xlviii Annual Report of the Council. 



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

 ^329. 8s. 4d., the amounts standing at credit of the various 

 accounts on the 31st March, 1916, being: — 



At credit of General Fund £ 27 19 1 



„ ,, AVilde Endowment Fund... 224 12 o 

 ,, ,, Joule Memorial Fund 76 17 3 



Balance 31st March, T916 £z 2 9 8 4 



The Wilde Endowment Fund, kept as a separate banking 

 account, shows a balance due to the Fund of ,£224 12s. od. in 

 its favour, as against a balance in hand of ^353. 4s. 50". at the 

 end of the last financial year. The receipts for the year 1915-16 

 show a slight decrease as compared with those for the previous 

 year. 



^195. 1 6s. od. of the balance of the Wilde Endowment 

 Fund has been invested in the purchase of ^200 of the new 4J 

 per cent. War Loan Stock ; and the ^200 (^188. 17s. 3d.) of 

 the 3^ per cent. War Loan Stock purchased last year for the 

 Joule Memorial l r und has been converted into ^200 of the 

 new 4^ per cent. War Loan Stock. 



The Society's house has been insured under the Government 

 Air Raid insurance scheme. 



The Librarian reports that during the session 672 volumes 

 have been stamped, catalogued and pressmarked ; 611 of these 

 were serials, and 61 were separate works. 229 catalogue cards 

 were written, 149 for serials, and 80 for separate works. The 

 total number of volumes catalogued to date is 37,039 for 

 which 12,876 cards have been written. 



The library continues to be satisfactorily used for reference 

 purposes. 184 volumes have been borrowed from the library 



