XXX Annual Report of the Council. 



creditor the separate accounts, on the 31st March, 191 1, are 

 the following : — 



At the credit of General Fund ;^62 11 6 



„ ,, Wilde Endowment Fund... 149 12 4 



„ „ Joule Memorial Fund 92 3 10 



Balance 31st March, 1911 ;^304 7 8 



The Wilde Endowment Fund, which is kept as a separate 

 banking account, shows a balance of ;z{^ 149. 12s. 4d. in its favour, 

 as against ;^i79. 9s. yd. at the beginning of the financial year, 

 the receipts from the invested funds being the same as those for 

 the previous year. 



The Librarian reports that during the session 704 volumes 

 have been stamped, catalogued and pressmarked, 656 of these 

 being serials, and 48 separate works. There have been written 

 189 catalogue cards, 125 for serials, and 64 for separate works. 

 The total number of volumes catalogued to date is 33,082 for 

 which 11,731 cards have been written. 



Satisfactory use is made of the library for reference purposes. 

 During the session, 185 volumes have been borrowed from the 

 library, as compared with 202 in the previous session. 



Further attention has been given to the completion of sets, 

 46 volumes and parts having been obtained, which complete 

 two sets and partly complete two others. These were presented 

 by the societies publishing them. 



A larger amount of binding has been done this session, 

 214 volumes having been bound in 167. 



A record of the accessions to the library shows that, from 

 April, 1910, to March, 191 1, 758 serials and 67 separate works 

 were received, a total of 825 volumes. The donations during 



