, 1881-05-29
PUBLIC LIBRARY.


| miscellaneous Routine RusIneSx-Tb,.
| LIbFnrinn'* Annual Report.
4 regular fortnghtly meeting of The Boan1 \,
| Directors Of the Public Library WIS held yeste,.
| dag AFTERNOON, MIR. ". j. Oaah:ln presiding AZ.
| all the members present excep: Mcssrs. Knbcn,
and Sprague. Applications from various no.
Suns for the positions OF purchasing ueent ~
German and Scandinavian works were rcYer,ss
to the Secretary, with Instructions to m.ts
| suitable replies.
| Tht Secretary reported that two certificates ~.
sickness had been scnt In By eynployGs. Ebo
! asked pay for full time. Some members or ,ts
j Hoard suggested that sickness l,au increasas
| considerably since the Hunrd atnptel the NJ
| OF paying during alsencc CAUSED BY sicSnr.sa
The matter was referred to the Contuttee On
| Administration.
| The vote by which the increase of sator,as >,
employees wns made to tlute from Nay WA ~ ~
/. considered By vote Of to i. tfr. Callayh,,
then moved to make the increase date fr1m
I Nessrs. I4ocwenthal End Walker opoosnd ,t-
motion. and ths :.lte:r said that in tw years ths
| salary-Iist had been Increased 81 Dc. When
thcy considered that this amount might hMra ara
! been devoted to the purchase Ut buok3 wh;ss
was much needed. be ,hoa3at they should nnr
| bG in hurry tu.yote awnj' Inu'icy na bacx-pay
! Sir. caiiashan ,sauted tho Salaries raised o.
! stated that the Enaru Of EIucA:ion and otbss
! departments of the City Government hsi
agreed to Jan. the date 1T which tho incresa
| by 4 yo:es 1p3,
a number OF small bills for boots aud biudir,
fAvorabll recommended uy the Library Com.
infttce were ordered paid The 5ui Vt sol W.,
placed at the disposition OF the Committee for
the purchase: Of auction bucks.
Some discussion was hat over the renewal d,
WORKOUT books, Nr. Ouanau suggesting tb,.
there WIS an uwfu! lot of rubbish iucuded n
The list, lie thought it vas not tho function al
the Library to provide boys and girls with sen.s,
tional literature The matter WAS laid over IL
ft1A fr1fbf1f tf1EF
THE COMMITTEE ON BUILDINGS -:
and Grounds reported in favor of placing haf
the insurance on the Library in nom Buard cum.
pnuics, and OF increasing the total INSURANCE.
$2U.t1. The companies comprised In the BsaM
OF Underwriters asked L., per cent and ttenna-
Board companies Der cent, while the Committee
Thought the one class of security ~ good IL
the other. The increase recommended was eut
down 1u $1o,UUu, and the recommendation to d.
vide between the two classes of companies VA
cOncurred in.
\ ;us-biil Of ST., was ordered paid. aud SONS
minor repairs recommended
The Library COMMITTEES presented their aa-
n,ial report for the yenr cnrilus May II. There
are now in the Library ',,JuS boaks, OF which ID.
or sft during the year ST. pamphIe.s sss wefo &,
tained and 2,5Js volumes worn Out, Of which
about one-th'rd we're replaced The nunberot
volumes rakcn fnr home use was 3i5,5S as CON.
pared with ;aKuN during the preceding Jear.
The largest number issued in one day was ats
on April :, and the smallest number Kt; on Jpoe
81. 1Qe ElrCu4ltlOu WIS El1sSlQEU us IQNH3.
FIR cen.
English prose fiction and juveniles. .....GH
History and bluEraphy... &A5i
Voyages and trarols.... a5l:
LuetI$ Nlio aEaMa. .......-. 13t
Works in continental languages .E11
The proporton Of The whole taken By men aa
was sly per cent, BY women = per cent, and By
juveniles FL per cent. The registration during
the Year was G,s91 males, and J9J1 females
total Of 10,s:ls and there are now 3n1u citizens
holding cards. During tho year W-473 volumed
were sent TO tho binders, and S3,066 have beea
paia for binding
There wns q iurye increase in the attendants
In the reading ROOMS. Statistics showed a88t
visitors this year aud 1S9,*N last gear, IN in
crease Of ii per cent. The number OF. period.
calls issued was 11t,49t, un increase OF 3sper
cent Periodicals kept on Tile numbered I'll aud
newsoapers III. In the Difference department
there we're 5I,345 visitors who consulted 9.,1E1
volumes: the percentage Of increase dur.nR tbs
year t,elng - per cent of visitors and II perceor
Df YOfffrufa-
The report was ordered placed on file.
The Committee on Buildings and Groundsre-
ported that they had renewed the lease of tha
present Library building for one year, ending
May |, 1852.
On motion it was ordered that the Circulation
Department Of the Library he cus1d on Mor-
day, tho ;s)th inst, Decuratton-Day, ind ths
Board adjourned.