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48 being presented and 90 purchased. The number of
volumes issued was 2,395 (daily average 8). The total
stock in both Lending and Reference Departments is
13,353 volumes.
PASSMORE EDWARDS LIBRARY, SHEPHERD'S BUSH.
Lending Department.
Stock.—The Lending Department contains 9,403
volumes; 155 were added during the year, 51 having
been presented, and 104 purchased.
Issue.—The issue reached the large number of
124,958 volumes, being a daily average of 507 for the
246 days the Library was open.
Borrowers.—The number of new borrowers enrolled
was 2,521; 1,042 tickets were renewed and 115 were
cancelled, leaving the approximate number in force 3,448.
Reference Department.
The number of volumes in the Reference Library is
323, and the issue numbered 1,635 (daily average 6).
The Special Library in the Boy's Room contains 231
volumes. The total in all departments is 9978.
The total stock in the two Libraries is 23,331
volumes, and the aggregate issue for the year reached
202,208 (daily average 802).
There have been numerous gifts, all of which will be
found recorded in the report, but the donation of Mrs.
William Morris, which included several volumes printed
at the famous Kelmscott Press, deserves to be specially
mentioned.
The following is a list of the titles:—
Morris, William. "Well at the World's End," la. 4 to.
1896.