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temporarily after the publication of volume 8, number 2, December, 

 1939; tbe Journal of the Ministry of Agriculture suspended with 

 the September, 1939, issue, " for the duration," and Science Prog- 

 ress announced suspension with the October, 1939, issue (volume 

 34, No. 134), "during the continuation of the war." 



Cost of I lie Library. — The total expenditure for the library 

 from January 1. 1911, to December 31, 1940 (not counting per- 

 sonal service or equipment and supplies) has been $86,883.32, 

 distributed as follows : 



Publications Subscriptions Binding Indexes Labels 



$49,745.31 $17,495.40 $15,909.27 $3,304.51 $428.83 



Twenty-eight university libraries reported to the American 

 Library Association an expenditure for library purposes for the 

 college year 1938-1939, an average of 4.3 per cent., of the total 

 budgets of their respective institutions. The United States Office 

 of Education reported for the same period that the libraries of 

 Land Grant Colleges that were not functioning satisfactorily were 

 expending less than four per cent, of tbe total budgets of the col- 

 leges. The Library .Association considers that not less than lour 

 per cent, of the total budget of an institution is necessary for 

 adequate library service. 



The total expended for our Library for 1940 was $10,900, which 

 is 5.6 per cent, of the total Botanic Garden budget of $194,867 for 

 that year — slightly in excess of the minimum percentage considered 

 by the Library Association as essential for effective functioning. 



Need of Funds. — The expenditure of $86,883 for thirty years 

 represents an average of approximately $2900 a year — a very 

 modest sum considering the growth of the library from its be- 

 ginning, the number and geographical extent of its users (from 

 coast to coast, and from New England to Florida), and its im- 

 portance to the Garden and the local community. The library 

 should be permanently financed by a special endowment fund, 

 restricted to the library and yielding an income sufficient to meet 

 the entire annual needs, including personal service. 



The present total library endowment is only $25,917.20, which 

 yielded an income in 1940 of $971.87, or about one-third the year's 

 library budget. To provide the present budget at tbe present 



