Beginnings 7
1860-1870 8
1870-1900 9
Early Librarians 12
Twentieth Century 14
Copyright Deposit 15
Librarians 16
Fire and Fire Insurance 17
General 18
Circulation of Books 18
Fiction 19
Inter-library Loan 19
Recess Privileges 19
The National Library 20
The Library as a Museum 20
Purchase of Books 20
Aims of the Library 22
Books and Men 23
To the CHAIRMAN, LIBRARY COMMITTEE.
Sir,
I have the honour to report on the activities of the General Assembly
Library for the year 1957-58.
The year 1958 marks the end of the first century of the Library's
existence, I have thought it a good opportunity to tell briefly the
history of the Library during the period in an appendix to this report.