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REPORT OF THE
Commissioners for Public Libraries
AND MUSEUMS,
For the year ending 25th March, 1899.
The Public Library Commissioners have to report, that during
the past year the work of erecting, furnishing and fitting up the Public
Library has been completed.
LIBRARIAN.
One of the first matters calling for the attention of the Commissioners
at the commencement of the year, was the question of
appointing a suitable person as Chief Librarian.
Advertisements were issued for a Librarian at a salary of £160
per annum, rising by annual increments of £10 to £200 per annum
with house, coals and gas so soon as the building should be
completed.
Eighty-four (84) applications were received, and Mr. Thomas
Aldred, the Chief Librarian at Barrow-in-Furness, was appointed to
the post, and he commenced his duties on the 25th May, 1898.
LADIES' CONVENIENCE.
An arrangement was arrived at, and a formal agreement dated
the 15th October, 1898, was entered into between the Yestry and the
Commissioners for the letting to the former Authority of a small plot
of ground on the westerly side of the Library for the erection of a
Ladies Convenience, at the rent of £5 per annum.
BOOKS.
Immediately after the appointment of the Librarian, the Committee
proceeded to the selection of suitable books for stocking the