The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-08

Postage and expressage..... 57.S4
Miscellaneous makes otaI....... .$15, 500. %
Balance in treasury Dec. 31...... >, ACC. 81
The fifteenth annual report of the
librarian states that the work COM
pares ~faVorably with that of preceding
years. There has been a gradual in
CreaSe of registrations each year since
the library vas opened to the public.
Last year there was a slight falling
off in the circulation, but this yea
surpasses that of any other both in
registrations and circulation. The sta
tisticS are given below in the. order
of previous reports.
The number of volumes in the library
has been increased from 40,773 men
toned in the last annual report, to
43, 100. There have been added during
the year 1851 volumes, of which SAP
were bought and 119 donated. The
nUmbe of volumes worn Out and dis
carded was 1,197, of which GA were
Juvenile books, 464 prose fiction, IS
history, 4 biography, SO travels, 6 poe
try and drama and 50 in other classes.
n number Of volumes lost and paid
for was 81.
OF the 1853 volumes of accessions in
the classes of prose fiction and Juvenile
literature, LOO were added to replace
books worn out.
Among the more important additions
may be mentioned the following:
LArchitecture Franchise, 4 vols, Alto;
Wagner's Prose Works, 4 vols, Svo;
Home and Haunts of Shakespeare, fol;
National Cyclopaedia of American BIZ
ography, 6 vols, Svo; Book of the Fair.
4 vols, fol; Jeremy Taylor's Complete
Works, 10 vols, 8vo; The Arabian
Horse, His Country and People, Alto:
Normand's Empire Ornaments, Furni-
ture, Etc, fol; .Wyatt's Art of Illumi-
NJ fTnOr Hfn. ITT7o-1O~s
Islam, SvO; Chaucer's Works, Edited by
Skeat, s vols, SvO; brakes Founders
Of New England, SvO; Muther's Histo-
ry of Modern Painting, 3 vols, 8vo; Lon
don Churches Of the Seventeenth and
Eighteenth Centuries, fol; LIE Musee de
Sculpture Comparee du PaIais de Tro-
cadero, 3 vols, fol; Chambers Encyc-
lopaedia, Edition Of 1896, TO vols, 8vo,
Colonial Architecture and Furniture.
: vols, fol; ThOmpson's Art Anatomy
of Animals, fol; Photographs of the
Boston Publ Library, fol; Sloane's
Napoleon Bonaparte, vols. l and 2,
Alto; Palais de Fontainbleau, fol.
The number Of volumes and pamph-
let's donated to the library was 10
and III, respectively. The following
gift from the Maharajah, Of Jeypore,
India, is worthy of special mention.
This work consists of six portfolios
of accurate architectural details of the
temples and mosques of India, pre-
served by photography and photolitho-
graphy, with short descriptive notes
of the places from which they have
been taken. The drawings are done
to scale and arranged in parts, each
sheet loose. These portfolios contain
314 plates interesting to artists and
artisans. The subjects are as follows:
Copings n plinths, pillars, caps and
bases, carved doors, arches and balus-
trades.
The number of persons holding IL
brary cards which entitle them to draw
books for home use is II. 600, an in
Creas of 529 over the number reported
last year. The total of registrations
OF the year was 6,012, of which 2.S02
were males and 3,210 females.
The number Of cards cancelled was
5,4S3. Teachers cards were issued 10
the number of 126.
The library was open for the de-
livery of books 303 days. The number
of volumes taken out for home use
was 202, 053; for use in the rooms. s. .O43.
making an aggregate circulation Of
26O,O96 VOlumes. The aggregate circu-
latiOn for 1895, was 241, 165, making an
increase of 1873 8 volumes.
The daily average issues by months
were as follows: Jan, 9G2; Feb. 1911:
Mar, 999; Apr, 962; May. 713; June,
642; July. sos; Aug, 500; Sept, ZIG; Oct,
955: Nov, 1,122; Dec, 993. The largest
number of books issued for home use Ill
any one day was 1868, Oct. 81; the
smallest number, 1862, Sept. 1. The
amount received for fines from delin-
Quent book borrowers was $949. so.
The following table shows the per-
centage Of circulation in each of the
ten departments Of the library named
below: