ Norton, Co. Derby, the Parish Registers.” “Encyclopedia Britannica.” 3rd Edition. Boden, Mrs. Henry.—‘‘ Official Report of the Seventeenth Universal Congress of Peace, London, 1908.” Brindley, Dr.—‘‘ Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health, 1908-9.” British and Foreign Unitarian Association.—‘‘ Milton on the Son of God.” ‘‘ Milton and Religious Freedom.” British Museum, Trustees of.—‘‘ Guide to the Exhibition of Greek and Roman Life.” ‘Guide to the Egyptian Collections.” “ Guide to the Egyptian Galleries ” (Sculpture). ‘ Catalogue of African Fresh-water Fishes,” Vol. I. ‘‘ Catalogues of Moths,” Vol. VII. ‘Synopsis of British Basiomycetes.” “Guide to Anthropology.” ‘ Guide to Whales, Porpoises, and Dolphins.” “ Introduction to the Study of Rocks and Meteorites.” “ Re- productions from Illuminated MSS., Series III.” ‘“ National Arctic Expedition, 1901-4.” Natural History, Zoology.” Budge, E. A. Wallis, Esq.—‘* The Houblon Family ; Its Story and its Times,” by Lady Alice Archer Houblon. Canada, Asst. Supt. of Emigration for.—‘ Illustrated brochure of the Dominion of Canada.” Canada, Government of Department of the Interior.—‘‘ Atlas of Canada.” 21 Canadian Government, Agent-General for.—‘ The Canada Year Book, 1907.” Cape of Good Hope, Agent-General for.—‘‘ Cape Colony To-day.” Cooper, William, Esq.—‘ Abstract of Accounts for the year ended March, 1909, of the Borough of Derby.” Co-operative Union, Ltd.—‘* Report of the 41st Co-operative Con- gress, 1909.” Copestake, Dr. W. G.—‘‘ Volumes of Symons’s British Rainfall, 1893-1907.” Cripplegate Institute.—‘ Report of the Governors, 1908.” Dunning-Lawrence, Sir Edwin, Bart.—‘* Fac-simile of a MS. in Alnwick Castle.”’ Fletcher, Rev. J. M. J., M.A.—‘ Pamphlet on the Plague-stricken Village of Eyam.” Glasgow and West of. Scotland Technica! College.—‘‘ College Calendar, 1909-10.” Hobson, H. M., Esq., J.P.—‘‘ Jeremy Bentham, His Life and Work,” by C. M. Atkinson. Hall, William, Esq., M.A.—‘ Via Crucis’ (Poems). Hall, J. H., Esq.—‘‘ Our Seamen,” an Appeal by Samuel Plimsoll, M.P. Hampton & Co., Messrs.—‘‘ Hampton’s Scholastic Directory for London and Provinces.” Harding, F., Esq.—‘‘ Annual Report of the Tramways Department of the Borough of Derby, 1909.” Hastings, Corporation of.—‘ Annual Report of Meteorological Observations for the Year 1908.” Hazelhurst, John, Esq.—‘‘ Flashes from the Orient.”” Book Second ** Summer.” Hearts of Oak Benefit Society. —‘‘ Annual Statement of the Society, 1908.” Hick Bros. Publishing Co., Messrs.—‘* National Provincial Trades Directory.” Incorporated Society of Musicians.—‘‘ Periodical Report and Journal of the Society, Byelaws and Register of Members for 1909.” Institute of Chartered Accountants—‘* List of Members, 1909.”’ 22 International Arbitration League (Per Andrew Carnegie, Esq.).— “Sir Randal Cremer; His Life and Work.” lron and Steel Institute. —‘‘ Journal of the Iron and Steel Institute.” 1908-9. Rules and List of Members. Knight, Francis, Esy.—‘‘ Biography of John Baverstock Knight, 1785-1859.” Layton, C. & E., Messrs.—‘‘ The Insurance Register, 1909.” “Handy Newspaper List, 1909.” Library Reports from Aberdeen, Acton, Ashton-under-Lyne, Aston: Barrow-in-Furness, Battersea, Belfast, Birmingham, Blackburn, Bolton, Bootle, Bournemouth, Bradford, Brighton, Bromley> Bury, Buxton, Cardiff, Chorley, Cork, Croydon, Dundee, Ealing; Eccles, Folkestone, Gloucester, Great Yarmouth, Hammersmith, Handsworth (Staffs.), Hanley, Hornsey, Hove, Hyde, Ipswich, Kensal Rise, Kilburn, Kingston-on-Thames, Kettering, Kidder- minster, Leicester, Leeds, Leyton, Lincoln, Liverpool, Lough- borough, Manchester, Middlesbrough, Newcastle-under-Lyme, New York, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Norwich, Nottingham, Paisley, Penarth, Perth, Port Elizabeth, Portsmouth, Preston, Richmond (Surrey), Rochdale, Salford, Shoreditch, Stafford, St. Anne’s on Sea, St. Helen’s, Stockport, Stoke Newington, Torquay, Tottenham, Tynemouth, Wandsworth, Walthamstow, War- rington, West Bromwich, West Hartlepool, Westminster, Wigan, Willesden Green, Windsor, Wolverhampton, Worcester, Work- ington, York. London Directory Co., Ltd.—‘‘ London Directory, 1909.” London Publicity Co., Ltd.—‘‘ 120 Years of Life and how to attain them,” by Charles Reinhardt, M.D. Macdonald, Wim. & Co., Messrs.—‘“‘English Directory and Gazetteer, 1909.” Master Cotton Spinners’ Associations—‘* Official Report of the 6th International Congress, held in Milan, 1909.” Minton, Rev. Francis, M.A.—‘‘ The Evil of the Millionaire.” Museum and Art-Gallery Reports from Bristol, Cardiff, Colchester, Glasgow. New Zealand, High Commissioner for.—‘‘ Emigrant Information.” Paton, J. & J., Messrs.— List of Schools and Tutors, 1909.” Peace Society, The.—Pamphlets. “ Armaments and their results.’, Peckover, Lord.—‘‘ Our own English Bible ” by Rev. J. W. Heaton. 23 Pitman, Sir Isaac & Sons, Ltd.—‘‘ Pitman’s Shorthand and Type- writing Year Book, 1909.” Raymond, George Lansing, Esq.—‘‘ Set of Works on Comparative AXsthetics,” 7 volumes. . Reitzenbanm, Selmar, Esq.—‘‘ Literal Translations of the German Patent Law.” Richardson, Ralph, Esq.—‘‘ Cranmer, Primate of all England.” ** Coutts and Co., Bankers.” Roe, Sir Thomas, M.P.—Volumes of Books and Unbound Magazines from the Library of the late Major C. F. Roe. Royal Colonial Institute—‘ Proceedings of the Royal Colonial Institute.’ Volume XL., 1908-9. Royal Society.—‘‘ Album of Photographs and Sketches, with a portfolio of Panoramic Views of the National Antarctic Expe- dition, 1901-4.” Rylands Library, Manchester.—‘‘ Catalogue of Illuminated Manu- scripts.” ‘‘ Catalogues of Exhibitions of the Works of Dante, and Milton.” ‘ Bulletin of the John Rylands Library.” Sawyer, Sir James, M.D.—Six Pamphlets, “The Great Plague of London.” Schooling, J. Holt, Esq.—‘‘ The British Trade Book.” Stigand, William, Esq.—‘ Acanthia”’ ‘ Anthea.’’ (Poems). Theosophical Society.—“‘ The Ancient Wisdom,” by Annie Besant. Thoroton Society.—‘ Derbyshire Notes,” from the Transactions, Tonic Sol-fa College.—‘* College Calendar, 1908-9.” Town Clerk, Guildhall, E.€.—‘‘ Calendar of Letter Books of the City of London.” Trades Directories, Ltd., Messrs.—Midland Counties Trades Direc- tory. Trinity College of Music.—< College Calendar, 1909.” University, Baltimore, U.S.A.—‘ Various Philosophical Disser- tations by various writers, submitted to the Board of University Studies of the John Hopkins University, U.S.A.” University, Durham.—‘‘ Calendar 1908-9.” University College, Nottingham.—‘ College Calendar, 1908-9.” 24 University College of Wales.—‘‘ College Calendar, 1908-9. University Correspondence College. Tutorial Series (per Messrs. W. B. Clive & Co.)—‘‘ London University Guide and University Correspondence College Calendar, 1909.” ‘“ Matriculation Directories, 1908-9.” “‘ The University Correspondent.” ‘‘ Cer- tificate Examiner.” Pamphlets, etc. Victoria, Agent-General for. ‘‘ Journal of the Department of Agriculture of Victoria, Australia.” Victoria National Gallery, Trustees of the.‘ Illustrated Catalogue of the National Gallery.” Ward, Rowland, Ltd., Messrs.—‘‘ Sportsman’s British Bird Book (R. Lydekker). Webb, Percy H., Esq.—‘‘ The Reign and Coinage of Carausius.” Yorkshire Parish Register Society.—‘“‘ The Parish Registers of Otley, Co. York.” Part I. 19 ~t Donations to the Museum, 1 Beal, Mr. John.—Policeman’s Staff; Silk from Old Mill, Derby ; Block from the “ Foudroyant.” Boyd-Dawkins, Mrs.—Various Birds in Cases from the Collection of her brother, the late R. H. Evans, Esq., of Derby. British Museum, Trustees of.—Three Frames of electro fac-similes of English Historical Medals. Copestake, Dr. W. G.—Shells. Derby Corporation.—Standard Scales, Yard and Gill Measures 1826. Fox, Mrs. Gerard.—Case of Birds containing Ibis, shot in Derby. Twells, Mr. F. A.—Silk Moth and Cocoon. Walker, Sir Peter C., Bart.—Greater Bird of Paradise, King Bird of Paradise, Sparkling Pheasant. Donations to the Art Gallery. —— * Mundy, Mrs.—Two Crown Derby Plates; one “ Rockingham ” Saucer. Strutt, Hon. Frederick (the late)—Six Pictures: Creswick, R.A., Hondecocter, and Pictures of the Italian, Spanish, and Flemish Schools, by unknown artists. a PRESENTED { SEP1915 ~ a COUNTY BOROUGH FREE LIBRARY, MUSEUM, AND ART GALLERY COMMITTEE’S Thirty-Ninth Annual Report. Presented to the Town Council, November 9th, 1910. J. Harwoop, Printer, DERBy. COUNTY BOROUGH OF DERBY. yt ~ Chirty-Rinth Annual Report ec OF THE COMMITTEE ,OF THE FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY Museum & Art Gallery. Presented to the Town Council, November 9th, 1910. DERBY : JAMES HARWOOD, PRINTER, DERWENT BUILDINGS, DERWENT STREET. IQIO, List of Committees and Officials. ———laj——— General Committee. Alderman Dr. H. ARNOLD-BEMROSE, Mayor. Alderman SIR E. T. ANN, J.P. Chairman. Mr. Councillor MORGAN. Mr. ,, BR. B. CHAMBERS, B.A., J.P. Bs és L. RUSSELL. ,, Councillor BRIGDEN. 5 re SURTEES. A “A DRUITT. » A. BUCHANAN, J.P. "i an HEXTALL. » H. M. HOBSON, J.P. INNES. » C. B. KEENE. 9 ” Mr. W. J. PIPER, J.P. Art Gallery and Museum Sub-Committee. Mr. ARNOLD-BEMROSE. CHAMBERS. KEENE. ,, PIPER. The Book Selection Committee is now the full Committee. ” ” The Chairman is an ex-officio member of all Sub-Committees. Librarian, Curator, and Secretary. Mr. WILLIAM CROWTHER. Sub-Librarian—Mr. W. H. WALTON. Assistant Librarians. Miss ETHEL J. CROWTHER. Miss LUCY THORNTON. Mr. 8. LAUGHTON. Junior Assistants—Miss L. PANTER. W. MOORE. Porter—GEORGE PULLEN. Assistant Porter—J. A. HEDLEY. Art Gallery Attendant—J. FOLEY, COUNTY BOROUGH OF DERBY. Thirty-Ninth Annual Report ; OF THE . Free Library, Museum, and Art Gallery Committee. The Committes have great pleasure in submitting to the Council their Thirty-ninth Annual Report. They are glad to report all the buildings in a satisfactory state of repair, and during the last twelve months little expenditure has been necessary. At the Arboretum Reading Room, the electric light has been introduced, to the greatly increased comfort of the visitors, and both the Reading Room and the Caretaker’s house have been cleaned and painted throughout. The Library maintains its usefulness, and the books lent out or consulted on the premises show no diminution in numbers. The Committee are more than ever convinced of the value of the subscription to Messrs. W. H. Smith and Son, which is much appreciated by all the borrowers, and the supply of books from that firm has been kept well up to date. There have been one or two instances of stealing 4 from the books placed on the Reference Counter for free consultation, but the Committee offered £5 for any evidence which would lead to the conviction of offenders, and we have had no cases lately. The Reading Rooms maintain their popularity, and the number of visitors is probably laiger than ever before. A visitor was detected mutilating a paper, but the circumstances surrounding the case were such that the Committee thought it might be met by an apology. The Museum is also largely visited, and continues to be much made use of by classes from the Public Elementary Schools, to whom the Curator is always ready to give any help or information, as far as his other duties permit. Several good donations have been received during the past year. The Art Gallery has had 39975 visitors during the year, and 24 pictures have been sold. It fully maintains its usefulness, and the Committee can only once more express their regret that it has not been found possible to commence the extension of premises on the site they have now had in possession for several years. The objects exhibited are very much crowded, and the Committee have no doubt that a large accession of both loans and gifts would accrue to the Gallery if there were more room in which to display them. The Committee are glad to say that they have been able to keep within their estimate for the past year without impairing the usefulness of the Institution ; and the cost of the Art Gallery for the year has been one of the lowest on record. The members of the Council will find all further details in the Librarian’s Report, and in the various tables which are annexed to it. There have been no changes in the Staff during the year, and the Committee desire to again place on record their satisfaction at the way in which all the members discharge their duties, and they have reason to believe this satisfaction is shared by the general public. To the various donors to all divisions of the Institution, to the Press for their support and help, the Committee also desire to express their hearty obligations. 5 | This Report cannot fitly close without reference to the great losses } the Committee have sustained by the death, during the past year, of their late colleagues, Mr. Alderman Sowter, and Mr. A. H. Stokes. 