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In the month of June, 1893, the Board decided that the
number of Commissioners should be increased to nine, the
limit allowed by the Public Libraries Act, 1892, and the
following gentlemen were elected additional Comm'ssioners:—E.
Maunde Thompson, C.B., D.C.L., Principal
Librarian of the British Museum; Dr. Richard Garnett,
Keeper of the Printed Books Department of the British
Museum; and Mr. Thomas H. D. Berridge.
The following Commissioners, who retired by effluxion of
time, were re-elected;—Messrs. Charles Bussell and Charles
Fitz-Roy Doll.
Mr. James Neale, a Commissioner, during the year resigned
his office, and the vacancy thus created was filled by
the appointment of Mr. George Philip Willoughby.
London Streets (Removal of Gates) Act, 1890.
Under this Act the gate which formerly existed across
Torrington Place has been removed, the carriage-way of that
thoroughfare and of Byng Place having been previously
paved with wood. In order to secure uniformity of treatment
the Board have entered into an agreement with the
Vestry of St. Pancras, whereby the Vestry, in consideration
of an annual payment, have undertaken the maintenance,
cleansing, and repair of those portions of Torrington Place
and Byng Place which are within the St. Giles District
Unemployed.
The question of finding work for the unemployed was
brought prominently under the notice of the Board by a
communication from the Local Government Board upon the