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REPORT OF THE CLAPHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY
SUB-COMMITTEE
For the Year ended 31st March, 1910.
The Sub-Committee have pleasure in presenting the TwentyThird
Annual Report on the work of the Clapham Library.
The number of books issued during the year was 136,604 in the
Lending Library and 22,982 in the Reference Library, being a total
issue of 159,586 volumes, and a daily average of 665 volumes for the
240 days on which the library was open. These figures are much
higher than any hitherto recorded, and show an increase in issues of
28,110 volumes over the previous year, and a daily average increase
of 126 volumes.
The number of books now in stock is 18,659, of which 15,196 are
in the Lending Library and 3,463 in the Reference Library.
4,337 readers' ordinary tickets (including renewals) and 1,102students'
tickets were issued during the year.
Advantage was taken of the publication of a new catalogue of
works of fiction and juvenile literature in July, 1909, to withdraw a
number of obsolete and worn-out books, to add duplicates of the more
popular works, and to re-arrange and re-number the books in these
classes in alphabetical order under authors.
The Sub-Committee desire to express their cordial thanks to the
various donors of books, periodicals, etc., during the past year. The
principal donations were a number of books from Dr. H. R. Mosse
and Mr. T. Browning, and a Roman altar stone, fouud in the grounds
of Cavendish House, Clapham Common, and presented by Councillor
E. J. Golds.