2 Both gentlemen did valuable work ; Mr. Sowter’s great knowledge of Art rendered him a great help to the Art Gallery Committee, and his sound judgment was always at their disposal, while Mr. Stokes, who was a member of the Committee for 34 years, and a most regular at- tendant, did equal service for the Museum. Mr. George Turner, a former member of the Committee, and a valuable helper to the Aré Gallery in many capacities, has also passed away during the last twelve months. On behalf of the Committee, EDWIN T. ANN, Chairman, OcroBEeR 277TH, 1910. Librarian's Report. TO THE COMMITTEE FOR THE YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 297u, 1910. GENTLEMEN, I have much pleasure in laying before you my usual Annual Report. I have just completed twenty-five years’ service in this Institution, on which I can look back upon with pleasure, and feel that progress, if not rapid, has been steady. I gratefully acknowledge that during the whole of my period of service, I have had the help and consideration of an able and judicious Committee, and the hearty co-operation of a devoted Staff. I cannot say anything new about our work in the Library, and the tables give every necessary indication of its scope and magnitude, but I am glad to put on record my belief that the quality of the reading done by the public is mending, and that the taste of readers is slowly and steadily improving. Fiction still constitutes the larger paré of our issues, of course, but even in that I think I see a tendency toward that which is classic and good rather than toward the light and ephemeral. Needless to say, we have as little of the latter class as possible. I think the books are better used than formerly, and we have had comparatively few cases of careless or wilful damage. The Museum is as much used as ever, and I believe is serving its purpose well, both as an attraction to the casual visitor, and as a real help to the student. The year in the Art Gallery has also been a successful one. Beside the usual Spring and Autumn Exhibitions, we had a Photographic Exhibition in the Summer, to which members of the local Society made valuable contribution, and this was followed by a capital exhibition of the clever work of Mr. Trevor Haddon, a small example of which was purchased for our permanent collection. The enlargement of the Gallery is still a crying necessity. | 7 The Arboretum Reading Room continues to be a boon to the neigh- bourhood, and neither there nor at the Central newsrooms has there been any serious complaint of the conduct of those attending. My Staff has continued without change during the past year. I can only express once more my entire satisfaction with their attention to duty, and their desire to help the public in the use of the privileges of the Institution. We are always glad to answer enquiries about books, to recommend books for special reading, and to give any help that lies in our power to those who wish to consult us. I have nothing further concerning the year’s work which needs special mention, and I beg to remain, Gentlemen, Yours obediently, WILLIAM CROWTHER, LIBRARIAN AND SECRETARY. October 27th, 1910. ’ tt Ta) Ao NK OX Statistical Tables. ———— ee WARY 10 "popoopUIsIp SYOog 09 » OO'0OT]| 86 | LOLS] Ter | 979 | POSE! GEOL | 9ZOT | 2 1 19 | eogRd: “° -: =) speqoy, 98°6 | 7 GeaC eh. ol Bes BORE Nek) Coe? a es pepe. ies ae snoouR|[[eostyy Gh'lg| 99 | SLLL | €8 SORE il, ¢ We peels rd Meee ga anon pure spoavry, ‘A104stpyp 186 | 66 | €27O| 19 | GGT | 2002 | Let | Pet |S |e | | pees | | ot) yueuaedeq s,uorppryy GLE GOL= | SILO) CLT +.00F— 0809) | Gey eesene |g ee | wees te “* gangeleqry yysvy Gay Le | SEIT |) 8% COLE WT I al eco ESRC: of a elas * sydosoqa pure ABO GO Live epee hGi-eact 969 || ¢ G HF 6° an aa a oa nse COT Gu peng SG TE) Ese. et Vcr que || ¢ z pe A ics S|) TO an age Solo pure Mey De! LEO NSLS Wis) | lel €Fez | IL . | 6 To Sib yeez eas on seousiage pam aiate 8 a A 2 wn ae 2 Porters, Caretakers Atoms 4 Postmen 3 Printers, iaeapaeetenees sie goog positors 18 Scholars and Students 54 Shopkeepers and Salesmen 47 Soldier 1 Solicitors 3 Tailoresses ... x2 9 Tailors, Hatters and Hosiers 10 Teachers and Pupil Teachers 54 Telegraph Messengers 6 Telegraphists 6 Turners and Brass Finishers 10 Warehousemen ! Zi Watchmakers and Jewellers 3 Wine Merchant 1 No occupation stated 255 1,000 ra 1d TABLE VI. Genera! Summary. COMPARATIVE RETURNS. 1909. Lending Library eters ss ee 627 New Books fe ae a. 510 Total Books Fé aa a ...| 24603 Total Issues se ae Ae seolly Sikes’ Average Daily Issues... wat sa 624 ! - Turnover of each Volume Ee an 6.45 Reference Library :— New Books ee ae % ie 400 Total Books ay a Se oe 14713 Total Issues za ak Bs ae 7183 Average Daily Issues... at nae 25 Overdue Books Written for ... 1282 Books Re-bound (432), Repaired, ete. (2435) 3297 New Borrowers :— Male, 1054 a be ae se 1975 Female, 855 oe Fe ae Total Borrowers Be ae = nae 5000 GENERAL DATA. Population (estimated to June, 1910) Rateable Value (March, 1910) ... Amount of Rate levied . ae Amount produced by Rate ... 131,256 ... £557,602 | ... OnePenny .. £2,185 Library Stock ... 33 PER CENT OF POPULATION. 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(S809 pun fjzsadosg fo asnyoung) uosuajry hioyop yp ayy sof papuadxa qunown 1101 28 L— ALON P8oF L & 8aeF 0g tee nee see nee tae SsuvO'T jo quourArdoary ia lest ste SNe ie Bare "+ suvory uO 4sor0qUT I ¢¢ wae eee see eee “* suoljRieqyy pue saredoyy Gal ee (imecefe (0) me ie vied sesieyO sioyueg OF Garg ain “es fips aoUBINSUT S UaUYIO z OL 8I ioc 70K G00 Age coo sormpung 0 ¢ F savedoy pure ssurqqty o1zyo0[%y Oe cae age pe mie peseyoaund sqzoolq¢ Ce ae AT eee “" ‘ojo ‘someny ‘somyorg Suraeey Il &L 62 sels see woe soyey puv sdueinsuy Vet 19 see see see nee (syuoutestz10A “PY pue soyeg ssa7) sonsopeyep Sunuag Oe. Se et” SUISIOAPY pur ‘rouoyvyg “Suyureg o 0-06 a ———— Aston, Mrs.—‘‘ Specimens from Emerald Mine.” Brynd LEidsvald, Norway. Beal, Mr. John.— Ancient Key of Safe.” Bullock, Sergeant.—‘ Four Nigerian Coins.” Edwards, Mr. Fred.—‘‘ Framed Collection of Foreign Stamps.” Nash, W. L., Esq.—* Three Pre-dynastic jars from Egypt.” Rispin, Mr. Rowland.— Transcription of the Piper of Culloden.” Specimen of Minute Handwriting. Sanders, Mrs.—‘‘ Wooden Pillow used by King Prempeh of Dahomey.” “ Head Mask from Western Africa.” Strutt, George A., Esq.—‘* Head of Jew Fish, from Florida.” Donations to the Art Gallery. S—= See Kn‘ght, Francis, Esq.—Two Water Colour Drawings: “ Brickleigh, Devon.” “ John the Baptist and Christ,” by John Baverstock Knight, 1785-1859. Mundy, Mrs.—Three Specimens of Crown Derby China. PRESLATED 1 SEP.1945 he at es oe ae To E 2 { ¥: aval. y a * x . 5 2 ‘ x ny es 7 ¥ ‘ } "i f j ra - a = r > ‘ ' ¢ ee rar ‘ Ses by COUNTY BOROUGH 4 MUSEUM, b] N a = m= CO FREE LI Be = ae O a oe cr) a — =x C5. — ard << LEE S: MIT ieth Annual Re port. t 6 i Council wn. = Presented to the To » November 9th, 1911.” J. Harwoop, PRINTER, Dersy. COUNTY BOROUGH OF DERBY. fortieth Annual Report =a. ‘oN. \5. Ee» “Ss OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE \2, “Sar. | CF 7 / f 7 Za hes ae ae ———— FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY Museum & Art Gallery. Presented to the Town Council, November 9th, 1911. | DERBY: JAMES HARWOOD, PRINTER, DERWENT BUILDINGS, DERWENT STREET. j IQII. List of Committees and Officials. a General Committee. Alderman Sir THOMAS ROE, M.P., Mayor. Ald, Sir E. T. ANN, J.P., Chairman Mr. Councillor L. RUSSELL. Mr. AldermanARNOLD BEMROSE, 2 , LL. EARDLEY SIMPSON. M.A., D.Sc. ps ,. SUBTEES. » > 2B. B. CHAMBERS, ,, J. FERGUSON BELL. BA, IP: , A. BUCHANAN, J.P. ,. Councillor BRIGDEN. , H. M. HOBSON, J.P. is » DRUITT. ,» 0. B. KEENE. if ; HEXTALL, UP. » W. J. PIPER, J.P. - » INNES. Art Gallery and Museum Sub-Committee. Mr. ARNOLD-BEMROSE. ,, CHAMBERS. ,, KEENE. ,, PIPER. The Book Selection Committee is now the full Committee. The Chairman is an eg-officio member of all Sub-Committees. Librarian, Curator, and Secretary. Mr. WILLIAM CROWTHER. Sub-Librarian—Mr. W. H. WALTON. Assistant Librarians. Miss ETHEL J. CROWTHER. Mr. 8S. LAUGHTON, Miss LUCY THORNTON. Junior Assistants—Miss L. PANTER. R. BLAKE. Porter—GEORGE PULLEN. Assistant Porter—J. A. HEDLEY. Art Gallery Attendant—J. FOLEY. COUNTY BOROUGH OF DERBY. Fortieth Annual Report OF THE Free Library, Museum, and Art Gallery Committee. The Committee have much pleasure in laying their Fortieth Annual Report before the members of the Town Council. The buildings are all in a satisfactory state of repair. The outside painting was done last autumn, and there seems nothing likely to want doing in the near future, except the floor of the Museum, which shows signs of its thirty years’ wear, and will shortly have to be re-laid or covered. The Library continues to be increasingly made use of, and the books available for free consultation in the Reference Room are more used than ever. The cases of stealing and mutilation have been fewer during the past year, although such malpractices have not entirely disappeared. 4 The attendance in the Reading Rooms continues as great as ever, and especially during the winter, our resources are taxed to the utter- most. The conduct of those using the Rooms has given no cause for serious complaint. The Museum also is well used, as much for purposes of study as for mere sight-seeing. Classes from the various Public Elementary Schools are frequent visitors, and to these the Curator is always pleased to give help and information. The Art Gallery Exhibitions held during the year have fully main- tained their high standard. It has been the aim of the Committee to secure the representation of all schools of painting, and their efforts have been freely responded to by the artists. The students at the Training College, and also the members of the Derby Sketching Club, have paid specially arranged visits, and the attendance of the general public has been quite satisfactory. The question of space continues to be urgent; our own permanent collection is rapidly becoming a large one, and the Gallery is much over-crowded. The Committee hope that the time is not far distant when the much needed extension of the Gallery can be proceeded with. The Librarian’s Report to the Committee, and the tables appended to it give full details of the inner working of the Institution ; and the Members of the Council are referred to them for any information they may require. There have been no changes in the staff during the year, and the Committee desire to place once more on record their satisfaction with the way in which the various duties of the staff are performed. Mr, Crowther’s illness at the beginning of the year placed a large amount of extra work on the seniors; which was cheerfully and readily per-_ formed, and the Institution did not suffer. The committee are glad to report that Mr. Crowther’s health is now practically re-established, and that he is able to attend to his work with his customary zeal and efficiency. The Committee regret that they have lost by death the services ~ of their late colleague, Mr. Thomas Morgan, who for some years past, had done the Committee good service. 5 In conclusion, it only remains for them to thank warmly those generous donors who have given objects of interest and value to the Institution during the past year, and the local Press for their co- operation in all that tends to the benefit of the Institution. On behalf of the Committee, EDWIN T. ANY, Chairman. October 30th, 1911. AS Librarian's Report TO THE COMMITTEE FOR THE YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 29ru, 1911. oor GENTLEMEN, I feel the greatest pleasure in laying before you my customary Annual Report, although each year it becomes increasingly difficult to say anything new about work which is, in its nature, so little liable to variation. I have now been in your service twenty-six years, and I thought that for purposes of comparison, it would be interesting to set out the figures given in my First Report with those of the present year in order that the progress of the Library in the 25 years mighi be conveniently shown at a glance. Nov. Noy. 1886. 1911. Lenpine Liprary— Replacements cae ae 112 sce 799 New Books... he te 277 2h: 421 Total Books a + 13,256 er 24,840 Total Issues Bs yas 123,719 as 158.649 Average Daily Issue _... 5OL By 617 REFERENCE LisRARY— Total Books le ee 8,184 a 15,301 Total Issues a ae 21,419 <3 7,147 Average Daily Issue... 