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Newnes Public Library. Putney.
REPORT OF THE DIVISIONAL COMMITTEE
FOR PUTNEY.
In presenting their report for the year ended March
31st, 1901, the Committee have pleasure in stating
that the Library continues to be extensively used in
every department.
The Reference Library attracts a large number of
teachers and students who highly prize the free access to
valuable works that would otherwise be beyond their
reach. No record can be kept of the actual number of
volumes consulted. In the Lending Library the number
of borrowers has largely increased, being 719 more than
last year.
The Committee regret that the maintenance of the
Library, added to the extremely high cost of electric
lighting, almost absorbs their present income, leaving
practically no margin for the purchase of new books.
They are again greatly indebted to H.M. Stationery
Office, to the Trustees of the British Museum, and to
other generous donors for gifts of books.
The important change brought about by the inclusion
of Putney in the Borough of Wandsworth,
necessitated the retirement of the existing Library
Commissioners. The Rev. R. A. Redford, Chairman of
Commissioners from 1889 to November, 1900, having