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Show SCHOOLS EXTENSION mil AND LIBRARY That tha Salt Lake public library year by year is making splendid record rec-ord for itself is shown by the annual report of the library board for the year ending ay. 31, mu, rued wits the city recorder tbia morning. The report - shows, heavy increase in the circulation and membership anbaerip-tion, anbaerip-tion, and refer, to the splendid reeults being accomplished through the extension exten-sion work in the- schools The library ia in- mm excellent financial condition. The increase in the circulation of books amonnta to about 7000, according accord-ing to the report, and it is estimated that there were about 200,000 books lent. exit during . the year.- Tbe cash balance on hadd June 1' last amount, to f 8952.45. Jnne 1, 1810, the balance aggregated 853.17. Taxea collected during the year' were $U(t5.7f. The disbursements -aggregated $19,877.47. Tbe amount estimated which will be required to run the library the present year ia $25,000. ;"- The . report shows that ' there were 35,741) volumes in the library June 1, 101l and during the year 5055 new volumes vol-umes nave been acquired. Five- hundred hun-dred and flftv-eight volumes were lost, leaving total June 1, 1911, of 39,334. |