74 os 25 —— ee 7 It ought to be noted that in 1886, bound volume: of the “ Illus- trated London News” and the “ Graphic” were kept for use in the Reference Library, and were much in tequest; the tables being fre- quently filled with people merely tucning over pictures, a practice which the Committee very wisely discontinued a yeai or two later. On the other hand, we have now a number of books for reference for free consultation, and of the use of which no record can possibly be kept : so that in ali probability the numbe1 of books of solid reading used fo’ refeience, shows the same proportionate increae as the rest of the Library. The usual Tables of Stock and Issues are appended, and those interested will find all necessary information therein. I might point out that our percentage of Fiction in the whole stock is »nly 27, and that of Children’s Books 10, the remaining 63 per cent. being solid instructive 1eading, a fact which those should note who say that Public Libraries only exist for the encouragement of Novel reading. I can reiterate my last year’s statement that the tastes of our readeis show a slow but steady improvement. The museum has been enriched by several valuable gifts during the past year, and I believe that this part of the Institution is fulfilling its purpose educationally, as well as providing pleasant recreation for casual visitors. Our Reading Rooms are much appreciated, and there is no time during the day in which they are not well attended. Our readers cannot say that they are not well catered for; for there are provided for their use 24 daily papers, 90 weeklies, 76 monihlies, and 8 quar- terlies, 198 in all. Of these, 73 are in the Reading Room, 21 in the Ladies’ Room, and 104 in the Reference Room. In the latter are included most of the leading Scientific and Commercial pericdicals: while in the same room are to be found 50 books of reference for free consultation, the Time ‘Tables of all the principal Railway Companies, and a large assortment of Directories of the principal towns ard trades. At the Arboretum Reading Room there are 13 daily, 23 weekly, and 18 monthly periodicals. I have nct had a single complaint during the year of the conduct of thos: using the rooms, even the epidemic of pilfering has been less acute, and the rule enforcing silence is seldom violated. 8 In the Art Gallery we have had three good exhibitions during the past year. These have all been well attended. The Second'Historical Collection of Water-colours lent by the Victoria and Albert Museum was a great attraction for the Summer Exhibition, and this collection was supplemented by attractive loans from several private sources. I wish we could have sold a few more pictures, but our experience in this direction is only that of other Galleries, both London and pro- vincial. Our Permanent Collection of Pictures, which in 1886 num- bered three examples, now numbers between 90 and 100, and our fine collection of Derby Porcelain has all been acquired since that year. I can only say once more what a relief it will be when a suitable time comes for the extension of our premises. My staff remains the same as last year, and I have the greatest satisfaction in again bearing witness to their courteous and diligent discharge of their duties. For the first time during my long service I have been laid aside by illness. The knowledge that I had the sym- pathy and good wishes of my Committee, and that I could rely on my staff to make every effort by extra work to make my absence as little felt as possible, did much to hasten my recovery ; and I have now every hope that if all goes well, I may be able to continue for some time to come, work so congenial to me, and retain the confidence of the Committee which has always done everything to make that work a pleasure. I remain, Gentlemen, Yours obediently, WILLIAM CROWTHER LIBRARIAN AND SECRETARY. October 30th, 1911. Statistical Tables. Pl he ee = 10 “PoefUIstp SOOT GF « OO'OOT| 6ET | OF8FZ! 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Basket Maker Bookbincers Boot and Shee Makers Brewers ac = tee Builders, Bricklayers and Masons Butchers ... : ee Carpenters, Joiners, Cabinet Makers and Upholsterers Carters Chemists ... Chimney Sweeps China Workers at Clergymen and Ministers: Clerks and Book-keepers Coach Builders , Commercial Travellers ... Doctors (Medical) Domestic Servants Drapers ES Dressmakers and Milliners Electricians se Engineers, Moulders, Smiths, Fit. ters, Boiler Makers and En- gine Drivers Errand and Office Boys ... Factory Hands Fireman Foremen ... Greengrocers ie Grocers and Provision Desa, Hair Dressers 14 TABLE V. Pron wv NK FO aonmnoww no pu! i Housekeepers Inspectors... Labourers Leather Dressers Managers ... Musicians ... Nurses ane eee Painters and Paperhangezs Pawnbroker Photographers Ss Picture Framer and Gilder Plasterers Plumbers and Glaziers . Policemen Polishers ... Porters, Caretakers and Attend-~ ants Postmen ... a zF ¢ Printers, Lithographers and Compositors ... do Bf Saddlers ... a 0 ote Scholars and Students Shopkeepers and Salesmen Solicitor Tailoresses ma Tailors, Hatters and Hosiers Teachers and Pupil Teachers Telegraph Messengers Telegraphists one Turners and Brass Finishers - Warehousemen na Watchmakers and Jewellers —... Wire Merchart ... No occupation stated 15 TABLE VI. Genera! Summary. COMPARATIVE RETURNS. | | 1910. | 1911. | | Lending Library Replacements are a 646 79 ) New Books -w As see os 491 42] Total Books oy Pe se ee 24701 24840 | | Total Issues = a * ...| 159108 158649 Average Daily Issues... sae a 618 eames 0 Se . Turnover of each Volume ax s 6.44 6.39 Reference Library :— . New Books scr a ie ae 291 297 Total Books 7s Bs ret hs: 15004 | 15301 Total Issues ae rad od oe 7289 | "147 Average Daily Issues... a: = 26 ) 25 Overdue Books Written for ... Fee nm 1256 LOT Books Re-bound_(425), Repaired, ete. (2261) 2867 | 3086 New Borrowers :— | Male, 1059 aa ai ae Ape 1909 1867 | Female, 808 a 2 #4 ) Total Borrowers at “3: oe ~ 5000 | 5000 GENERAL DATA. | . Population (estimated to June, 1911) ae ... 123,648 Rateable Value (March, 1911) ... Ba ds ... £549,384 | Amount of Rate levied ... a 4 ee ... OnePenny Amount produced by Rate... = ; = =e a Be Library Stock ... 32.47 PER CENT OF POPULATION. 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Australia (Western), Agent General for.—‘ Foster Fraser’s Fal- lacies, and other Australian Essays.” (Two copies.) Arnold, Allen, Esq.—‘‘ Fort Jefferson and its Commander, 1861-2.” Baker, Dr. Ernest A.—' Two Derbyshire Guides.” Bennett and Co., Messrs.—‘‘ Business Directory, Ig1I.” Brindley, Dr.—‘‘ Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health,” for Derby, Ig10-IT. British Museum, Trustees of.—‘‘ Reproductions of Prints, Part V,” “Catalogue of Greek Coins.” ‘Romances ,Vol. ITI’, “Engraved British Portraits, Vols. I. and II.“ “ Catalogue of African Fresh Water Fishes.”’ ‘‘ Handbook of ‘Tsetse Flies.” “Catalogue of Moths, Vol X. Text and Plates.”’ “‘ Flora of Jamaica, Vol. I.” Monograph of British Lichens, Part II.” British South Africa Co.—‘‘ The Agricultural and Pastoral Prospects of South Africa.” Canada, High Commissioner for.—‘ Report of the Department of Trade and Commerce of the Dominion of Canada.” Chinnoeck, Edward J., Esq.—A Few Notes on “ Julian.” Cooper, Frank, Esq.—‘‘ Abstract of Accounts for the year ended March 31st, 1911, of the Borough of Derby.”’ Co-operative Union, Ltd.—‘‘ Report of the 43rd Co-operative Congress, Bradford, 1911.”’ Cotterill, C. C., Esq.— The Victory of Love.” Crane, Crane and Co., Messrs.—‘‘ London and Provincial Directory and Buyers’ Guide, I91I.”’ Cripplegate Institute.—‘‘ Report of the Governors, IgI0.” 19 Dudley, Mrs.—‘‘ A Writer’s Inkhorn.”’ Fifield, A. C., Esq.—‘‘ Selections from Charles Swain.” Francis, Adolphe, Ltd., Messrs——‘‘ Set of British and Foreign Guides.” Free Churches, National Council of.—‘‘ Shall Rome re-conquer England ?” Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College.—‘ College Cal- endar, Ig1I-12.” Hampton, W., and Co., Messrs.—'‘ Hampton’s Scholastic Directory for London and the Provinces, 1g10-II.” Hastings, Corporation of.—‘‘ Annual Report of Meteorological Observations for the year 1g10.”’ Institute of Chartered Accountants.—‘‘ Royal Charter and List of Members, IgII.”’ Iron and Steel Institute.—“‘ Journal of the Iron and Steel Institute, Igto-11.” “‘ Rules and list of Members.”’ * Ives, Mrs.—‘‘ The Quality of Mercy.” Johnson, Miss Effie.—“ Fact and Fable.” ‘‘In the Fire.” ‘“ De- votional Aspirations.” Layton, Messrs. C. and E.—‘‘ Handy Newspaper List for rgrI.” Library Reports from Aberdeen, Acton, Ashton-under-Lyne, Aston, Barrow-in-Furness, Battersea, Belfast, Birmingham, Black- burn, Bolton, Bootle, Bournemouth, Bradford, Brighton, Bristol, Bury, Buxton, Cambridge, Cardiff, Chorley, Cork, Coventry, Croydon, Dundee, Ealing, Folkestone, Gloucester, Great Var- mouth, Hakadote (Japan), Hammersmith, Handsworth (Staffs.), Haslingden, Hereford, Hornsey, Hove, Hyde, Ipswich, Kensal Rise, Kilburn, Kingston-on-Thames, Kettering, Kidderminster, Leicester, Leeds, Leyton, Lincoln, Liverpool, Loughborough, Manchester, Middlesborough, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Newcastle- on-Tyne, New York (Astor Lenox), Norwich, Nottingham, Paisley, Penarth, Perth, Preston, Richmond (Surrey), Roch- dale, Salford, Shoreditch, Stafford, St. Anne’s on Sea, St. Helen’s, Stockport, Stoke Newington, Tottenham, Wandsworth, Wal- thamstow, Washington (Library of Congress), West Bromwich, West Hartlepool, Westminster, Wigan, Willesden Green, Work- ington, York. London, Town Clerk of.—‘ Calendar of Letter Books of the City of London.” 20 London Institute, City and Guilds of—‘‘ Programme for the Session I9g1I-12; Department of Technology.” London, Lord Mayor of.—‘‘ Extract from the Official Report of Meeting ve Anglo-American Arbitration.” London Publicity Co., Ltd.—‘‘ Diet and the Maximum duration ot Life”? (by Max Reinhardt, M.D.). Lunn, E. A., Esq.—‘‘ Eleven Rubbings of Brasses in Derbyshire Churches.”’ Mather and Crowther, Messrs.—‘‘ Practical Advertising.” Museum and Art Gallery Reports.—From Bristol, Cardiff, Col- chester, Glasgow. Nutt, David, Esq.—‘‘ Raphael and the Portrait of Andrea Turini.” Pares, E. H., Esq., J.P.—Ten Volumes of “‘ The Times” dealing with the Crimean War. 1854-6. Paton, Messrs J. and J.—‘‘ List of Schools and Tutors.” ‘Guide to Continental Schools, Ig1I.”’ Perry, Walter and Co., Messrs.—‘‘ Perry’s Directory and Mercantile Guide, I91I.” Pitman, Sir Isaac, and Sons, Ltd.—‘‘ Year Book and Diary for LOEL. 7 Rylands Library, Manchester.—‘‘ Catalogue of the Bible Tercen- tenary Exhibition, IgII.” Society of Incorporated Accountants and Auditors, Council of.— “Vear Book, 191I-12.”’ Surtees, H. A., Esq.—‘‘ Procedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.” Swain, Herve E., Esq.—‘'‘ My Story of the War” (by Mary A. Livermore). Swedenborg Society.—‘‘ Transactions of the International Sweden- borg Congress, 1910.” Town and Counties Directories, Ltd.—‘‘ English Directory and Gazetteer, IQII.” Union Defence League.—‘‘ A Leap in the Dark”’ (A. V. Dicey) University, Durham.—‘‘ College Calendar, 1910-11.” University College, Nottingham.—‘ College Calendar, I910-1I.’ at 21 University College, Reading.—‘< Agricultural Education.” University College of Wales.—‘‘ College Calendar, Iglo-1I.”’ University Correspondence College.—‘‘Tutorial Series ” (per Messrs. W. B. Clive and Co.). “ London Matriculation Directory, TOL “London University Guide and Correspondence College Cal- endar, I911I-12.” ‘‘ The University Correspondent.” Vietoria and Albert Museum.—‘< Report for the years 1g0g and IgIo.” Victoria, Australia, Agent-General for.“ Journal of the Depart- ment of Agriculture.” TOP 5 22 Donations to the Museum. an, Arnold-Bemrose, Dr. H., J.P.—‘‘ Collection of Fossil remains from Longcliffe, Derbyshire.” Dumelow, Henry, Esq.—‘‘ Coal Fossil found at Gresley.” Pares, E. H., Esq., J.P.—‘‘ Case of three Badgers captured at Hopwell,” Pybus, Richard, Esq.—‘‘ Tarantula from Brazil.”’ Turner, G. E., Esq.—‘‘ Specimens of Anthracosia.”’ Wallace, H., Esq.—‘‘ Seals from the Shetland Islands.” Willeock, W. H., Esq.—‘‘ Pied Blackbird.”’ Wilson, Mrs. Arthur.—‘ Collection of Shells.”’ Wright, H. Fitzherbert, Esq., J.P.—‘‘ Pair of Irish Elk Horns.” “Case of British Game Birds.” Donations to the Art Gallery. —=16 ——— Campbell, Miss, Trustees of the late——‘‘ Two Crown Derby Cups and Saucers (Henry Evans Bequest). Knight, Francis, Esq.—‘‘ Four Portraits by N. Felix.” ‘“ Two Black and White Drawings, by J. T. Nettleship.” ‘Two Draw- ings by Oliver G. Knight.” ‘One Drawing by Walter A. Knight.” Wigley, J., Esq. (Bridlington)., Executors of the Late.—‘“ Eight Small Oil Paintings.” PRE SENTED OrHtO4k { wiereiviv COUNTY BOROUGH OF DERBY. FORTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY, MUSEUM, ART GALLERY COMMITTEE. Presented to the Town Council, November 9th, 1912. i J. Harwoop, Printer, Dersy. _ COUNTY BOROUGH OF DERBY Forty-first Annual Report OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY, MUSEUM AND NS 10% ART GALLERY. Presented to the Town Council, November 9th, 1912. Derpy: James Harwoop, Prinrer, Derwent Buitpincs, Derwent STREET. 