xxxviii Annual Report of the Council. 



credit of the separate accounts, on the 31st March, 1907, are 

 the following : — 



At the credit of General Fund £26 16 o 



„ ,, Wilde Endowment Fund... 71 12 9 



,, „ Joule Memorial Fund 80 6 2 



„ ,, Dalton Tomb Fund 36 1 8 



Balance 31st March, 1907 £ 2l A J 6 7 



The Wilde Endowment Fund, which is kept as a separate 

 banking account shows a balance of ^"71. 12. 9d. in its favour, 

 as against ^248. 16s. id., at the beginning of the financial 

 year, the receipts from the invested funds being the same as 

 last year. 



During the summer several improvements and alterations to 

 the Society's house were carried out, including the provision of 

 a ladies' lavatory on the upper floor. Dr. H. Wilde as a member 

 of the Committee appointed to carry out these improvements 

 has received the thanks of the Council for the time and attention 

 he bestowed in devising and superintending them. The cost, 

 amounting to ^248. is. 9d.,'has been charged to the Wilde 

 Endowment Fund. 



The Librarian reports that during the session 654 volumes 

 have been stamped, catalogued and pressmarked, 615 of these 

 being serials, and 39 separate w r orks. There have been written 

 249 catalogue cards, 192 for serials, and 57 for separate works. 

 The total number of volumes catalogued to date is 29,776 for 

 which 10,444 cards have been written. 



Satisfactory use is made of the library for reference purposes, 

 but the number of volumes consulted is not recorded. During 

 the session, 176 volumes have been borrowed from the library, 

 as compared with 160 in the previous session. 



Some attention has continued to be paid to the completion 

 of sets, 31 volumes or parts having been obtained, which partly 



