The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-10-23
LIBRARIANS ANNUAL REPORT TO
CITY COUNCIL.
GROWING IN PUBLIC FAVOR
Well Patronized and Economically
conducted-FinanciaI Statement.
Some Other Figures.

VAS shown by the report OF Miss
Mabel Collins, librarian of the Parmly
Billings Memorial library, that insti-
tuition is growing in popularity, not
only among those who take books
for home reading, but also with those
who avail themselves OF the free
reading room maintained in connec-
tion with it.
With the exception OF the first two
months of the year ending September
30, the library has been open nine
hours each day, Sundays and legal
holidays alone excepted. During the
two months specified it was open IL
hours. The number OF. books given
out was 14,O76, a monthly average
of LIB volumes. The largest daily
circulation was in March, with LIE
volumes The current periodical list
numbers 14O. Of these 29 are sub
scriptions; "A gifts of Montana pub
fishers and 81 from other persons.
The number OF borrowers cards en-
rolled is 348, with total registration
! for the two years that the library has
been established of 1,151. The tota
number of cards cancelled is 161
Teachers cards have issued to those
1 teachers who desire them, making il
| possible for them to take number O
books at time for use in the schoo
rooms.
Books on Hand.
The library now contains 1850 vol
umes. This year 349 volumes have
been purchased and 257 have beer
donated, making a total aaccession o
SOC volumes for the year.
The proportion of each class added
| is as follows: Philosophy and re
ligion, II; biography, 27; history, so
geography and travels, 4X; socia
sciences, Is; natural sciences, 16; use
full arts, 10; nne arts, 25; languag.
and literature, 1902; fiction, 23O; pub
lie documents, so; reference books
IL.
Donations.
During the year, the report con
tinues, the library has been the re
cipient of gifts OF flowers, books
pamphlets, periodicals, mower vases
photographs and photographers iron
many persons; also mounted en-
craving, while to Mr.. Moffett it j
indebted for the tree use of a tele
4 phone.
Statistics for Second Year.
Number of volumes bought, 349
number of volumes given, 257. Tota
additions, COG.
I Total number of volumes in library
1902.
Total number of volumes mende
in library, 1854.
| Number of pamphlets in library
1886.
Number of borrowers cards ISSUED
349. Total issued during the tW
years, 1,151. Total cancelled, 161.
/ Number of volumes lost or injure
and paid for, 4.
Current periodicals.: Subscription!
!: 90; gifts of Montana periodicals, "a
, other gifts, 81 Total currently r.
ceived. lao.
Loans for home philosophy an
} religion, 1874; history, SCI; biograph.
359; geography and travel, 3O8; socis
: sciences, 100; natural science, 304
useful arts, 1873; fine arts, 1874; lal
guage and literature, 1,242; fiictiol
: 1886. Total, 14,076.
Financial. Statement for Second Yea
5 Receipts Balance in fund Decen
: Der 81, 1902 $7.17; from city trea
7 urer, receipts from tax, Decembe
!, 1902, $2,1S3.16; from city treasure
Z receipts from tax, January, 1903, $S.7
1 Total receipts, $2,199.6S.
;, Expenditures-Book account. Bool
: and periodicals, $312.99. Salary a
count: Librarian, $754.69; assistal
l librarian, $3375O. Total, $1,O92.1
/. Maintenance account: Janitor, 1923 81
l lighting, $248; heating, $129.59; mi
cellaneous, SIT. Total, $717.94. Grar