LIBRARY TREASURER’S REPORT
RECEIPTS
| Cash on hand Feb. 1, 1933: |
$ 415.17 |
| Received from Town: |
1,800.00 |
| Currier fund: |
70.00 |
| Lydia A. Lane fund: |
+ 11.94 |
| |
$ 2,297.11 |
|
EXPENDITURES
| Margaret S. Noyes, Salary as Librarian |
$ 365.00 |
| Walter S. Noyes, Janitor |
52.00 |
| Edgar Warren, Treasurer |
25.00 |
| Paid for new books |
665.66 |
| Cherry Hill Nurseries |
53.02 |
| Oil for heating |
59.03 |
| Electric Lights |
66.67 |
| Tobey & Merrill, insurance |
108.00 |
| Edward S. Batchelder, painting |
90.16 |
| Willard M. Emery, plants and labor |
15.50 |
| Walter S. Noyes, mowing lawn |
8.00 |
| Walter S. Noyes, carpenter work |
7.50 |
| Sarah M. Lane, paid out for labor |
12.90 |
| Membership State Library Ass'n |
3.00 |
| Hampton Publishing Company |
2.00 |
| Periodicals for Reading Room |
66.75 |
| Cards and Card Envelopes |
7.10 |
| John A. Janvrin, door and door set |
36.45 |
| Loma for lawn |
4.76 |
| E. G. Cole Co., shades for windows |
16.76 |
| W. A. Young, hardware |
10.40 |
| Miscellaneous |
10.00 |
| Letter files and postage |
2.21 |
| C. H. Brown, fertilizer |
10.50 |
| John P. Kimball, oil heater |
+ 345.00 |
| Total: |
-$ 2,043.37 |
| Balance on hand: |
$ 253.74 |
|
The Treasurer's report has been examined, checked and approved by Sanford G. York, public accountant.
REPORT OF TRUSTEES
“Our Starving Libraries” is the name of a book just published by the Houghton, Mifflin Company, and is an account of first-hand investigation of public libraries in ten representative cities of the United States. In only one of these cities, Springfield, Mass., has the library been adequately maintained. Boston has dropped to such an unimportant place that it is not even listed. It must be a matter of pride to every citizen of Hampton that our Public Library has been well kept up during these distressing years and is now in better condition than ever before.
During the year that is past many improvements have been made in the physical property. Ornamental shrubs and flowering plants have been set out in the grounds about the Library, and in a few years will furnish a framework of verdant beauty. The entrance to the Library building has been made more dignified by a new door, and the interior of the building has been thoroughly cleaned, the floors shellacked, the walls and ceilings morescoed. New shades have been hung at all the windows. Oil heating has been introduced. The great advantage of oil heating for a library is that the amount of dust that comes up through the floors and the registers is reduced to a minimum and the books better protected. The Library property is adequately insured.
The Librarian’s report will show that nearly four hundred volumes have been purchased. during the year. More books have been taken out than ever before. While this is gratifying, it means increased wear and tear for the books and the need of constant replacement. Like everything else, books have advanced in price. Books that formerly cost $1.50 to $2.00 now cost from $2.00 to $2.50, and higher priced books in proportion. Still, if the town will keep up the present appropriation of $1,800 a year, the trustees are confident they can maintain the present high standing of the Library.
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EDGAR WARREN,
SARAH M. LANE,
O. RAYMOND GARLAND. |
REPORT OF LIBRARIAN
Submitted by Margaret S. Noyes, Librarian
It is my privilege to give the following report of Hampton Public Library from February 1, 1933 to January 31, 1934:
| Number of volumes added: |
|
| By purchase: |
383 |
| By gift: |
+ 31 |
| Number of volumes added: |
414 |
|
CIRCULATION ACCORDING TO CLASSES
| |
| |
Adult
Fiction |
Adult
Non-Fiction |
Juvenile
Fiction |
Juvenile
Non-Fiction |
Totals |
| Feb. |
1,113 |
162 |
288 |
125 |
1,688 |
| Mar. |
1,264 |
189 |
334 |
120 |
1,907 |
| Apr. |
1,143 |
139 |
309 |
106 |
1,697 |
| May |
842 |
123 |
348 |
81 |
1,394 |
| June |
721 |
83 |
222 |
49 |
1,075 |
| July |
1,133 |
120 |
262 |
43 |
1,558 |
| Aug |
1,109 |
123 |
284 |
59 |
1,575 |
| Sept. |
952 |
127 |
234 |
73 |
1,386 |
| Oct. |
876 |
99 |
316 |
78 |
1,369 |
| Nov. |
1,215 |
132 |
440 |
98 |
1,885 |
| Dec. |
1,255 |
148 |
332 |
71 |
1,806 |
| Jan. |
1,240 |
191 |
348 |
76 |
1,855 |
| Totals: |
12,863 |
1,636 |
3,717 |
979 |
19,195 |
|
| |
| TOTAL CIRCULATION: |
19,195 |
| Magazine Circulation: |
625 |
| Largest number books in one day: |
266 |
| Smallest number in one day: |
100 |
|
The reading room is patronized even more than last year, both in the afternoon and evening. It was opened on Sunday afternoons during the month of December, but as few availed themselves of the opportunity, it was thought best not to continue the plan.
I am grateful to those who contributed flowers for the reading room during the Summer and Fall. I wish it were possible to have them all the year. They add the touch of color and beauty that makes the room more attractive.
The list of periodicals is as follows: American Magazine. American Boy, Atlantic Monthly, Baseball, Better Homes and Gardens, Bird Lore, Child Life, Christian Century, Christian Herald, Current History, Delineator, Exeter News-Letter, Flower Grower, Forum, Good Housekeeping, Harper’s, Life, Literary DigEst, Nation, National Geographic, New England Poultryman, New Outlook, Popular Mechanics, Popular Science, Radioland, Reader’s Digest, Rural New Yorker, Review of Reviews, Scientific American, Hampton Union, Union Signal.
| Feb. 1, 1933: |
|
| Balance of Fine Money: |
$ 22.08 |
| Received for fines: |
60.85 |
| I have spent for necessary supplies: |
50.33 |
| Leaving a balance of: |
32.60 |
|
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Respectfully submitted,
MARGARET S. NOYES,
Librarian. |