1912. List of Committees and Officials. TPS) RE: 96. General Committee. Mr. Alderman GEO. BRIGDEN, Mayor. Ald. Sir E. T. ANN, J.P., Chairman. Mr. Councillor O. LING. Mr, Alderman H. H. BEMROSE, bs i L. RUSSELL. M.A., Sc.D. us 2 SURTEES. ‘ i R. B. CHAMBERS, , J. FERGUSON BELL. BASIE: .. A. BUCHANAN, J.P. ., Councillor DRUITT. » H. M. HOBSON, J.P. i 3 HEXTALL, J.P. » C. B. KEENE. ‘ is INNES. =. Wid. PIPER: OP. Art Gallery and Museum Sub-Committee. Mr. Alderman BEMROSE. 9 : CHAMBERS. » KEENE. ; PIPER. The Book Selection Committee is now the full Committee. The Chairman is an ex-officio member of all Sub-Committees. Curator and Secretary. Mr. GILBERT H. DUTTON, B.Sc., F.G.S. Librarian. Mr. W. H. WALTON, F.L.A. Glerk—Miss ETHEL J. CROWTHER. Assistant Librarians. Mr. 8. LAUGHTON. Miss LUCY THORNTON. Miss L. PANTER. Junior Assistants—aA. 'AYLOR. W. WABLEY. Museum Attendant—GEORGE PULLEN. Assistant Porter—J. A. HEDLEY. Art Gallery Attendant—J. FOLEY. COUNTY BOROUGH OF DERBY. Forty-first Annual Report — OF THE — PUBLIC LIBRARY, MUSEUM, — AND — ART GALLERY COMMITTEE. The Committee herewith present their Forty-first Annual Report to the members of the Town Council. The Institution sustained a profound loss by the decease of the Curator and Librarian, Mr. William Crowther, which took place on the 10th of November, 1911. By his faithful service, and assiduous and painstaking labours during the 26 years that he held office, Mr. Crowther did much to raise the Library, Museum and Art Gallery to its present excellent position. The future Management of the Institution having been carefully considered, it was decided to divide the former office, Mr. G. H. Dutton, B.Sc., F.G.S., being appointed Curator and Secretary, and Mr. W. H. Walton, F.L.A., Librarian. Mr. Walton was placed in charge of the Institution until March, 1912, when Mr. Dutton took office: Captain Haywood kindly acted as Secretary during this period. Miss E. J. Crowther was appointed Chief Clerk. There has been a change in the personnel of the Committee, Mr. Councillor L, Eardley Simpson having resigned, Mr. Councillor O. Ling was appointed in his place. LIBRARY. The only change in the Library Staff, beyond those noted . above, is the promotion of Miss L. Panter from Junior to Senior Assistant rank, 4 On referring to the Librarian’s Report, it will be seen that there has been an increase in the number of volumes issued in the Lending Department. In the Reference Department, the shelves for Open Access are much appreciated and constantly used, thus lessening the work of the assistants and diminishing the recorded issues. A new arrangement of ventilation has been introduced into the Reading Rooms, which it is hoped will prove satisfactory. MUSEUM. The most noteworthy addition to the Museum Department is the Wild Flower Table, an exhibit of fresh flowers which are changed from time to time. This has been most popular, and has attracted numerous visitors. The thanks of the Committee are due to the willing helpers who have contributed their floral treasures to this successful venture. A pleasing feature is the frequent visits of school children, ART GALLERY. Of the Art Exhibitions held during the year, the Italian Exhibition may be specially noted. A large number of important works of art were kindly loaned by His Grace the Duke-of Devonshire, Captain W. D. Drury-Lowe, Mrs. Mundy, and the Trustees.of the National Gallery. The sincere thanks of the Committee are accorded to the above-mentioned owners for this generous help. The reduction in the Admission Fees to the Gallery, which took effect from the first day of the above exhibition, is fully appreciated. Further details concerning donations and loans to the Institution will be found at the end of the Report. In conclusion, it is a pleasure to acknowledge the ready co-operation of the local Press in making known the varied work of this branch of the public service. ; On behalf of the Committee. EDWIN T. ANN, Chairman, October 31st, 1912, ee eC ee as eh ru eed Curator and Secretary's Report TO THE COMMITTEE FOR THE YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30rx. 1912. GENTLEMEN, I beg to present my First Annual Report. The Staff of attendants for supervision of the Institution remains the same as last year. The Fire Appliances and Alarms in all parts of the Institution have been tested and added to, and a new hydrant placed at the Library entrance. The public are now admitted, on application, to view the old oak panelling and other objects of historic interest in the ‘* Prince Charlie ” Room in the Museum, a concession which is much appreciated. MUSEUM. There is an interesting list of additions to the Natural History Collections during the year; among these may be specially noted the rare New Zealand birds given by the Hon. F. 8. O’Grady, late of Duffield Park. Among the chief attractions to visitors, the Wild Flower Table holds the foremost place. The collection of relics of “ Old Derby” deserves mention, and it is hoped that this important section may be largely increased by donations in the near future. 6 ART GALLERY. Three Exhibitions have been held in the Galleries during the year. They are as follows, with their respective total attendances of visitors :— Autumn Exhibition of Modern Art, 10,427 visitors. Spring Exhibition of British Water—Colours, 8,082 visitors. Summer Exhibition of Italian Art, 16,594 visitors. It is proposed to hold a Spring Exhibition of Water-Colour Drawings, mainly by local and provincial artists, in 1913. A valuable gift of two Mezzotints after works by Wright of Derby has been given by Col. W. Wright Bemrose, V.D., to form a nucleus for a collection of similar engravings of the works of the great Derby artist. Two important loans of pictures by Wright of Derby, have been made, namely, three portraits of the Wood family of Swanwick Hall, deposited for a period of some years by Mrs. A. R. Poole and Mr. H. E. Wood, and the famous masterpiece of the same artist, “The Air-pump,” which has been kindly lent by the Trustees of the National Gallery. I remain, Gentlemen, Yours obediently, G. H. DUTTON, Curator and Secretary. October 31st, 1912 Librarian’s Report TO THE COMMITTEE FOR THE YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30rn, 1912. GENTLEMEN, The Statistical Tables and accounts that follow are for the year ending March 30th, 1912. My late Chief, Mr. Crowther, died November 10th, 1911, and I was then placed by you in temporary charge of the whole institution until the beginning of March last. Hence the period dealt with here was largely one of transition in which my duty was to keep the existing system in working order—a duty complicated by serious illness in the senior, and changes in the junior staff. The Abstract of Accounts for the Library and Museum shows an apparent deficit of £271, but this is due to three quarters’ revenue only, instead of four, being credited to account. The full year’s revenue would give a balance of over £276 to credit. Tables are dull but necessary indicators of an institution’s activities, and they will be found in their usual form. The nett result of importance is that the Lending Library issues are still increasing, though owing to the unparalleled brightness and heat of the summer of 1911, they fell considerably during those months, thus masking the very pronounced rise during the winter period, October to March. The popular Children’s Department also shows increased issues. In the Reference Department there is an apparent decrease, which I attribute to the extended use made of the books to which unrestricted access is given. The demand for Patent Specifications was also lower, and I much regret that this costly library is used by so few. Its accommodation is a problem 8 ever becoming more acute, as may be realised when it is known that about 30,000 are registered each year, two-thirds of which are actually printed and issued. Recent efforts to improve the usefulness of the Library include the issue of Student’s Tickets for the encouragement of more serious reading, the wider and more immediate announcement of new addi- tions—for help in which, the Committee is much indebted to the good- will of the Press—the provision of more Books for the Blind, special. . bibliographies, etc. It is only just to acknowledge the conscientious and courteous services of the members of my staff, the very considerable help so readily given by the local Press, and the kindness and forbearance shown by you during my period of probation. T am, Gentlemen, Obediently yours, W. H. WALTON, Labrarian. October 31st, 1912. “PovoszaiErp S300G Le * OO'OOT| SFI | S86PZl GLE | FF9 | GOREZ G46 | 796 | |e | TL | OF8PS Ot OT speqgoy, 266 | F& | 6Lte | 9G | er | osec || co | F9 “1 T | oppz 23 snoouUry[oostyy Lie| L | €36L | 8 i! 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Occupations of the Last Thousand of the New Borrowers. Agents and Collectors ... Architects, Surveyors, and Draughtsmen Bakers and Confectioners Barmaids ... Basket Maker Bookbinders «ae Boot and Shoe Makers Brush Maker * Bricklayers and Builders, Masons Butchers ... 4 ae Carpenters, Joiners, Cabinet Makers and Upholsterers Carters Chauffeur ... Chemists ... China Workers ; Clergymen and Ministers Clerks and Book-keepers Coach Builders 3 Commercial Travellers ... Dentists Dispensers Doctors (Medical) Domestic Servants Drapers tn “ne Dressmakers and Milliners Electricians Engineers, Moulders, Engine Drivers Errand and Office Boys - Factory Hands ... Foremen ... re = Grocers and Provision Tea, Groom Hair Dressers Housekeepers Inspectors Ase oe Smiths, Fitters, Boiler Makers, and 10 Journalists 2 Labourers 8 Leather Dressers... 6 Managers ... 9 Musicians ... 8 Nurses rice we 10 Painters and Paperhangers 10 Photographer Be 1 Picture Framer and Gilder 1 Platelayers a 2. Plumbers and Glaziers ... 4 Policemen 2, Polishers ... : “ah 3 Porters, Caretakers, and Attendants 8 Postmen ers se eee Printers, Lithographers, and Compositors ... 23 Publicans ... 2 Saddler é one 1 Scholars and Students ... 66 Shopkeepers and Salesmen 39 Soldier 1 Solicitor 1 Shunters ... 2 Tailoresses ; ‘ 8 Tailors, Hatters, and Houses : 17 Teachers and Pupil Teachers ... 44 Telegraph Messengers . 5 Telegraphists and Telaphondets 11 Tram Drivers é 2 Turners and Brass Finishers 14 Veterinary Surgeon 1 Warehousemen ASE 9 Watchmakers and Jewellers 9 Wine Merchant ... 1 No occupation stated 256 1,000 14 TABLE VI. General Summary, COMPARATIVE RETURNS. 1911. 1912. Lending Library es 799 644 New Books ; 421 479 Total Books 24840 24992 Total Issues 158649 160111 Average Daily Issues 617 630.5 Turnover of cach Volume 6.39 6.4 Reference Library :— New Books 297 179 Total Books 15301 15480 Total Issues , 7147 6221 Average Daily Issues 25 22.1 Overdue Books Written for ... ee 1107 1005 Books Re-bound (621), Repaired, ate: (2149)| 3086 2770 New Borrowers :— Male, 1186 1867 2029 Female, 843 Total Borrowers 5000 5500 GENERAL DATA. Population (estimated to June, 1912) . 124,544 Rateable Value (March, 1912) ... . £560,518 Amount of Rate levied . ae . 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N., Esq.—‘* The Teachings of Islam.” Ashton of Hyde, Lord.—* ‘i'wo Gisborne Pamphlets.” Australia, High Commissioner for.—* Year Bock of Australia.” Australia (South), Agent General for,— * River Rovers,” by E. J. Brady. Australia (Western), Agent General for.—* Official Handbook of Western Australia, 1912.” Bennett & Co., Messrs.—* Business Directory, Leicestershire, Derby- shire, Notts, 1912.” Brindley, Dr.—* Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the Borough of Derby, 1911-12..” British Museum, Trustees of.—** Subject Index of Mcdern Works,” 1906-1910. ‘‘Catalogue of German and Flemish Woodcuts,” Vol. 2. “Guide to the Bible Tercentenary Exhibition.” Browne, T. B., Ltd., Messrs.—‘ Advertisers’ A.B.C. Directory.” Canada, Agent General for.—‘‘ The Canada Year Book for 1910.” (Second Series). Cassidy, James, Esq.—** Black Humphrey.” Chetham Society (per C. W. Sutton, Esq., M.A.)—* Proceedings of the Chetham Society.” 117 Volumes. Cook, Thomas & Son, Messrs.—* Official Guide and Handbook of Natal.” Co-operative Union, Ltd.—* Report of the Forty-fourth Annual Co-operative Congress, Portsmouth, 1912.” Crane, Crane & Co., Messrs.—‘* London and Provincial Directory and Buyers’ Guide.” Cripplegate Institute—‘‘ Report of the Governors, 1911.” Edwards, F. W., Esq.—‘‘ Autobiography of an old Newsboy.” Evans, David, Esq.—‘‘ Labour Strife in the South Wales Coalfield, 1910-1911.” Forlong, Mrs.—“ Faiths of Man, A Cyclopedia of Religions,” by Major General Forlong. Glasgow Royal Technical College.—‘‘ College Calendar, 1912-1913.” Green, Dr. E. Collier.