REPORT OF THE TREASURER. PUBLIC LIBRARY, St. Louis, July 1, 1893. To the Honorable Board of Managers: The undersigned Secretary and Treasurer of the Board of President and Directors of the St. Louis Public Schools, said Board being the depository of the funds of the St. Louis Public Library, respectfully submits the following report of the receipts and expenditures in the Library fund for the year ending June 30, 1893: Balance in Treasury, June 30, 1892 $68 66 Amount deposited by Secretary Public Schools... 14,000 00 Secretary and Treasurer, Board of President and Directors St. Louis Public Schools. PUBLIC LIBRARY, ST. LOUIS, March 1, 1894. To the Honorable Board of Managers: The undersigned Secretary and Treasurer of the Board of President and Directors of the St. Louis Public Schools, said Board being the depository of the funds of the St. Louis Public Library, respectfully submits the following report of the receipts and expenditures in the Library fund for the eight months ending February 28, 1894: The The last report noted 824 new members enrolled. decrease in the registration does not adequately express the decline in the active membership, since a considerable number of the 720 new members reported above came in with the various medical societies that united themselves with the Library in order to obtain a meeting room, and for the most part used only the medical reading-room and reference departments. The last report called attention to an increase of paying members from 979 in 1885 to 1521 in 1892. The num erous medical society memberships (including many duplicate cards), swells this to 1801, while, aside from these, there was an actual decrease from last year owing to the causes heretofore enumerated. During the year 720 new members were enrolled. |