xxvi Annual Report of the Council. 



The balance in hand at the close of the session amounted to 

 £462. is. i^d., the amounts standing at credit of the various 

 accounts on the 31st March, 1915, being: — 



At credit of General Fund £ 24 2 z\ 



„ ,, Wilde Endowment Fund... 353 4 5 

 ,, ,, Joule Memorial Fund 84 14 6 



Balance 31st March, 1915 £462 1 \\ 



The Wilde Endowment Fund, kept as a separate banking 

 account, shows a balance due to the Fund of ^353. 4s. 5d. in 

 its favour, as against a balance in hand of ^249. 14s. 6d. at the 

 end of the last financial year. The receipts for the year 19 14-15 

 show a slight decrease as compared with those for the previous 

 year. 



;£i88 17s. 3d. of the capital of the Joule Memorial Fund 

 has been invested in the purchase of .£200 of the War Loan. 



The Librarian reports that during the session 785 volumes 

 have been stamped, catalogued and pressmarked ; 705 of these 

 were serials, and 80 were separate works, 234 catalogue cards 

 were written, 153 for serials, and 81 for separate works. The 

 total number of volumes catalogued to date is 36,367, for 

 which 12,647 cards have been written. 



The library continues to be satisfactorily used for reference 

 purposes. 201 volumes have been borrowed from the library 

 during the past year. The number of books borrowed during 

 the previous year was 2S5, and during 1911-12, 238. 



During the year 288 volumes have been bound in 194 

 covers. In the previous session the corresponding numbers were 

 267 volumes in 185 covers. 