—‘** Novia Scotia,” by Beckles Willson. “ Off- cial History of the Russo-Japanese War.” Vol. 1, with maps. Greensmith, R. W., Esq.—‘‘ The Book of the Coronation Bonfires. June 22nd., 1911.” 18 Hammond, J. G. & Co., Ltd., Messrs.—‘‘ The Export Merchant Shippers of Great Britain and Ireland, Commercial Directory.” “ Jepson’s Mercantile Directory for 1912.” “ British Mercantile Guide.” Hampton, W. & Co., Messrs.—“ Scholastic Directory for London and Provinces, 1912.” Hastings, Corporation of.—‘ Annual Report of Meteorological Obser- vations for the Year 1911.” Hibbert, Rev. F. A., M.A.—‘ Croxden Abbey. A short Guide.” Institute of Chartered Accountants.—* List of Members, 1912.” Iron and Steel Institute-—* Journal of the Iron and Steel Institute, 1911-12.” “The Metallurgic Industry in Italy.” Knight, Francis, Esq.—‘‘ Pedigree of the Knight Family.” Labour Co-Partnership Association.—‘‘ Twenty-eight years of Co- Partnership at Guise.” Layton, C. and E., Messrs.—‘‘ ‘ihe Insurance Register.” “Handy Newspaper List for 1912.” Leigh Browne Endowment.—‘The Seventh Son,” by Charles Reinhardt. Library Reports from Aberdeen, Ashton-under-Lyne, Barrow-in- Furness, Battersea, Belfast, Birmingham, Blackburn, Bolton, Bootle, Bournemouth, Bradford, Brighton, Bristol, Bury, Caim- bridge, Chorley, Cork, Coventry, Croydon, Dundee, Ealing, Glouces- ter, Great Yarmouth, Hammersmith, Haslingden, Hereford, Hornsey, Hove, Hyde, Ilkley, Ipswich, Kilburn, Kingston-on- Thames, Kettering, Kidderminster, Leicester, Leeds, Leyton, Lincoln, Liverpool, Loughborough, Middlesborough, Neweastle- under-Lyme, Newark-on-'l'rent, Newcastle-on-Tyne, New York, (Astor Lenox), Montrose, Norwich, Nottingham, Paisley, Penarth, Perth, Portsmouth, Preston, Richmond (Surrey), Rochdale, Salford, Shoreditch, Stafford, St. Amnne’s-on-Sea, St. Helen’s, Stoke Newington, Tottenham, Walsall, Walthamstow, Wandsworth, Washington, (Library of Congress), West Bromwich, West Hartle- pool, Westminster, Wigan, Workington, York. Lombard, Louis, Esq.—‘‘ Observations of an American Musician.” London Directory Co., Ltd.—‘* London Directory for 1912.” Macphail, Dr.—** Annual Report of the Derby Borough Asylum, 1911.” Mather and Crowther, Messrs.—“ Practical Advertising.” Moody, T. & Co., Messrs.—‘‘ The London and Counties Trades Directory, 1912.” Museum and Art Gallery Reports from Cardiff, Colchester, Glasgow. Mylne, Rev. R. §.—** The Canon Law.” New South Wales, Agent General for.—‘‘ Official Year Book of N.S.W., 1909-10.” “Statistical Register, 1909.” New Zealand, High Commissioner for.—‘‘ Official Year Book.” ‘‘ Blue Books,” ‘‘ Emigrants Information,” ete. Paton, J. & J., Messrs.—* List of Schools and Tutors.” “‘ Guide to Continental Schools, 1912.” 7 eS S”—S—SC ——-.- ~~ 19 Robertson, George, Messrs.—‘‘ The King’s Caravan,” by E. J. Brady. Royal Colonial Institute—‘‘ Year Book, 1912.” Russell, Hon. R.—*‘ First Conditions of Human Prosperity.” Rylands Library, Manchester.—‘‘ Catalogue of an Exhibition of Medieval MSS. and Jewelled Book Covers.” Schooling, John Holt, Esq.—‘ The British Trade Book.” Soyez -Le-Roy, Madame.—* Amour et Vaillance.” Stebbing, Wm., Esq.—* The Poets: Geoffrey Chaucer to Alfred Tennyson.” Stubbs Publishing Co., Messrs.—‘ Directory, 1912.” Thompson, W. P., Esq.—* Handbook of Patent Law of all Countries, 1912.” Thomson, J. Maitland, Esq., LL.D.—‘ ‘lhe Bishops of Scotland.” Tonie Sol-fa College.—‘* College Calendar, 1911-12.” Trades Directories, Ltd., Messrs.—*‘ Midland Counties Trades Directory, 1912.” Trinity College of Music.—‘‘ College Calendar, 1912.” Union Defence League.—‘*‘ Irish Affairs and the Home Rule Question,” by Philip G. Cambray. University, Durham.—* College Calendar, 1911-12.” University College, Nottingham.— College Calendar, 1911-12.” University College of Wales.—* College Calendar, 1911-12” University Correspondence College.—* ‘Tutorial Series.” (Per Messrs. W. B. Clive & Co.), “London Matriculation Directory, 1912.” “London University Guide and Correspondence College Calendar, 1912.” “The University Correspondent.” 20 Donations to the Museum FOR THE YEAR ENDING OCTOBER 3lsr, 1912. (The Museum and Art Gallery lists include a few loans and purchases.) Riis at GEOLOGY. Smith, Messrs. Z. & Co.—271-12. Part of the skull of the Celtic Shorthorn Ox (Bos longifrons), found at Shardlow. Table of British Strata, by H. & H. B. Woodward. Purchased. 271a-12. BOTANY. Howell, Mrs. E.—285-12. Forty-nine specimens of pressed and mounted British Sea-weeds. A total of 330 species have been exhibited on the Wild Flowers Table since it was commenced in May, 1912. The following is a list of contributors to the Table ;— Miss M. Bell, Mr. C. L. Claremont, Miss E. J. Crowther, Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Dutton, Miss H. R. Goody, Mr. W. H. Hanbury, Mrs. E. Howell, Mr. and Mrs. F. Marples, Mr. W. H. Ordish (Hon. Sec. of the Midland Railway Natural History Society), Mr. Proctor, Jr. Mr. G. Pullen, Mr. H. Stringer, Mr. W. H. Walton, Mr. H. T. White. ZOOLOGY. Bowring, Capt.—284-12. Mounted Heads and Horns of the Indian Gazelle and Black Buck, shot by the Donor in India. Crombie, Mrs. T.—311-12. Caddis-fly Cases, from Australia. Dawes, Mr. E. R.—249-12. Emperor Moth in cocoon. Hardy, Gerald H., Esq.—270-12. Mask and Brush of a Fox killed on the Normanton Recreation Ground, January 4th, 1912. Lingard, Dr.—269-12. Skull of a Human Foetus. Two Emu Eggs. O’Grady, Hon. F. §.—241-12. Common Kiwi, Owen's Apteryx, Blue. Penguin, and two Rock Hopper Penguins, all from New Zealand. Dipper, Gold-crested Wren, from Duffield; and a Shrew. Pullen, Mr. G.—248-12. Skulls of a Hare and a Jay, taken in New Galloway and Derby, respectively. Wallace, H. A., Esq.—325-12. Water-beetle found in the Cattle Market. Skull of a Seal, shot in the Shetlands by the Donor. 21 ETHNOLOGY. Andrew, Edwyn S., Esq.—273-12. Nine Spear-heads and* Arrow- heads made from bottle-glass by Australian natives of Derby, West Australia. Fletcher, Mrs. C. W. €.—255-12. Wooden Idol, representing the Policeman Ancestor; captured in the Ashanti War, 1900. Townsend, W. G. Paulson, Esq.—209-12. Statuette of Buddha. Briggs, J. B., Esq.—215-12. Sixteen Copper Coins and one Silver Coin MISCELLANEOUS. Summerfield, Mrs. H., lent by—Butler’s Tray, emblazoned with the arms of George III and Queen Caroline. Purchased.—Models in Goss China of the following Derbyshire An- tiquities :—Bakewell Cross, Eyam Cross; Norman Font in Haddon Hall, Ashbourne Bushel. Fifteen Photographs and Negatives taken officially in the Museum and Art Gallery. Hutchinson, Dr. J., F.R.S. A set of printed Museum Labels, 24 Numbers of “ The Museums Gazette, 24 Numbers of “‘ The Home University,” 2 Guides to the Haslemere Museum. b. Purchased.—Monthly Numbers of the Museums Journal, the organ of the Museums Association, from January, 1912, to date. a She Donations to the Art Gallery DURING THE YEAR ENDING OCTOBER 3lst, 1912. Bemrose, Colonel W. Wright, V.D.—247-12. Two Engravings after Joseph Wright, A.R.A., entitled “A Scene from ‘The Tempest,’ ” and ‘The Air-pump.” Purchased—Mezzotint Engraving, “Portrait of Joseph Wright,” after a painting by himself. Drury-Lowe, Captain W. D.—306-12. Catalogue of the Locko Park Collection of Pictures by Jean Paul Richter. Brighton Art Gallery.—349-12. Catalogue of the Danish Art Exhibition. Victoria and Albert Museum. Report for the years 1909, 1910, and LUT: LOANS. Poole, Mrs. A. R.,and Mr. H. E.Wood. Seven pictures, being portraits of the Wood Family of Swanwick Hall, three of which are by Joseph Wright, A.R.A. Trustees of the National Gallery. “The Air-pump,” by Joseph Wright, A.R.A. Victoria and Albert Museum. Four Cases containing English and Continental Modern Pottery, Turkish and Persian Pottery and Tiles, Enamels and Jewellery, and English Embroidery. CF e: 23 HOURS OF OPENING. LIBRARIES. Lending Library. Open from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to | p.m. Children’s Library. Open on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, from 4 to 7.30 p.m. On Wednesdays, from 12 to I. On Saturdays from 10 a.m. to I. Reference and Derbyshire Libraries. Open from 10 a.m. to 9 p-m., except Christmas Day, Good Friday, and Bank Holidays. Patent Library, from 10 a.m. to dusk. Reading Rooms. Open from 9 a.m. to 9.30 p.m., except Christmas Day and Good Friday. Arboretum Branch Reading Room. Open daily, 9 a.m. to 930 p.m., Christmas Day and Good Friday excepted. MUSEUM. ADMISSION FREE, Open from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., except Tuesdays, when it is closed for cleaning. ART GALLERY. ADMISSION FREE, Except Tuesday, 3d., and Thursday, Id. Open from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., except Tuesdays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. MEMORANDA on the HISTORY — — OF THE .— Derby Public Library, Museum, and Art Gallery. (Compiled from previous Annual Reports.) 1870, THe Pusiic Lipraries Act ApopTeD.. 1871. THe Otp Lisprary OPENED. 1879, THe Present Liprary AND Museum OPENED. 1883. THE Art GALLerRy OPENED. 1895. Tue Arsoretum BrancH ReapiInc Room OPENED. THE CHILDREN’S LIBRARY OPENED. 1905. THe Museums Acr Apoprep. 1906. THE STRAND PROPERTY PURCHASED | FoR £3,580. Sans ED i 104 ‘ ? 2 ‘ oh nletin el — COUNTY BOROUGH OF DERBY. FORTY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY, MUSEUM, ART GALLERY COMMITTEE. J. Harwood, Printer, Derby. COUNTY BOROUGH OF DERBY. ————————————— Forty-second Annual Report OF THE COMMITTER OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY, —— Presented to the Town Council, November 10th, 1913, DrerBy: James Harwoop, Printer, Derwent Buritpinas, Derwent Srrert, 1913 a List of Committees and Officials. i General Committee. Mr. Alderman W. G. WILKINS, J.P., Mayor (ex-officio). Mr. Alderman R. B. CHAMBERS, B.A., J.P. Mr. Councillor O. LING. Chairman. 35 “3 L. RUSSELL. oF és H. H. BEMROSE,M.A.,Sc.D. ,, os SURTEES. ha rh GEO. BRIGDEN. , A. BUCHANAN, J.P. , Councillor J. FERGUSON BELL. , H. M. HOBSON, J.P. A o DRUITT. » C. B. KEENE. 6 a HEXTALL, J.P. 3 We J PEPRE EPs INNES. » oc H. THORP, BRaebeAs 3° ” Art Gallery and Museum Sub-Committee. Mr. Alderman BEMROSE. ” 39 BRIGDEN. ” 99 CHAMBERS. » KEENE. » PIPER. THORPE. ”° The Book Selection Committee is now the full Committee. The Chairman is an ¢2-officio member of all Sub-Committees. GCurator and Secretary. Mr. GILBERT H. DUTTON, B.Sc., F.G.S., Librarian. Mr. W. H. WALTON, F.L.A. Clerk—Miss ETHEL J. CROWTHER. Assistant Librarian. Mr. S. LAUGHTON. Miss LUCY THORNTON. Miss L. PANTER. Junior Assistants—A. TAYLOR. L. HOLLINGWORTH. Museum Attendant—GEORGE PULLEN. Assistant Porter—J. A. HEDLEY. Art Gallery Attendant—J. FOLEY, ———————e——e— Cee. CU COUNTY BOROUGH OF DERBY. Forty-second Annual Report — OF THE — PUBLIC LIBRARY, MUSEUM, — AND — ART GALLERY COMMITTEE. Your CommitreE have much pleasure in presenting their Forty- Second Annual Report, and believe that the Institution under their charge continues to maintain a high position in the educational and recreative service of the Borough. Before proceeding to deal with the work of the Institution, they would express their sense of the deep loss they have suffered, in common with other Committees of the Corporation, in the death on May 18th, last, of Alderman Sir Edwin T. Ann. For ten years Sir Edwin was their Chairman, and for twenty-four years a member of this Committee, His wise and helpful leadership, great generosity, and exceptional business capacity have been of incalculable value to the Institution. Mr. Alderman R. B. Chambers, J.P., who has served on the Committee for the past ten years, succeeded to the Chairmanship thus rendered vacant. Mr. T. H. Thorpe, F.R.I.B.A., has recently been elected a member. The Statistical Tables presented by the Librarian indicate that the popularity of the Library shows no sign of diminution. On the con- trary, there is again a steady increase in the number of books issued, the total for the year in the Lending Department being 164,761, an increase on the number for the previous year of 4,650, or an average daily increase of about 16. It is gratifying to note that of this increase the major part is in the more serious subjects, and the rest in the Juvenile section (about 3,000). There is an actual decrease of some 800 in the fiction issues. Of course fiction reading is not in itself to 4 be condemned, healthy amusement being a legitimate function of public libraries, but it is a subject for congratulation that the Library is being used to a greater extent for the study of literature of a more informing and instructive character. Towards the end of the past year the ventilation of the Newsroom was thoroughly overhauled, and though the results have not escaped criticism, there is no doubt the air is sweeter and more healthy, and the work thoroughly justified. The rearrangement