Show LIBRARY BOARD MEETING l Librarians Report Showed Gain in Membership of 175 The Free Public Library board had Us regular monthly mectlngyctcrday thoao present being T G Webber chairman Mesdames Richards Dart and Miller and H c 11111 The librarian libra-rian reported fines fete in the aggregate aggre-gate of 1375 collected during the preceding pre-ceding month and the amount was ordered placed to the credit of the library fund Bills amounting to J11S141 were approved ap-proved and ordered paid The City Auditor reported 551901 on hand to tho credit of the library Inclusive In-clusive of the 1002 taxes Iho librarian reported a lot of worn out books mid turn was directed to them over to the charitable Institu Lions of the city The statistical report or the librarian showed the following Nllmber or volumes In lIbrary De cfmbfr 1 jfl 151 Total number of volumes accessioned 132 I Total number discarded lost etc 37 Dumber of pamphlets donated 3 Number of volumes rebound J3S Number of volumes repaired u H Number of volumes Catalogued 132 Membership cards December 1st less canceled and expired G869 Membership cards issued during month < 185 f Membership cardn canceled during month 10 Gain in membership iilllil 175 Total membership January 1302 7011 Books loaned for homo uso GGftj Average dally lolna 263 Books issued In readingrooms 3057 Average daily Issued in reading rooms r > 5fl Days open 25 The classified circulation was shown to be ns follows Philosophy i pi Religion ci Sociology 57 Phlloogy 4 Natural science i 51 Useful arts 51 Fine Arts 73 Literature oi SI History 132 Geography and travel 78 Biography 116 Fiction 1052 Juvenile 1720 French 2 Total GGD5 Tho list of donors Is as follows Bound Pain Vols phlcts American Trade league Boston 1 Llbrary bureau Chicago 1 Hon George Sutherland Salt Lake t 1 1 United States War department 1 |