J. Copeman, J.P.
(Chairman of the Public Library Committee), presided. A small exhibition
of prints, and works by and about Gray was arranged in the Reading Room.
It is hoped that in future lectures on literary subjects or connected
with classes of books in the Library may be arranged from time to time.
CONCLUSION.
In the annual reports various statistics have been given of the visits to
the News and Reading Rooms, and the number of books issued from the
Lending and Reference Libraries, but as there was no uniform system of
compilation, and the methods employed were not stated, an accurate
statistical comparison between the past and present work of the Library
is impossible. Suffice it to say that at no time of its history has it
been so well equipped in all directions, and at no time has it stood
higher in public esteem than it does at present. The old City Library
possesses treasures befitting an old English "City of Churches," and the
present Public Library fulfils the general purposes of a modern
rate-supported Library. The Lending Library consists of about 18,000
volumes in all departments of knowledge, from which some 6,000 adults and
juveniles borrow about 110,000 volumes annually.
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