and relighting of the stands and tables have also given better opportunities for circu- lation, supervision, and increased accommodation. The Branch Reading Room is in a good state of repair. A few papers have been added during the year, and it is doing quiet and much appreciated work, its limitations being such only as are inevitable to its circumscribed space. The recent widening of Rosehill street has involved some rearrangement in the Caretaker’s accommodation, but has not affected the public service. Table III shows that a large number of volumes of Patent Specifi- cations have been returned to H.M. Patent Office, a step which has been taken somewhat reluctantly, and after very careful deliberation on the part of your Committee. The limits of our available space had long been reached, great congestion impeded the working of the Library, and it was felt that to return the earlier volumes, keeping the recent issues and the abridgements—which are now classified and very full— was the best solution practicable, and one for which there is good precedent from much larger towns than ours. Specifications are still received weekly, and are immediately available for consultation, and these will be retained until complete classified abridgements covering them are issued. The outstanding feature of the Library year is the munificent offer by Mr. Andrew Carnegie of £10,000 towards the building of two Branch Libraries. The question of the extension of the Institutions’ activities to the remoter districts of the Borough by the establishment of Branches has long engaged the deliberations of your Committee, but hitherto the expense has placed effectual barriers to action. This very generous gift removes these disabilities, and the Committee are now engaged with the preliminaries to the erection of the buildings sanctioned. One is to be raised on the newly acquired Recreation Ground in the Alvaston District, where it will doubtless be greatly appreciated by the rapidly increasing population of that remoter portion of the 5 Borough, and for this preparations are being forwarded with despatch ; the other is to serve the New Normanton region, and will follow close on the Alvaston building. Negotiations are also going forward, through the generous interest of Earl Curzon of Kedleston, for the acquisition by the Reference Department of the Central Institution, of the Library collected by the late Sir Henry Bemrose at great cost and labour. The details of this scheme belong rather to the immediate future than to the past year. No important change is to be recorded in the Library Staff, whose capable and conscientious services the Committee gladly acknowledge. They note with regret the sad street accident on June 3rd, by which a promising young junior-assistant, Ernest Smith, lost his life, and the temporary absence through indisposition of the Curator, Mr, G. H. Dutton. Inthe MUSEUM Department an increasing list of donations is recorded (see page 18), among which the birds from the British Antarctic Expedition of 1910- 1912, are the most interesting. These are shown temporarily in a special case together with other objects illustrating life in Antarctic regions. A re-arrangement has been made among the contents of the wall-cases, in which all Derbyshire mammalia have been brought together in one series. The following three seasonable exhibitions were held in the ART GALLERY. Autumn Exhibition of Modern British Paintings, 12,577 visitors. Spring Exhibition of British Water-colour Drawings, 10,865 visitors. Summer Exhibition of Views and Relics of Old Derby, 21,822 visitors. Comparing these with last year’s exhibitions, it will be seen that there is a total increase of nearly 10,000 visitors. The Old Derby Exhibition proved very popular ; 258 pictures, plans, etc., and various other objects were on view, nearly the whole of which were kindly lent for the purposes by various residents in the town and county. Special arrangements were made, in conjunction with the Education Committee, ——— 6 whereby 4,500 children from the Elementary Schools of the town were brought in classes to view the exhibition. During the Spring Exhibi- tion a similar pleasing feature was a series of visits from the scholars of Belper School, for whom the kindness of Mr. G. Herbert Strutt made the journey possible. An interesting list of additions to the Art Gallery will be seen on page 20, and among the loans special attention may be called to the new departure in the exhibition of Old English Furniture, which is now on view for the first time. . On behalf of the Committee, R. B. 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T¢ or euny 69 «| $F Av Lee “ udy | ‘GI6T 22 | px Bs | 36 oe eos ‘“HINOW o Lo Be ae | 88 saUnjo A 1PI0T, ay} ‘uado son hapaquy ayy shog fo sequny ay) ‘sspjQ yooa ur anssy hyyquopy ay? buamoyy ‘JUS ZAed|sqd XDUaIBJOy ‘AT UTEViL 11 TABLE V. Occupations of the Last Thousand of the New Borrowers. Agents and Collectors Architects, Surveyors, Draughtsmen Bakers and Confectioners Basket Makers Bit Boot and Shoe Makers Brewers and Builders, Masons Butchers ... Carpenters, Joiners, Cabinet Makers and Upholsterers ... Carters Chauffeurs Chemists ... China Workers Clergymen and Ministers Clerks and Book-keepers Coach Builders Customs and Excise Officers ... Bricklayers, and Dispensers Domestic Servants Drapers.... FES aoe Dressmakers and Milliners Electricians ue ase Engineers, Moulders, Smiths, Fitters, Boiler Makers, and Engine Drivers mp Errand and Office Boys Factory Hands ... Foremen ... oe ae Grocers and Provision Dealers Groom Hair Dressers Housekeepers Inspectors... 9 | Labourers sete aa aq, aU: Leather Dressers a) Managers ... on nee Bees we Millers... wba aa a ae Musicians ... 3 Nurses Fe wea 4 Painters and Paperhangers ... 10 Photographer ee 1 Plumbers and Glaziers ... 5 Policemen aCe dee aioe ae Polishers ... 4 Porters, Caretakers, and Attendants ... ae coy BD Postman ... Zee PEC See tl Printers, Lithographers, and Compositors mA woot ako Publicans ... ee aa oo Scholars and Students ... Seen Seb School Attendance Officer Same. wel Shopkeepers and Salesmen ... 41 Solicitors ... ss wee ofa Shunter ... nee ia Pee bi! Tailoresses Sara ae Meee eee: Tailors, Hatters, and Hosiers ... 13 Teachers and Pupil Teachers ... 41 Telegraph Messengers ... pre BS: Telegraphists and Telephonists... 6 Tram Driver ees aaa mec! Turners and Brass Finishers ... 10 Veterinary Surgeon 1 Warchousemen ... Re core Watchmakers and Jewellers ... 5 No occupation stated ... -.. 258 12 TABLE VI. General Summary. COMPARATIVE RETURNS. Library Stock ... 29.21 PER CENT OF POPULATION. 1912. 1913. Lending Library es Sane 644 977 New Books e 479 464 Total Books 24988 25444 Total Issues 160111 164761 Average Daily Issues 630.5 646.1 Turnover of each Volume 6.4 6.4 Reference Library :— New Books 179 466 Total Books 15480 11302* Total Issues : 6221 6483 Average Daily Issues 22.1 22.9 Overdue Books Written for ... 1005 1148 Books Re-bound (448), Repaired, etc. (22 29 > 2770 2670 New Borrowers :— Male, 1174 2029 2011 Female, 837 Total Borrowers 5500 5500 | * See*page 9. GENERAL DATA. Population (estimated to June, ae ... 125,462 Rateable Value (March, Ds ~+. £538,520 Amount of Rate levied . ... 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Askwith, Rev. J. H.—22 volumes of “The College of Preceptors Calendar, 1884-1892. 1894-1906.” Austin, Roland, Esq.—** Derbyshire Pamphlet.” Australia High Commissioner for “‘ Official Year Book of the Common- wealth of Australia.” Baggore, Sir Reed Gooch.—* Mythological Rhyme.” Bennett & Co., Messrs.—** Bennett’s Business Directory, 1913. Derbyshire, Notts. and Staffordshire.” British Museum, Trustees of.—* Reproductions of Prints in B.M., 3rd Series, Parts VI and VII.” “Catalogue of Old Printed Music.” ‘Catalogue of Additional MSS.” 1906-1910. “ Cata- logue of Vases, Vol. 1, Part II.” ‘Catalogue of Engraved British Portraits.” Vol. III. Reproductions of Drawings. Series I, Raphael. Series II, Durer. Series III, Rembrandt. Series [V, Watteau. Series V, Gainsborough. Series VI, Cotman. ‘ History of the Collections.” Vol. Il. Appendix. “ Catalogues of Mammals of Western Europe,” ‘Hume Collection of Indian Horns,” “ Birds Eggs,” Vol. V, “* Ichneumonidz,”’ Part II, “Moths,” Vol. XII, “ Chetopoda,”’ Part I, “ Arenicolide,”’ ‘‘ Marine Rep- tiles of the Oxford Clay,’ Part II. ‘* Guide to Anthropology,” 2nd Edition. ‘‘ Guide to Domesticated Animals,” 2nd Edition. “The House-Fly as a danger to Health.” Canada, High Commissioner for.—* The Canada Year Book, 1911.” “Census of Canada, 1911.” Cassidy, James, Esq.—* Father Paul.” Chartered Institute of Secretaries —‘‘ Year Book, 1912-13.” Churchill, Messrs. J. and A.—‘‘ Who’s Who in Science, 1913.” Co-operative Provident Society, Ltd., Derby.—‘‘ Annual Report, 1913.” Co-operative Union, Ltd.—* Annual Report of the Co-operative Congress, Aberdeen, 1913.” Crane, Crane & Co., Messrs.—‘ London and Provincial Directory and Buyers’ Guide, 1913-1914.” Cripplegate Institute.—‘‘ Report of the Governors, 1912.” Durning, Lawrence, Sir Edwin, Bart.—‘‘ Pamphlet and Facsimi'e re the Bacon-Shakespeare Argument.” 16 Glasgow Royal Technical College.—* College Calendar, 1913-14.” Grant, Richards, Ltd., Messrs.—*‘ In Vino Veritas.” Andre L. Simon. Greens, F. L., Esq.—‘* Obed Hussey, who, of all Inventors, made Bread Cheap.” Hall, J. Walter, Esq.—* Catalogues of Charters, Deeds, etc., belonging to Sheffield.” Hampton, W., Esq.—‘* Hampton’s Scholastic Directory for London and Provinces.” Hastings, Corporation of.—‘ Annual Report of Meteorological Obser- vations for the Year 1912.” Incorporated Society of Musicians.—‘‘I.S.M. Register, 1913.” Institute of Chartered Accountants.—** Byelaws and list of Members, 1913.” Iron and Steel Institute.—‘ Journal of the Iron and Steel Institute, 1913.” “Charter Bye-Laws and List of Members.” Jarrold & Sons, Ltd., Messrs.—-** Love while ye maye,” by Henry J. Swallow. Johnston, James Nichol!, Esq.—** Donegal Memories and other Poems.” Kegan, Paul Trench Trubner & Co., Ltd., Messrs.—‘* The Cid Ballads.” Gibson, J. Y.—‘‘ The Plaint of the English Music,” J. P. Gannon. “The Sonnets of Michelangelo Buonarroti,”’ 8. EK. Hall. Layton, Messrs. C. & E.—“‘ Insurance Register, 1913.” “ The Handy Newspaper List, 1913.” Library Reports from Aberdeen, Acton, Ashton-under-Lyne, Barrow- in-Furness, Batley, Battersea, Birmingham, Blackburn, Bolton, Bootle, Bournemouth, Bradford, Brighton, Bristol, Bury, Buxton, Cambridge, Cardiff, Chorley, Cork, Coventry, Croydon, Dundee, Ealing, Folkestone, Gloucester, Great Yarmouth, Hereford, Hornsey, Hove, Kensal Rise, Kilburn, Kingston-on-Thames, Kettermg, Kidderminster, Leeds, Lincoln, Liverpool, Loughborough, Middlesborough, Newark-on-Trent, New York, (Astor Lenox), Montrose, Northampton, Norwich, Nottingham, Paisley, Penarth, Perth, Portsmouth, Richmond (Surrey), Rochdale, Salford, Shore- ditch, Stafford, St. Anne’s-on-Sea, St. Helen’s, Stoke Newington, Swansea, Tottenham, Walsall, Walthamstow, Washington, Taun- ton, (Library of Congress), West Bromwich, West Hartlepool, Westminster, Wigan, York. Maemillan & Co., Ltd., Messrs.—** The Government of South Africa,” “The Framework of Union.” Macphail, Dr.—“ Annual Report of the Derby Borough Asylum, 1912.” Mann, J. F., Esq.—* Brazil in 1911,” by J. C. Oakenfull. Marconi’s Wireless Telegraph Co., Ltd,. Messrs.—** Year Book of Wire- less Telegraphy and Telephony, 1913.” Marshall, Messrs. Percival & Co.—‘‘ The Insurance Blue Book and Guide for 1912.” Mather & Crowther, Messrs.—‘ Practical Advertising, 1913.” 17 New Zealand, High Commissioner for.—‘ Official Year Book, 1911.” and varicus publications relating to New Zealand.” Newspaper Press Directory, Messrs.—‘‘ The Newspaper Press Direc- tory, for 1912.” Northampton Public Library.—‘‘ Catalogue of the Dryden Collection of Drawings, etc.” Nova Scotia, Agent General for.—‘‘ Novia Scotia,” by Beckles Willson. Oakenfull, J. C.—‘‘ Brazil in 1912.” Ogden, W. Sharp, Esq.—* Mercantile Architecture.” “ Antique Furniture.” ‘ Christian Gravestones.”’ Paraguay, Consul General of.—** Picturesque Paraguay.” Paton, J. & J., Messrs.—** List of Schools and Tutors,” “‘ Guide to Continental Schools, 1913.” Powell, Walter, Esq.—‘* A Guide to Prayer,” by J. Watts. Printed in Derby in 1819. Reading Public Library.—** A Retrospect of Thirty Years, 1882-1912.” Roper-Caldbeck, Major W.—* The Nation and the Army.” Royal Colonial Institute——‘‘ Year Book, 1913.” Rylands Library, Manchester.—‘ A Brief Historical Description of the Library. and its Contents.” Smith, Wellen, Esq.—‘‘ Homer and the Siege of Troy.” Society of Incorporated Accountants and Auditors.—‘‘ Year Book, 1912-13.” Sopote, M., Esq.—*° Mind and Brain.” Stubbs Publishing Co., Messrs.—* Directory, 1915.” Surtees, Councillor H. W.