St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-20
II. Dictionaries add cyclopedias. ......... z
IL. Prose fiction. Observation-Disclosures. ii

H. Dictionaries add cyclopedias. ......... 25
10. Prose fiction. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 1877
Total. Observation-Disclosures. 146
| ,Donations-The donations during the year
have been 361 volumes and 80 pamphlets.
list OF the donors and the number of their
| gifts Is appended to this report.
| Book Borrowers-Thc number of regis
| tered book borrowers reported last year was
3,492. The number of registrations during
the past year has been 1929, Of which 1,04O
were males and $50 females. making total
| registration of 5, 421 book borrowers. Of the
| cards issued on these registrations !, 276 have
been cancelled, the two years for which they
were Issued having expired, leaving 4,l4o
cards now nominally in force. The amount
| OF fines received for the detention OF DOCKS
has been S537.4l. The amount received Tor
lost books was $500. For damaged books
As cents.
Circulation of Books-The Library has
been open for the circulation OF books ooo
days. The number of books taken out for
home use was 81 ,945, an average OF about
201 volumes daily. The average
daily issues by months were as
follows: March 25S, April $50, May
1SS, June 2l5, July $50, August Isl, Sep
tember $50. October 1S2, November 2O0,
December 1913, January 220, February 222.
The least number of volumes issued in one
day was 81 on May 80, 1884, and the largest
1926 on Feb. IA, 1885,
Examination OF the Library-The annual
examination OF the Library was made IN the
month of February last. From the inventory
taken it appears that there are seven vol
umes unaccounted for AS the books were
Of laH IN fort hn IA
probably represents save mistake in taking
the account and it is hoped thai most of
them will yet be found. Of the books IN
accounted for the previous year all have
since appeared.
Classification of the Circulation "A CLASH
fication of the circulation has been kept dur
ing the year with the following result ex-
pressed in percentage:
History and Biography 50 40
Voyages and Travels. ...-................ II
Poetry and drama. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 30
Prose fiction and juvenile ............ "a ~
Miscellaneous. 46
500 90
The relative circulation of prose fiction by
months was as follows: March TABS per
cent. April 72.75, May 1856, June $3.50,
July 1872 August 1856, September 1884.
October 1885, November 1888, December
1918, January 1929, February 72.75. For
the twelve months ending Feb. %, 1885, it
was 74.39, which is less than the last report,
but a little above the average of similar insti-
tutions.
Reading Room-The number of serials
kept on file in the reading room is 66, OF
which Z are quarterles, % are monthies, 2
semi-montblies, "a weekies, semi-week-
lies and 3 daiiies. A list of all the serials,
including periodicals and newspapers, is
herewith submitted.
The number of books issued for use in the
reading room on week days was 2, 3S3. The
average daily issues on Sundays was ID. The
daily average of visitors to the reading room
on Sundays was 81.
Binding-There have been bound during
the year 903 volumes, of which 22l
were periodicals, including newspapers,
and the remainder miscellaneous books.
Twenty-Five volumes have been repaired at
the bindery. No account has been kept OF
the many volumes that have been repaired
by the library attendants.
Reference Department-There has been a
large increase in the use of the books of ref
erence. No account has been kept of the
partment As large part of the books are
accessible without the aid of attendants, no
account could be kept of the number of vol
umes consulted. The free access of visitors
to the books in the reference room has ap-
psrently been source of great satisfaction
to the public. but it has been attended this
year by the loss of two books that have mys-
teriously disappeared from the shelves.
Comparative Statement-By comparing
these statistics with the report Of last year. it
will be seen that the number Of persons
making use Of the library is 653 greater than
at the close Of the last report; that the av-
erage daily circulation Of books has increased
IL per cent. that the circulation Of prose
fiction has fallen off about 4 per cent, and
that the average number of visitors on Sun
days has increased from SO in 1881 to 81
this year. II. j. MCCAINE, Librarian.
Vol Pamph-