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Washburn, president of board ; Geo. A. Gibbs, secretary ; C. M. Parker, 

 O. S. Picher, J. W. Vandevort, trustees. Mrs. S. E. Merritt, librarian, 

 Miss lyaura B. Packard, assistant librarian. The following table I take 

 bodily from the city clerk's report above referred to : 



LIBRARY DEPARTMENT. 



Salary of Librarian, $50.00 per month $600 00 



Salary of Assistant Librarian, $25.00 per month 300 00 



Salary of Janitor, $15.00 per month 180 00 



Lighting 175 69 



Fuel 103 00 



New Books 1,208 67 



Freight and drayage on books 18 33 



Subscriptions to magazines and papers 159 10 



Binding books and magazines 82 60 



Printing lists and blanks 40 31 



Stationery and postage 24 15 



Brooms and brushes 2 20 



Notary fees 50 



Repairs on building, painting, etc 153 05 $ 3,047 60 



The total amount of Library bonds issued in 1890, was $8,500, at 7 per 

 cent, interest. And at the date of the above report there were $6,800 of 

 these bonds still outstanding. 



In August, 1894, the librarian made her annual report to the board of 

 trustees, and from it I glean a few points of historic interest for preservation. 

 She says : 



' ' The support of the library is derived from a tax levy on all taxable 

 property within the city limits, the assessment being 5 cents on each $100, 

 two fifths of which goes to the library sinking fund and three-fifths to the 

 maintenance of the library. The apportionment to the library department 

 for 1893-94 was $2,736.92." 



The total number of books then in the library was 7,044. The total 

 number of card-memberships for drawing out books was 2,781. The library 

 had been open to the public on 360 days during the year, and 43,982 books 

 had been drawn out by card, while 8,273 ^^'^ been drawn for use in the 

 library reading rooms. A charge of 50 cents per month or $1.25 per quarter, 

 in advance, is made for membership cards to persons residing outside the 

 city limits. During the year 90 books had been rebound, 12 discarded, and 

 207 repaired in the library workroom. Eighty-two periodicals were regu- 

 larly received ; and the total outlay for supplying the literature tables for 

 the year was $154.40. The fees from non-resident borrowers had amounted 

 to $43.75 ; and fines for keeping books out over time were $179.65. 



ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND SCIENTIFIC COLLECTIONS. 



President C. T. Hopkins of the Pasadena Library Association delivered 

 public address February 18, 1889, on the early history and pressing needs 

 [of the Library enterprise. And in this address he said : 



" We have in private hands four large collections — in Mineralogy, Geo- 

 [logy, Conchology and Archaeology — ready to be placed on exhibition in 



