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SUB-COMMITTEE REPORT
For the Year ended 31st March, 1906.
THE Sub-Committee beg to present their report on the work
of the Wandsworth Libraries during the year which ended
on 31st March, 1906.
There are three libraries under the charge of the SubCommittee,
viz., West Hill Library, Allfarthing Lane Branch Library
and the Branch for the Exchange of Books, at Windermere Terrace,
Garratt Lane, Earlsfield. The cost of maintenance of this last is
being generously borne by Alderman J. W. Lorden.
The number of volumes issued from the West Hill and Allfarthing
Lane Libraries was 107,202, an increase of 10,476 over the return for
the year ending 31st March, 1905.
The number of books in the lending libraries in the different
classes, and the number issued are given in Table I., the percentages
of issues in each class in Table II., and the issues since 1st April,
1900, in Table III.
The statistics for the Branch for the Exchange of Books at Earlsfield
will be found in Table IV.
The lending libraries are open each day in the week except
Thursday, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., while the reading rooms are open
each week-day from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Allfarthing Lane Branch Library has been redecorated in accordance
with the terms of the lease, and the electric lamps there have
been re-arranged.