Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-07-04


The report was received, read and ordered
placed on file.
The following & tt-repors Of the Librarian
for Tie year ending July LIST, 1882:
ITO the Board of Trustees of Sacramento
> Free Library l herewith present my third
annual report as Librarian The Library
was open $50 days during the past year. The
number OF books issued in that time was 80,
9lS-an increase over last year of l.SS9. OF
this number 81. 449 were works of fiction :;
l,244 history; 90S biography; 1859 travels :;
i, 66S miscellaneous literature 6S3 poetry
and drama 100 religious 1,2l7 science and
art. The percentage of fiction .Sl-a
slight decrease on last year. The average
number of books issued per day was 112. The
largest number Issued in one day was pol.
The largest number issued in one month was
$3.50, and was for the month of March.
The number of patrons OF the Library is
- 1902. Number of books lost, Il. OF these
; were paid for. Fifty-fOur books were con-
'demned-wotn out: One hundred and hVe
books were donated, most OF them Govern
rnent reports Seventy FIVE volumes of peri
Odicals were bound. Two hundred and
twenty.one volumes were rebound. Number
OF books bought, 9S7. Number OF books
now on the shelves, s. $40. Twenty four
monthly magazines, eighteen illustrated
week.-Mrs. and fifty-three newspapers were
subscribed for; thirty-ive newspapers, daily
and weekly, mostly from California offices,
were donated. The amount of fines collected
on delinquent, lost and injured books was
S22S 90. The attendance of readers was
about the same as last year.
Bead and ordered on file.
A communication from Hon. George Cad
waladex, of this city, was read, donating q
copy of Judge Fields Legislative and Jul
dicial Work." at the request of the distin-
guished author. MIR. Hart moved that the
donation be received and that the thanks Of
the Board be rendered Judge Field-through
Mr.. GENERALIZATION his valuable work.
Ga motion of Mr.. Hart, the thanks Of the
Board were unanimously rendered to Mr..
James L. Geuung, q young artist OF this
CITY, for the beautiful and artistic title page
to the record book, designed and drawn by
him in colors, for the library. Mr.. Genung
is the designer of the Free Library seal.
lIr. Brier moved the Committee on Pur.
chase of Books ascertain the cost of globe
and report next meeting.
The report of the Librarian for the month
of June was read as follows: Number of
books issued during the month, 2,97S, CLASH
fed thus Fiction and juvenile, 2 045 his
tory, 1876; biography, lis; travels. 191 !;
poetry and drama, 1l5 theology, Is; science
and ant. 1873; percentage OF fiction, s.; aver.
age number issued per day, 80 number of
patrops, 1902; amount Of fines collected,
$50 70.
The Committee on Buildings and Repairs
we've instructed to have the necessary shelly
ing rlaced in the hbrary-room to accommo-
date thu new books now being purchased.
The following books were ordered pur-
chased for the library: Agassiz's Geological
Sketches. Second Series; Buddhist Birth
Stories: Iataka Tales; Philosophical Ii
brary j. Burroughs' Wake Robin, Winter
Sunshine, Birds and Poets, Locusts and Wild
Honey. Perfection and other Sketches :;
Clements (Clara ErskinsD Painters, Sculp
TORS. Architects and Their Works. DIAL
bert,s New Guinea, What | Did and What
SSw. Feuelon's Adventures of Telemachus /;
Na.-ison's James ALBERT Greek Vignettes !;
Errosu IN the Use of English, by Rev. VIM.
Hodgdos Rand's IL. Sprsgue, Jrl Garden
Flowers, How to Cultivate Them; General
Lew Wallece's The Fairy God.
The following bills we're allowed Pacific
MHtual Life Insurance Company, S37; Cap
ital Gas Company. Sl3 80; w. a: y 9. 5.
Houghton, s125 q &c. G. Hancock, s25l 80
y. Ruhl, $50 SO; Davis Smith, $40; Up
nam & Co., So AZ; Scott Muir, $40 80
G. u. Spencer, 81 80; r. S. Jones. 50 50
Fl. @. White. 50 %; Jacob Hoehn, 81 80
Whittier, Fuller i Co, So 20.