16 LIBRARIES. 
LENDING LIBRARIES STOCKS. 
The work of revising the stocks at the Branch Libraries, as 
indicated in my Report last year has been continued, and during 
the year 2,610 soiled volumes were cancelled, while 6,396 volumes 
were replaced. Over 10,000 new volumes were purchased for the 
Lending Libraries (including a stock for the Old Swan Reading 
Room and Book Delivery Station), and care was taken to augment 
the stocks of those Branch Libraries where the supplies have not 
hitherto been equal to the demands. 
CATALOGUES, 
The Cataloguing staff has been actively engaged on the Reference 
Library Catalogue, and satisfactory progress for the year was 
reported to the Committee. Catalogues of the books in the Adult 
sections of West Derby and Kirkdale Branch Libraries were 
published, as well as Catalogues of Books for Children in the 
Kensington, Wavertree, and Rawdon Branch Libraries. <A special 
Catalogue of Books for Blind Readers was also compiled and 
issued. 
Brancu LIBRARIES AND SCHOOLS. 
The Committee will, I am sure, view with satisfaction the 
continued work with the schools. Nearly all the Branch Libraries 
are now visited for special work by classes from Schools in the 
various districts. At the Walton and Fazakerley Branch Library 
during the winter months Lectures have been given by teachers 
to classes consisting of selected pupils from schools in the district. 
New BuILpInGs. 
In June the new Reading Room and Book Delivery Station at 
Old Swan, the gift of Mr. Andrew Carnegie, was opened by the 
Chairman of the Library Sub-Committee (Councillor E. C. Given). 
This building represents a new development of our Library work. 
The Old Swan is a growing district but not sufficiently advanced 
to require a fully stocked Branch Library. In this new building 
there is provided a Reading Room with a good selection of News- 
