1888 Annual Report for the Lane Memorial Library

LIBRARY COMMITTEE'S REPORT

For the year ending March 1, 1889

The Library Committee respectfully submits the following report:

Received from the Town,   $100.00
Balance from last year,     44.62
Received from fines,   $.80
Sale of Catalogues,   $3.20
200 Library cards,   +$2.00
    $150.62
Paid for new books,   $43.22  
Covering 285 books,       2.85  
200 catalogues,     56.00  
Labor on same,       5.00  
Removing and replacing books & cases,       2.50  
Four curtains,       1.00  
Salary of Librarian,     20.00  
500 Library cards,       3.24  
Additional book shelves,       5.00  
Check book and stationery,         .60  
Hinges and paint,         .80  
Covering paper and express,         .54  
Fuel, oil, wicks, etc.,       1.75  
75 slips with names of books added the past year,     +1.60  
    -$144.10
Balance on hand,   $6.52
Number of volumes in the library, 1,329.
Number of books taken out for the eight months the library was open, 1,488.
The number for the same time last year, 1,166.
Number of volumes added, 43. Replaced, 1.
Presented by Commissioner of Education at Washington, 1.
  WM. T. MERRILL,}
CHAS. M. BATCHELDER,}
S. ALBERT SHAW,}
Library Committee.