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CHELSEA PUBLIC LIBRARY
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lighted from each end, and by a dome light in the centre. It is 63 feet by 24, and will accommodate seventy-two readers. There are no books at present shelved in the room, but it communicates directly

with the book-stores in the rear, which are 50 feet by 24, and 50 feet by 10.

The commissioners' room and librarian's office is on the first floor, entered from the principal staircase, and has a strong-room attached. A librarian's