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REPORT OF THE CLAPHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY
SUB-COMMITTEE,
For the Year ended 31st March, 1911.
The Sub-Committee have pleasure in presenting the TwentyFourth
Annual Report on the work of the Clapham Library.
The number of books issued during the year was 148,062 in
the Lending Library and 22,718 in the Reference Library, being
a total issue of 170,780 volumes, and a daily average of 727
volumes for the 235 days on which the library was open. These
figures are the highest of any hitherto recorded, and show an
increase in issues of 11,194 over the previous year, and a daily
average increase of 62 volumes.
The number of books now in stock is 19,122, of which 15,554
are in the Lending Library and 3,568 in the Reference Library.
4,419 readers' ordinary tickets (including renewals) and 1,359
students' tickets were issued during the year in the Lending
Library.
In consequence of all the available shelf room in the
Reference Library being filled with books, three additional bookcases
have been erected in that department, under the superintendence
of the Borough Engineer and Surveyor.
The Sub-Committee desire to express their cordial thanks to
the donors of various books, periodicals, pictures, etc.
The Borough Council in November, 1910, re-appointed the
Mayor (Alderman Dawnay, J.P.), Alderman Lidiard, and
Councillors Bulcraig, J.P., Cox, Cundall, Duncan, Henderson and