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Annual stocktaking. The Libraries were closed during the last
Week in July for the purposes of annual
stocktaking and cleaning. The books were examined
and checked with the stock-registers, with the result
that every volume could be accounted for. 580 books in
a worn and soiled condition were withdrawn from the
libraries.
structural alterations, etc. During the summer months several alterations and improvements were effeeted at the
Tate Library, which have considerably facilitated the
work of the Lending Department. By the extension of
the counter, more accommodation has been given to the
public, and the additional desk for the issuing of books
has relieved the pressure experienced by the staff during
the busier hours of the day. The outside woodwork at
the Central Institution has been re-painted, the ten large
skylights above the Lending Department have been
altered and repaired, and the ventilation, etc., at the
Branch Library has been improved. At both libraries
extra book-shelving and new indicators have been
provided.
catalogues. The late Commissioners printed, in September,
a list of the books added to the Branch
Library since the publication of the general catalogue.
The Reading Rooms.The Reading Booms have been well attended
during the year. Papers and periodicals to
the number of 215 are provided at the Tate Library, and
117 at the Branch, several being presented by their
respective publishers and other donors.
A case of old Japanese coins, kindly presented by
Mr. B. W. Essex, has been placed in the Magazine
Boom at the Central Library.