222 The Library. LONDON. For some years there has been an agitation among a section of the members of the London Library with the object of securing the presence of ladies on the committee. At the annual meeting held on June 14, the committee successfully proposed the election of Mrs. J. R. Green to their body. LONDON : BROMLEY. Though the Public Libraries Act was adopted in Bromley some time back, very little outward work has been done. At Tuesday night's meeting at Bromley Vestry a rate of id. in the pound was voted by the Commissioners, this amounting to nearly ^950. The Commissioners have been working hard to secure a site for a library, and will be in a position to make a satisfactory announcement soon. LONDON : FULHAM. Mr. Franklin T. Barrett, one of the senior assistants in the Mitchell Library, Glasgow, has been appointed librarian of the Public Library here, in succession to Mr. Henry Burns. LONDON: PADDINGTON. The libraries in the workhouse and infirmary have recently been improved, and additional books provided, bringing up the total to 416 books in the workhouse and 496 in the infirmary. The Library Committee reported to the Guardians last week that the inmates had eagerly availed themselves of the facility for reading, and with most satisfactory results. OXFORD. On June 2nd, the extension to the Indian Institute was opened in the presence of a distinguished company. The Vice-Chancellor presided, and there were also present Sir Monier Monier- Williams (Pro- fessor of Sanskrit), Sir William Markby, Sir Charles and Lady Aitcheson, and Sir William Hunter. The new portion gives a much needed addition to the library, and provides a large lecture room beneath, and with this enlargement the exterior portion of the building is complete. The Vice- Chancellor said that it had seemed almost impossible that the large sum required for the building should be got together ; but Indian princes and English noblemen had poured out their treasures, and he was pleased to be able to announce that Sir Monier Monier- Williams was going to present his large and valuable collection of books to the library, which would, indeed, be then well furnished. Sir M. Monier- Williams said the library was unsurpassed by any other room in Oxford in respect of the convenience of its arrangements and the beauty of its proportions. He even ventured to assert that owing to the valuable grants and gifts from various donors it was likely to become one of the most important Oriental libraries in the kingdom. As to the museum, it was still only half finished. Happily he was able to announce that his Highness the Thakore Sahib of Gondal had intimated that he would grant the money needed for the finishing of the museum. Sir William Hunter afterwards delivered an address on " Indian Educa- tion." PENZANCE. The Free Library has recently gained an addition of 1,050 volumes, of which 1,000 were from Mr. Passmore Edwards. PETERHEAD. The lending department of the Public Library was opened on May 26th with a stock of 7,000 volumes. SALFORD. Alderman W. H. Bailey, Mayor of Salford, member of the Public Library Committee, and of the Council of the L.A. U.K., has received the honour of Knighthood.
