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1857, for raising the amount required for fitting-up an 
additional library room, and for binding the books, and which 
Avas estimated at about £145., was kept open until the 
beginning of the session Avhich is now closing. The final 
result is, that £89. iCs. have been subscribed by one honorary 
and fifty-six ordinary members ; in stating which, it is but 
proper to observe that the appeal was exclusively made to the 
members of the latter class. 
The expenditure up to the present moment, out of that 
fund, has been : 
*) 
For fitting-iip the new library room, altering and 
repairing old bookcases, and for a new library 
ladder £25 2 6 
Less defrayed out of the donation of £.30. from (he 
Watt Monument Committee 12 10 0 
From the library fund... £12 12 6 
For binding 2 vols. in folio and 59 vols. in 4to (average 
cost, nearly 4s. 5d. per vol.) 13 8 6 
For binding 254 vols. in 8vo. (average cost. Is. lid. 
per vol.) 24 6 6 
For cases, in the shape of books, to serve as 
receptacles for loose tracts, arranged alphabetically. 2 8 0 
Total £52 15 6 
Leaving a balance of... £37 0 6 
not yet disposed of. The binding of the books is, 
however, uninteruptedly proceeded with. Ninety vols., one 
half in 4to. and one half in 8vo., are now in the binder’s 
hands, and nearly ready, and probably in one or two months 
from this day as many volumes as the disposable amount 
admits of, will have been substantially bound. The progress 
of binding may perhaps appear slow, but it has probably been 
much more to the advantage of the library to allow the binder 
to perform the work at his leisure and with care, than to run 
the risk of negligence by insisting upon unnecessary haste ; 