— “ Proceedings of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers, 1912.” Town and County Directories, Ltd., Messrs.—‘‘ Derby and District Trades Directory, 1912-13.” Town Clerk, Guildhall, E.C.—‘‘ Calendar of Letter Books of the City of London.” University, Durham.—* College Calendar, 1912-13.” University College, Nottingham.—‘ College Calendar, 1912-13.” University College of Wales.—‘*‘ College Calendar, 1912-13.” University Correspondence College.—‘* Tutorial Series.” (Per Messrs. W. B. Clive & Co.) “London University Guide and Correspon- dence College Calendar, 1912-13.” ‘* The University Correspond- ent.” ‘‘ London Matriculation Directory, 1913.” Wedderburn, Sir William, Bart.—‘‘ Memoir of Allan Octavian Hume CBs” Wilkins, Alderman W. G., J.P.—‘* Books, Maps, ete (various) on Town Planning.” Working Men’s Club and Institute Union.—* Our Fifty Years.” Story of the Movement. Worshipful Company of Basket-Makers.-—“‘ An Introduction to the Art of Basket-Making,” by Thomas Okey. 18 Donations to the Museum. FOR THE YEAR ENDING OCTOBER 3lsr, 1913. GEOLOGY. Mrs. E. Connor.—Two specimens of Iron Pyrites, from Ingleton, Yorks. 430-13. BOTANY. Mr. John White.—Cones of the Weymouth Pine. 425-13. Tie following is a list of those sending flowers for the flower-table :— Mrs. Adcock, Mr. Atkins, Miss Bell, Mrs. Benthall, Mr. Bownds, Mr. Burton, Mr. Claremont, Miss Crowther, Miss Dutton, Miss Goodey, Mr. Hart, Mrs. Howell, Rev. A. C. Knight, Mr. Jackson, Mr. and Mrs. Marples, Mr. Ordish, Mr. Proctor, junr., Mr. Pullen, Mr. Smith, Mr. Walton, Mr. and Mrs. H. T. White, Mr. J. White, end Mr. Winfield. ZOOLOGY. F. Archer, Esq.—Puss-moth. 454-13. John E. Barber, Esq.—* Bush-cat,’ Sierra Leone. 486-13. Mr. Bulson.—Porcupine Fish. 429-13. Capt. Crombie.—Petrel from the South Seas. F. W. Dobson, Esq.——Common Heron, and Barn Owl, both shot near Barrow. 434-13. W. A. Horton. Esq.—Two Adélie Penguins, 1 Maccormick’s Skua Gull, obtained by the Donor during the British Antarctic Expedi- tion in the “ Terra Nova,” 1910-1912. 487-13. Samuel Jackson, Esq.—Water Beetle. 485-13. Rev. F. C. R. Jourdain.—-Nest of Eggs of Wheatear, Nests of Curlew, Kittiwake, Red Grouse, Little Grebe, Common Sandpiper, and Penduline Tit. 397-424-480-13. H. Robinson, Esq.—Water Beetle. 350-12. MISCELLANEOUS. Sir H. Reed.-—Ninety Flint Implements, the majority from France, some from Derbyshire. 374-12. Guide to the Antiquities of the Stone Age. 378-12. W. A. Horton, Esq. (per Ald. Brigden)—Two stamps and letter from Victoria Land, British Antarctic Expedition, January, 1913. 449-13. Glasgow Corporation.—Museum and Art Galleries Report, for 1912. 431-13. Dr. W. St. A. St. John.—Stone, perhaps part of a gateway, from Little Chester, 375-12, 19 LOANS. Lord Waterpark, R.N.—Three Heads of Red Deer, shot in Scotland. Coun. A. Humpston.—Victoria Cross, awarded to the late Robert Humpston during the Crimean War, with three other Medals. C. F. Shackleton, Esq.—Collection of Wooden Models, illustrating life in Java and China. ; J. Watts, Esq.—Perforated Hammer-Stone found in the Derwent. PURCHASES. Woolweight, of the time of George III, formerly in use in Derbyshire. Two Rush-light holders, and grease pan. In bye-gone days the only illuminant in use in Derbyshire cottages. (The above four objects were obtained for the Old Derby Collection ) Shag or Green Cormorant, shot at Borrowash. Greenshank, obtained in Derbyshire. Death’s Head Hawk-moth (Acherontia Atropos), found in Dezby. Collection of 115 British Flint Implements. Series of 12 models illustrating the haiting of ancient and modern stone implements. 20 Donations to the Art Gallery. FOR THE YEAR ENDING OCTOBER 3lst, 1913. His Worship the Mayor (Ald. W. G. Wilkins, J.P.).—Oxyhydrogen Lecture Lantern, and 25 slides, including portrait of Wright of Derby, pictures by Turner, Webster, Faed, Landseer, etc. 388-13. Messrs. Bemrose & Sons.—Photogravures of the Picture, “ Children Playing Cricket,”’—the Wood Family, of Swanwick Hall, Alfreton —after Wright of Derby, now on loan to the Art Gallery. 389-13. Francis Buckley, Esq.—Nine Figures of Chesterfield or Brampton Ware. 484-13. Miss Longdon,—On behalf of the Family of the late Frederick Long- don, J.P. Portrait of Joseph Strutt, Esq., painted on China by John Haslem. Portrait of Richard Rowe, Schoolmaster of Herbert Spencer. 418-13. Miss Mary E. Mellors.—Note-Book of William Pegg, the Painter on Crown Derby China. 417-13. Sir T. Roe, M.P.—Crown Derby Mug, replica of those presented by the Donor to children born in Derby on January 13th, 1913, in commemoration of the National Insurance Act. 408-13. Dr. W. St. A. St. John—Engraving entitled ‘‘ The Dead Soldier,” after Wright, of Derby. Three Engravings entitled ““ The Drowned Fisherman, or Intense Suspense,” in various unfinished states, after Westall. 387-13. LOANS. Sir T. Roe, M.P.—Presentation Gold Cup and Silver Inkstand. Christopher A. Chandos-Pole, Esq.— Portrait of Col. Edward Sacheverel Pole (1718-80). by Wright of Derby. Drawing in Charcoal, “ Eton Playing-fields,’ by J. D. Harding. Derby 12th Troop of Boy Scouts—the Holders.—The Darnell Chal- lenge Cup, won in open competition for swimming and life-saving. Victoria and Albert Museum.—Two cases containing Old English Furniture and Fictile Ivories. PURCHASES. Picture entitled ‘“ Landscape with Rainbow,” by Joseph Wright of Derby. A collection of 32 photographs of Old Derby, chiefly from negatives taken by R. Keene, about the years 1860-1880, 21 HOURS OF OPENING. LIBRARIES. Lending Library. Open from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to | p.m. Ghildren’s Library. Open on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, from 4 to 7.30 p.m. On Wednesdays, from 12 to |. On Saturdays from 10 a.m. to |. Reference and Derbyshire Libraries. Open from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., except Christmas Day, Good Friday, and Bank Holidays. Patent Library, from 10 a.m. to dusk. Reading Rooms. Open from 9 a.m. to 9.30 p.m., except Christmas Day and Good Friday. Arboretum Branch Reading Room. Open daily, 9 a.m. to 9.30 p.m., Christmas Day and Good Friday excepted. MUSEUM. ADMISSION FREE. Open from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., except Tuesdays, when it is closcd for cleaning. ART GALLERY. ADMISSION FREE. Except Tuesday, 3d., and Thursday, Id. Open from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., except Tuesdays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. ho nw MEMORANDA on the HISTORY — OF THE — Derby Public Library, Museum, and Art Gallery. (Compiled from previous Annual Reports.) 1870. THe Pusiic Lisraries Act ApopTeD. 1871. THe Orp Liprary OPENED. 1879. THe Present Liprary AND Museum OPENED. 1882. THe Arr GaLLtery OPENED. 1895. THe ArporetrumM Brancw Reapinc Room OPENED. Tue CHILDREN’s LIBRARY OPENED. 1905. Tue Museums Acr ApoprTep. 1906. Tue STRAND Property PuRCHASED FoR £3,580. COUNTY BOROUGH OF DERBY. OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY, MUSEUM, ART GALLERY COMMITTEE. FORTY-THIRD ANNUAL REPORT oe a Presented to the Town Council, November 9th, 1914. J. Harwoop, PrinTER, DeRsy. COUNTY BOROUGH OF DERBY. Forty-third Annual Report OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE PUBLIC Peeeey, MUSEUM Cai im AND ART GALLERY. . e/ a Presented to the Town Council, November 9th, 1914. ———— DERBY: JaMEs Harwoop, PRINTER, DERWENT Buitpines, DERWENT STREET. 1914, List of Committees and Officials. = er Ta = General Committee. Mr. Alderman SamMuEL Jonnson, Mayor (ex officio). Mr. Alderman R. B. CHAMBERS, B.A., J.P., Mr. Councillor Mycrorv. (Chairman). as p PRINCE. a ‘< H. H. BEMROSE, M.A., SC.D., J.P. es Fr L. Russ. 3 33 Gro. BRIGDEN. +s SURTEES. » Councillor J. Fmerauson BELL. » A. BUCHANAN, J.P. ss ay Drourr. » H. M. Hopson, s.r. i 5 INNEs. 5 Co B IReENE: ‘5 ye O. Line. a3 |W. ds. PrepR, J.P: Mr. T. H. THORPE, F.R.1B.A. Art Gallery Sub-Committee. Mr. Alderman BrigpEN (Chairman). Mr. Councillor Russet. as - CHAMBERS. a - SURTEES. 5 Councillor BELL. » KEENE. js 6 PRINCE. >, THORPE. Museum Sub-Committee. Mr. Alderman BEMROSE (Chairman). Mr. Councillor Mycrort. 55 aA CHAMBERS. a o5 SURTEES. ;, Councillor Drutrr. Colonel BuCHANAN. Dr. W. Sv. A. Sr. Joun (Honorary Adviser). Library Sub-Committee. Colonel BucHanan (Chairman). Mr. Councillor Mycrort. Mr. Alderman BEMROSE. wh 35 PRINCE. FS 5 BRIGDEN. 5 5 SURTEES. a5 3 CHAMBERS. > Hosson. » Counaillor Live. > PIPER. The Chairman is an ex-officio member of all Sub-Committees. Building Sub-Committee. Mr. Alderman CuamBeErs (Chairman). Mr. Councillor SurTEEs. 4 Pe BRIGDEN. Cotonel BUCHANAN. ,, Councillor BELL. Mr. Hosson. ne oy, Druirt. » KEENE. ss a INNES. 3 PIPER. Af ss Line. >», LHORPE. Finance Sub-Committee. Mr. Alderman CuamBers (Chairman). Mr. Councillor Line. ”? 99 BRIGDEN. a Py RUSSELL. » Councillor InNNEs. » Hopson. Special Purposes Sub-Committee. Mr. Alderman CHamBers (Chairman). Mr. Alderman BrigpEn. 3 5 BEMROSE Colonel BUCHANAN. Director and Librarian. Mr. W. H. Watton, F.L.A. Gurator. Mr. F. Wrturamson. Glerk—Miss Eruen J. CrowrueEr. Assistant Librarians. Mr. 8. Lavuauton. Miss Lucy THoRN'TON. Miss L. PANTER. Junior Assistants—aA. Tayvor. L. HoLuiIncwortu. Garetaker and Porter—J. A. HeEp.Ley. Art Gallery Attendant—J. Forey. COUNTY BOROUGH OF DERBY. Forty-Third Annual Report = ONS Gla, PUBLIC LIBRARY, MUSEUM, — AND — ART GALLERY COMMITTEE. In presenting their Forty-third Annual Report your Committee are satisfied that the Institution is fulfilling its educational and recreative functions and enjoys the appreciation of the public. THE LIBRARY AND STAFF. The Statistical Tables show that the popularity of the Library continues to increase, a small but pronounced rise in the issues being observable in both Lending and Reference Departments, and it is worth noting that in the Lending Department this rise is in spite of a fall of nearly a thousand volumes issued in fiction. The Children’s Department is as popular as ever, the year’s issues numbering 26,365 volumes, as against 22,434 last year. It may be seen, therefore, that the tendency to read more informing literature on the one hand, and the increasing use of the Juvenile section on the other, is still being maintained. The Reading Rooms, both of the central Institution and of the Rosehill branch, are used to their utmost capacity, and since the outbreak of the war they have been continually occupied by streams of eager readers. The contents of the tables at the central Institution have been recently re-arranged and new indicators affixed for the cuidance of the public. In December last, in response to invitations issued by your Com- mittee, eleven sets of competitive designs for two Branch Libraries were submitted by local architects. The Committee placed the adjudi- 6 cation of these designs in the hands of a professional assessor, Mr. E. R. Sutton, F.R.I.B.A., of Nottingham (President of the Notts and Derby Architectural Society), who selected those of Mr. Arthur Eaton and Mr. C. B. Sherwin. This selection having been approved by the trustees of the Carnegie United Kingdom Trust and adopted by the Town Council, the architects were instructed to prepare working plans, on the completion of which Tenders were invited from Derby builders, and these tenders are at present in the hands of your Committee. They much regret that unforeseen circumstances have for a time delayed the erection of these Branch Libraries, of which the cost is to be defrayed by the munificence of Mr. Carnegie. Part of this delay has been due to the difficulty of providing a satisfaccory site for the New Normanton district branch. This difficulty has been overcome by the purchase of a site on the Pear Tree Road, and a design adapted to this site has passed all the necessary authorities ; it is hoped, therefore, that these branches will be erected at an early date. The Library of Local Books, etc., collected by the late Sir Henry Bemrose, has been acquired for the Institution by public subscription, organised and carried through to a successful issue by the generous interest of Earl Curzon of Kedleston. Towards the cost of housing this Library Mr. Andrew Carnegie kindly contributed the sum of £1,000. The accommodation for this Library, and the much-needed © extensions for Art Gallery, Staff, and other purposes, is to be met by considerable additions to the west of the present building. The tender for these additions was accepted at the Council meeting of October 7th last, and the work is now in hand. The architect 1s Mr. Thorpe, F.R.1.B.A. Since the last Report Councillors Mycroft and Prince have been appointed {o the Committee, to fill the vacancies created by the death of Sir Edwin Ann and the retirement of Mr. Hextall. The illness of Mr. G. H. Dutton, the late Curator, led to his resignation in June last, and your Committee have taken the occasion to re-arrange the duties of the principal officials. Mr. Walton, the Librarian, has been appointed Director, and Mr. F. Williamson, late Curator of the Rochdale Art Gallery and Museum, Curator. Your Committee believe the Institution is in good hands, and wish these officials every success in their new appointments. Mr. George Pullen, Museum Attendant and Resident Caretaker, has resigned, after a service of nearly thirty-six years. 