Show REPORT OF LIBRARIAN INSTITUTION IN A HEALTHY CONDITION Board Meets and Orders New Purchases Pur-chases Bills to tho Amount of 849343 Approved At yesterdays regular monthly meeting meet-ing of the board of library trustees new books were ordered purchased bills amounting to 19513 and a statement state-ment approved showing 3331911 to the credit of the library fund Librarian Chapmans report Is as follows There was something of n falling off In circulation during the month just passed Time first school month always fchows this decrease which Is I confined to I the juvenile department While the dall > I 1 average Is as great as usual In September the total circulation shows more of a decrease de-crease owing to the closing of the library 0 day and a half In compliance with instructions In-structions from the Mayor at the time of the assassination and burial of President Presi-dent McKInley Tho completion of our card catalogue Is an cvent of somo Importance to our lib pleasure rary and I record the fact with great STATISTICS FOR SEPTEMBER Number of volumes In library September Sep-tember 1 10Ji 1GG11 Number of volumes purchased 204 l Number of volumes bound 51 Number of volumes donated 7 Total number of volumes accessioned 322 Number volumes lost paid for 2 Total number discarded lost etc 2 Number pamphlets donated 1 Number of maps purchased 1 Number of volumes rebound SO Number of volumes repaired G Number of volumes catalogued US 1 Borroweis cards Issued I 107 Borrowers cards Issued to date 11022 Borrowers cards reissued 51 Borrowers cards canceled Z Borrowers cards canceled to date 10 Books loaned for homo use 6412 Average daily loans 21S Books Issued In reading roems 3150 Average dally Issued In reading rooms > 137 Dolly visitors estimated 400 Days open 2 CLASSIFIED CIRCULATION Philosophy 4 Religion 30 Sociology il 3 Philology 3 Natural science 11 Useful arts 3 Fine C arts U 1 I Literature s 141 History 91 1 Geography and travel 40 Biography 8 Fiction 3707 I Juvenile 1121 German 4 Total G412 LIST OP DONORS Burrows A J Milwaukee one pamphlet phlet Little C F Salt Lake City one bound volume Macgrcgor Mrs P M Salt Lake City one bound volume Unites States Superintendent of Public Documents Washington one bound volume Total vol-ume Williams S Carlyle four bound volumes RECEIPTS For fines J3757 For lost books 275 For reserve book postals lSS Total 1220 Tho library Wednesday half holidays have been discontinued J |