XXX AtiJiual Report of the Council. 



The balance in hand at the close of the session amounted to 

 ^548. 2S. I id., the amounts standing at credit of the various 

 accounts on the 31st March, 1914, being:— 



At credit of General Fund £, Z^ 11 4 



,, ,, Wilde Endowment Fund... 249 14 6 

 ,, ,, Joule Memorial Fund 266 17 i 



IJalance 31st March, 1 914 ^548 2 11 



The Wilde Endowment Fund, kept as a sepaiate banking 

 account, shows a balance due to the Fund of ^249. 14s. 6d. in 

 its favour, as against a balance in hand of ^it6. i is. 5d. at the 

 end of the last financial year. The receipts for the year 19 13-14 

 again show a slight increase on those for the [trevious year. 



The Librarian reports that during the session 955 volumes 

 have been stamped, catalogued and pressmarked ; 919 of these 

 were serials, and 36 were separate works. 244 catalogue cards 

 w-ere written, 160 for serials, and 64 for separate works. The 

 total number of volumes catalogued to date is 35,582, for 

 which 12,413 cards have been written. 



The library continues to be satisfactorily used for reference 

 purposes. 285 volumes have been borrowed from the library 

 during the past year. The number of books borrowed dunng 

 the previous year was 238, and during 1911-12, 274. 



During the year 267 volumes have been bound in 185 

 covers. In the previous session the corresponding numbers were 

 229 volumes in 192 covers. 



The additions to the library for the session amounted to 

 896 volumes, 836 serials, and 60 separate works. The donations 

 (exclusive of the usual exchanges) were 57 volumes and 203 

 dissertations ; 3 volumes were purchased, in addition to those 

 regularly subscribed for. 



