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REPORT.
To the Vestry of the Parish of Clerkenwell.
Gentlemen,
This Report, which we have the pleasure to present to the
Vestry, covers the period from January ist, 1898, to March,
31st, 1899, and represents nine months working under the
late Board of Library Commissioners, and six months under
the Library Committee of the Vestry. The chief event has
been the transfer of the powers of the Commissioners to the
Vestry, which took place on September 29th, 1898, under an
order of the Local Government Board.
Stock.—The additions during the fifteen months numbered
1382 volumes, of which 317 were placed in the Reference,
and 1065 in the Lending department, making the totals 5246
and 13,010, respectively.

315 volumes were purchased to replace worn-out copies, and
32 books found in infected houses by the Medical Officer of
Health were destroyed.
Book Issues and Readers.—The total number of volumes
issued was 150,124, of which 19,932 were for Reference;
128,334 for home reading, and 1,858 were issued on Sundays.