Anmial Report of the Council. xxv 



The Society commenced the session with a balance in hand, 

 from all sources, of ;!^4oo. 7s. lod., made up as follows : — 



At credit of General Fund ^46 14 7 



„ ,, Wilde Endowment Fund... 253 14 7 

 „ ,, Joule Memorial Fund 99 18 8 



Balance 31st March, 19 1 2 ^400 7 10 



At the close of the session the total balance in hand 



amounted to ^^263. is. 6d., the amounts standing at credit 

 of the various accounts on the 31st March, 1913, being: — 



At credit of General Fund j[^^\'2- 2 7 



„ ,, Wilde Endowment Fund... 116 11 5 



,, ,, Joule Memorial Fund 4. 7 6 



Balance 31st March, 1913 ^263 1 6 



The Wilde Endowment Fund, kept as a separate banking 

 account, shows a balance due to the Fund of ;;^ii6. iis. 5d. in 

 its favour, as against a balance in hand of ^253. 14s. 7d. at the 

 end of the last financial year. The receipts for the year 19 12-13 

 show a slight increase on the receipts for the year 191 1-12. 



The Librarian reports that during the session 876 volumes 

 have been stamped, catalogued and pressmarked ; S13 of these 

 were serials, and 63 were separate works. 210 catalogue cards 

 were written, 158 for serials, and 52 for separate works. The 

 total number of volumes catalogued to date is 34,627, for 

 which 12,189 cards have been written. 



The library continues to be satisfactorily used for reference 

 purposes. 238 volumes have been borrowed from the library 

 during the past year. The number of books borrowed during 

 the previous twelve months was 274, and during 1911-12, 185. 