7 THE MUSEUM. Various additions have been made to the Museum during the year, chiefly by gift, details being given in the tanles which follow. Loans of Natural History specimens to the School of Art have been of much service to that Institution, as well as finding use for our duplicate specimens. A cabinet has been prepared for Derbyshire insects, and the members of the Derbyshire Entomological Society have under- taken to collect specimens. In the development of the Entomological section of the Museum your Committee have received tne assistance of Dr. W. St. A. St. John, who has kindly promised to act as Honorary Adviser to the Museum Sub-Committee. THE ART GALLERY. Three Exhibitions have been beld, as follows :— Autumn Exhibition of Oil Paintings, 16th October, 1913, to 31st January, 1914. 12,386 visitors. Spring Exhibition of Water-Colour Drawings, %5th February to 23rd May, 1914. 9,866 visitors. Summer Exhibition of Embroideries, 12th June to 26th September, 1914. 16,729 visitors. The Exhibition of Oil Paintings was the first in the galleries devoted exclusively to works in this medium, and the new arrange- ment of holding separate exhibitions for oil paintings and water-colour drawings has proved a success and enabled the exhibits io be shown to better advantage. The Embroideries Exhibition was an attempt to encourage the study of applied art in one of its branches, and the large number of visitors shows that the efforts of your Committee were appreciated by the public. In securing the specimens of em- broidery for this exhibition the Committee were indebted for much kind assistance to Mr. W. G. Paulson Townsend, of London, Miss Keay, of the Municipal Secondary School, and Miss Salt, of the Hastings Street Central School. To these and many others thanks are herein tendered. The beautiful examples of work done by scholars at the local schools were quite a revelation of the high excellence which the art of needlecratt has reached among our own scholars. Your Committee recently decided to hold an exhibition of works by ‘* Wright of Derby”’ in the Autumn of this year, but this has been postponed until the new galleries are ready, as it is thought that such 8 an exhibition would more appropriately commemorate the opening of an important extension. The last exhibition of the works of Joseph Wright, A.R.A., was held in the Derby Art Gallery in 1883, to signalise the opening of the present building. The postponement of this exhibition will enable the Committee to obtain more information about the present disposition of the works of this well-known Derby artist, and to this end they invite the co-operation of all who are interested. The Permanent Collection has been increased by the purchase of three works : ““ Springtime,” a water-colour by J. S. Gresley ; “‘ Dove- dale: Lover’s Leap,” a water-colour by W. H. J. Boot, V.P.R.B.A., R.I.; and ‘* Twickenham,” an etching by Sir Seymour Haden. A catalogue of the Permanent Collection will be printed when the new galleries are ready. In conclusion, your Committee have much pleasure in acknow- ledging the careful. and conscientious services of the Staff, and the helpful courtesy uniformly extended by the Local Press to the Institution, On behalf of the Committee, R. B. CHAMBERS, Chairman. 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T., Esq.—** Derbyshire Pamphlet.” Berzeviezy, Dr. Albert de.—‘ Le Surnaturel, dans Je Theatre de Shakespeare.” British Museum, Trustees of.—‘‘ Catalogue of Ungulate Mammals,” Vol. II.“ Revision of the Ichneumonide,”’ Part iii. ““ Catalogue of Lepidoptera,” Vol. XIII. (text and plates). “‘ Monograph of the Genus Sabicea: Catalogue of the Cretaceous Flora,” Pari i. “Catalogue of the Library,” Vol. IV. ‘ Catalogue of Ungulates,”’ Vol. I.“ Catalogue of British Species of Pisidium.” “* Catalogue of Moths” Vol. XII. (plates). “Catalogue of South Nigerian Plants.” “Special Guide, No. 6, Flight Exhibition.” ‘‘ Catalogue of Cuneiform Tablets’? (Supplement). ‘‘ Wall Decoration of Egyptian Tombs.” ‘Catalogue of Engraved British Portraits,” Vol. IV. “Catalogue of Greek and Roman Lamps.’’ * Catalogue of Greek Coins: Palestine.” ‘‘ Catalogue of Egyptian Scarabs,” Vol. I. Buxton, Noel, Esq.—** Europe and the Turks.” Canada, High Commissioner for.—* The Canada Year Book, 1912.” Chartered Institute of Secretaries.—-“* Proceedings, By-Laws, and List of Members, 1913-14.” Christadelphian Society.—‘‘ An Introduction to the Apocalypse,” by J. J. Hadley. Clarke, J. W., Esq.—* Hampton’s Scholastic Directory for London and Provinces, 1914.” Commissioner of Industries, Hamilton, Canada.—** Hamilton, Canada : Its History, Commerce, Industries and Resources.” Co-operative Wholesale Society, Ltd.—‘* The Story of the Co-operative Wholesale Society: The Jubilee History, 1863-1913.” ‘Annual Report, 1914.” Crane, Crane & Co., Messrs.—‘* London and Provincial Directory and Buyers’ Guide, 1914-15.” Cripplegate Institute.—** Report of the Governors, 1913.” Daniel, Messrs. C. W., Ltd.—** The Science of Society.’ “ Instead of Socialism.” “ Free Political Institutions.” Draycott, Mrs.—** Women of all Nations.” Faragher, J. J., Esq.—‘‘ Medal System in Elemeritary Schools.” 18 Fletcher, Rev. Canon J. M. J., M.A.—*‘ Chained Books in Dorset and Elsewhere.” Foulke, W. Dudley, Esq. —“ Maya: A Story of Yucatan.” Fryer, Dr. Alfrea C. —‘ The Vision of Saint Christopher and other Verse.’ Glasgow Royal Technical College.—* College Calendar, 1914—15.”’ Hastings, Corporation of.—* Annual Report of Meteorological Obser- vations for the Year, 1913.” Incorporated Society of Musicians.—* Report, By-Laws, and List of Members, 1914.” International Federation of Master Cotton Spinners’ and Manufacturers’ Associations.—** Official Report of the 9th International Cotton Congress, 1913.” Iron and Steel Institute‘ Journal of the Iron and Steel Institute, 1913.” “ Charter, By-Laws, and List of Members, 1914.” Jourdain, Rev. F. C.— The Exploration of the Caucasus.” Kegan, Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., Messrs.—‘* Temples of the Orient.” Library Reports from Aberdeen, Aberystwyth (National Library of Wales), Acton, Ashton-under-Lyne, Barrow-in-Furness, Batley, Battersea, Belfast, Birmingham, Blackburn, Bolton, Bootle, Bournemouth, Bradford, Brighton, Bristol, Bury, Buxton, Cardiff, Chelsea, Cheltenham, Chorley, Cork, Coventry, Croydon, Dundee, Gloucester, Great Yarmouth, Hereford, Hornsey, Hove, Hyde, Ilkley, Ipswich, Kilburn, Kettering, Kidderminster, Kingston-on- Thames, Leeds, Leicester, Lincoln, Liverpool, Loughborough, New York (Astor Lenox), Newcastle-under-Lyme, Montrose, North- ampton, Norwich, Nottingham, Paisley, Penarth, Portsmouth, Preston, Richmond (Surrey), Rochdale, Salford, Shoreditch, Stafford, St. Annes-on-Sea, St. Helens, Stoke Newington, Swansea, Taunton, Walsall, Walthamstow, Wandsworth, Washington, (Library of Congress), West Bromwich, West Hartlepool, Westminster, Wigan, Willesden Green, York. Lueas, Arthur, Esq.—* John Lucas, Portrait Painter ; 1828-74.” Macdonald & Co., Ltd., Messrs.— English Gazetteer and Directory for 1914.” Macphail, Dr.—** ante Report of the Derby Mental Hospital, 1913.” Marconi Wireless Telegraph Co., Ltd., Messrs.—* The Year Book of Wireless Telegraphy and Telephony, 1914.” Mather & Crowther, Messrs.—** Annual Press Directory’: ‘ Practical Advertising.” Medical Officer of Health.—“ Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Derby, 1913.” New South Wales, Agent-Genera] for.—* Official Year Book, 1912.” Copy of the Statistical Register, 1911.” ‘* Report of the Depart- ment of Public Works, 1913.” Page, Gregory A., Esq.—* Wilhelm Meister’s Theatrical Mission (Goethe),” translated by G. A. Page. 19 Paton, Messrs. J. & J.—* Paton’s List of Schools, 1914.” Presbyterian Church, Derby, Minister’s Class.—Five volumes in Braille Type. Prevention of Destitution Committee.—* Papers and Proceedings of the National Conference on the Prevention of Destitution.”’ Ross, W. R., Esq.—** Report of the Minister of Lands for the Province of British Columbia, 1913.” Royal Colonial Institute.—* Year Book, 1914.” Royal Leamington Spa Town Council.—’* Warwick and Leamington.” Royal Society.—** National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-4: Meteorology. Partie Royal Society of Arts.—‘* The History of the Royal Society of Aits.” Scientific Publishing Co., Ltd.— Fowler’s Mechanical Engineer's Pocket Book, 1914.” Society of Incorporated Accountants and Auditors.—‘* Year Book, 1913-14.” Stuart, Mrs. James.—*° Reminiscences,” by Rt. Hon. James Stuart. Stubbs’ Publishing Co., Messrs.—* Directory, 1914.” Sunday School Union.—* The Hundredth Year: A Hundred Years’ Work for the Children. Centenary Record of the Sunday School Union.” Surtees, Councillor H. W.—‘ Proceedings of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers, 1914.” Tonic Sol-fa College.—*° Calendar, 1913-14.” Trinity College of Musie.—* Calendar, 1914.” University, Durham.— University Calendar, 1914.” University College, Nottingham.—* College Calendar, 1913-14.” University College of Wales.—** College Calendar, 1913-14.” University Correspondence College.—* Tutorial Series’ (per Messrs. W. B. Clive & Co.). “* London University Guide and Correspondence College Calendar, 1913-14.” “The University Correspondent.” “ London Matriculation Directory, 1914.” Unsworth, Rev. Wm.—” Holbein,” by Ford Madox Hueffer. Willett, William, Esq.—‘* The Waste of Daylight ” (with an account of the Daylight-saving Bill.) Williams, J. C., Esq.—** A Naturalist in Western China,” by Ernest H. Wilson. Additions to the Museum For tHe YEAR ENDING OcToBER 31st, 1914. ee DONATIONS. GEOLOGY. Bemrose, Alderman H. H., Se.D., J.P.—Four photomicrographs of Voleanic Rocks brought from the region of Mount Erebus by the Scott Antarctic Expedition (1910- _13) by Mr. W. A. Horton. Pechell, Mrs.—Fossil Plant from the Millstone Grit of Derbyshire. ZOOLOGY. Blacklock, Mrs.—Snake, from Secunderbund, India. Bowler, H., Esq.—Slow-worm (Anguis fragilis) and four young. Heald, J., Esq.—Cockroach (alive), from West Indies, found in case of bananas. Holme, Mrs. G.—Eleven Indian Game Firds, from Kangaroo Valley, Punjaub (stuffed and mounted). Moore, Wm., Esq.—Beetle (Oryetes sp.) (alive), found in case of bananas. Rowney, T. W. F., Esq.—Tooth of Fallow Deer (Cervus dama), found under foundations of Spondon Church. Wallace, H. A., Esq. —Great Skua Gull (Megalestris itanrliaches- MISCELLANEOUS. Bemrose, Colonel W. Wright.—Original Seal of the Litchurch Local Board, dated 1866. British Museum, Department of British Medieval Antiquities.—Twenty- nine Flint Implements from Northfleet, Kent, Le Moustier cave period ; twenty-three Flint Implements from Swanscombe and other sites in Kent; river-drift period. Midland Railway Co.—Two Tramway Rails from Ticknall Tramway, date 1799 and 1835. 21 Osborn, W. J., Esq.—Denarius of Vespasianus, found at Strutt’s Park, Derby. Smith, F. N., Esq.—About 200 Almanacks, dates varying from 1632 to 1820. Toft, W. N., Esq.—Old Spade, Stempil, and Pick-head, found in old lead mine at Wirksworth. Catalogues from Brighton, Rochdale, and Swansea. Reports from Cardiff (National Museum of Wales), Gloucester, Hastings, Ipswich, Sheffield, and the Victoria and Albert Museum. PURCHASE. Jubilee £5 piece. AK bo es) Additions to the Art Gallery For THE YEAR ENDING OcroBeER 31st, 1914. or DONATIONS. Bemrose, C. T., Esq.—Forty-one Studies from the Antique, by Joseph Wright, A.R.A. (1734-97), “ Wright of Derby,” drawn in line with pen and pencil at Rome and Paris, 1774-75. Hextall, W. B., Esq.,—Print of Queen Street and All Saints’ Church, Derby, after James Eyre, and Print of All Saints’ Church, Derby, after Wm. Wood. Raphael, Sir H., Bart., M.P.—Print, “ View of Derby, 1728,” by S. and N. Buck. Simmonds, T. C., Exors of the late—* Portrait of T. C. Simmonds, late Headmaster of the Derby School of Art,” oil painting by Ernest Townsend, LOANS. Victoria and Albert Museum.—Two cases, containing: Old Glass ; English Silversmiths’ Work. PURCHASES. Boot, W. H. J., V.P.R.B.A.—** Dovedale—Lover’s Leap” (water- colour). : Gresley, J. S.—** Springtime ” (water-colour). Haden, Sir F. Seymour.—* By Twickenham ”’ (etching). > tof yt It) a3 332 one pirat. pag pson en eaeee eacest rasta Lo + Gpatet ores Oe ae se. Hots it teche-e : tet