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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DIVISIONAL
COMMITTEE OF
Claphant public library
For the Year ended 31st March, 1901.
THE Divisional Committee in making their first report
since the Library has been placed under the
control of the Borough Council, have pleasure in stating
that the Library continues to work effectively in the
interests of the ratepayers, and under somewhat
improved financial conditions.
Great attention has been paid by the Committee to
the necessity for replacing a large number of soiled and
worn-out books, and many new and interesting works
have been added both to the Lending and Reference
Departments.
The number of volumes issued during the past year
was 73,843, and the stock of books now amounts to
9,365. Both these figures show a considerable increase
on previous years.
No complete statistics have been kept as to the
number of volumes consulted in the Reference Department,
in consequence of the more popular books being
kept in open cases readily available without the necessity