CANTERBURY PUBLIC LIBRARY.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16407, 30 December 1918, Page 4

CANTERBURY PUBLIC LIBRARY.

♦ THE YEAR'S PIIOGRES.S. Tlk- fhior librarian reports that the vear v.liic-li is just closing n,o,t surrnssinl one in all'k-pat of the rubJif l.ibrary. , llie . " 'i' of Ihe stafi' worked /'-' v 'rv the institution popular, ami I. y vol> pi-:;til t„ !iml how well j lu- ( hr clmHi rii-izp"." l' :,vo l . h . r ; durinjz tf.o year. Sine, tho re-orpani&ed live voars ago tho lniiilhei of l«K.ks UMied for homo roud»iiK_l .stoadilv infieasod, and it reUl ' ll ' ,,,t ' ,o show s.K-h p<K,d all-rotu.d p o S . >s durins 1 his war period. ' voar vniumos wore added to Uio Mronlatinc bto<l<. 700 of bom? fiction. The- iollowmy table bhows tLt iuc.-reasc caeh year: — , , Books iSMK-u. IP II ... ••• Oo.S'O j0,.-, 5«,732 lilKj ... - i[!]s R !■:r!■:nENCE jab K ARY . In the Rofenwe iJhrary the event of th - vrar was the l'onnation ol a sne'MO.l 'technical and commercial section. on similar line.s to those iormed throughout the. L'nited Kingdom and America. Several donations oi hooks ami periodicals have been received from leading citizens, and linancial assistance iuis also been rendered hy public bodies and private individuals, so that this sod ion of the Library bids fair to iissiimn an important part iti the rily s [jTOtrrei-s. The number of volumes ;uh.ed To the Refere!tce Library was 700, and of these about ;SOO were presented. The following tabic shows the number of books that have been consulted during the past- three years: — 191 h ... ... 19.101 . loir zij&n 191S ... ... JI'VENJT.E LIBRARY. The attendaiU'o of tho children has continued to bo very good throughout tiio year, and it is a pleasure, to record the "good behaviour of tho boys and girls using the room. About volumes have been issued out for homo reading, and tho number of children using the department was close upon l.OUi)? 3-30 volumes were added to the stock.