_1843_--Scientific Societies Exemption Act. _1855_--Public Libraries (Ireland) Act. _1861_--Malicious Injuries to Property Consolidation and Amendment (England and Ireland) Act. _1875_--Public Health Act. _1877_--Public Libraries Amendment (Ireland) Act. _1885_--Public Libraries (Ireland) Act. _1887_--Public Libraries Consolidation (Scotland) Act. _1887_--Public Libraries Amendment and Consolidation (Scotland) Act. _1891_--Museums and Gymnasiums Act. _1892_--Public Libraries Consolidation and Amendment Act. _1893_--Public Libraries Amendment Act. _1894_--Public Libraries Amendment and Consolidation (Scotland) Act. _1894_--Public Libraries Amendment (Ireland) Act. _1894_--Local Government Act (England and Wales). _1898_--Libraries Offences Act. _1899_--Public Libraries Amendment (Scotland) Act. _1899_--Local Government Act (Metropolitan Boroughs). _1901_--Public Libraries Museums and Gymnasiums Amendment Act. _1902_--Public Libraries Amendment (Ireland) Act. _1911_--Public Libraries (Ireland) Act. _1918_--Education Act. _1919_--Public Libraries Act. _1920_--Public Libraries (Scotland) Act. _1920_--Public Libraries (Ireland) Act. _1920_--Blind Persons Act. _1924_--Public Libraries Act (Northern Ireland). _1925_--Irish Free State Local Government Act. FIRST TOWNS IN GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND TO ADOPT THE PUBLIC LIBRARIES ACT. _1848_--Warrington. _1849_--Salford. _1850_--Brighton, Norwich. _1851_--Winchester. _1852_--Bolton, Liverpool, Manchester, Oxford. _1853_--Airdrie, Cambridge, Ipswich, Sheffield. _1855_--Hertford, Maidstone. _1856_--Birkenhead, Dundalk, Westminster. _1857_--Leamington, Walsall. _1858_--Canterbury. COMMITTEES. Most of the Committees are composed partly of the members of the local Council and partly of co-opted members who are not on the Council, the Council generally being represented by _66%_, with the exception of Scotland, where Committees are, by law, half and half. The average constitution of a committee is _16_ but some range from _6_ to _40_. LOANS. The Ministry of Health determine the period for which sums of money for particular purposes may be borrowed. The periods usually are:-- For sites or lands _65_ or _50_ years. For buildings (with fixtures), _30_ years. For books, _10_ years. For furniture (movable only), _10_ years. ESTIMATE OF ANNUAL EXPENDITURE FOR BRITISH MUNICIPAL LIBRARIES, WITH AND WITHOUT LOANS.