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Show MANY VOLUMES IN THE PDBLIC LIBRARY .At a regular monthly meeting of the directors di-rectors of the public library Miss Sprague, the librarian, submitted her report, showing show-ing that the library now has more than 5,000 volumes on Its shelves, with a membership mem-bership of something more than 14,000, a gain over January of 292. The new fiction catalogue, which patrons pa-trons of the library have been awaiting for some time. Is In the hands of the printers, and will be ready soon. The report re-port in part follows: ' The- circulation of the library atill continue to Increase, as Is shown by the gain over last , month of 149S. and a gain over January of last year of $80. This, of course, means an Increase In the number of books discarded and rebound, the loss of these books being felt particularly n the juvenile department, wher the addition addi-tion have not In any way corresponded with the losses. Statistics for January. 190ft Number of volumes In library Jan. 1. 130S.24.84 Number of volumes purchased 235 Number of volumes donated 40 Total number of volumes accessioned J75 Number of volume, lost (paid for 1 Number of volumes discarded ( approved by board January 1") Number of volumes destroyed by Health department 7 Total number of volumes Inst, etc 74 Total number of volumes In library February Feb-ruary 1. 195 25.049 Accessions aa segregated Vols. Cost. fiction 141 $115.40 Juvenile n 25. S Miscellaneous lew 12. 4t Total 27i 3M 4 Number of pamphlet, donated 17 Number of volume catalogued 27S Number of volume rebound 131 Number of volume repaired Membership January 1. 1906 1X757 Membership card Issued during month JIM Membership cards canceled during month 12 Gain In membership ; Total membership February, 1901 14.049 Rooks loaned for borne use 10 05 Average dally loans '402 Rooks loaned in raadlng-rooina 1 4.-,3 Average dally loaned In reading-room.... 1 Cain in clrculaUor. over last month 1 4X Pally virlton (estlmatod) 'gto Days open 25 Number of volume submitted for discarding discard-ing 7; Number of Infected volume, reported In hands cf Health department 17 Classified circulation-Bibliography circulation-Bibliography 2 Philosophy "" 91 Religion jno Sociology ,11 , Philology i ;;; Natural eclenc 90 I seful art j4j Fine art 93 ' Literature J74 History '. 0l Geography and travel. 1M Biography 152 Fiction j749 Juvenile j jg German ' jg French ) u -I?". 10.W5 Receipt For fine 16, 55 For lost book 1., 1 25 For reserve book postal g Total 55.to |