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H. B. Hagreen and W. Hicks, as Commissioners, and
Mr. John Bell, J.P., was asked to continue as Chairman
of the Board.
The portrait of Dr. G. D. Longstaff, the first Chairman
(1883-1892) of the Library Commissioners, hangs
in the Longstaff Reading Room. Since his death, in
1892, there have only been two Chairmen, Dr. G. B.
Longstaff (1892-1893) and Mr. John Bell, J.P. (18931900).
Portraits of these two have been placed in the
Longstaff Reading Room.
The Commissioners ceased to hold office on and from
9th November, and, at their last meeting, passed votes of
thanks to the Chairman, Mr. John Bell, J.P., the
Librarian, Mr. Cecil T. Davis, and the staff'.
It is very much to be regretted that funds have
never permitted the purchase of books in anything like
an adequate number.
On 12th November, a letter was sent by the Acting
Town Clerk, to state that the Commissioners had been
desired by the Council to act as Public Libraries Committee
till the 31st December, 1900.
The Rev. W. Reed, M.A., was elected Chairman.
On 28th December, the Council appointed the following,
as the Divisional Committee for the Parish of
Wandsworth:—Councillor John Lidiard, J.P., Mayor
Ex-Officio), Councillors W. J. Harrison, A. J. Littlechild,
J. Luscombe, and F. Single, Messrs. G. W. Eccles
and W. Hicks, Rev. W. Reed, M.A., and Rev. W. G.
Tarrant, B. A.