THE CHRONICLES OF EARLY MELBOURNE.
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"After deducting from the gross Expenditure the sum of £990 for interest on mortgage, and £78 6s. 6d. for new catalogue, we have £2265 7s. 9d. left for ordinary expenditure. The principal items in this are:— Salaries and Wages, £939 15s.; Books, Magazines, and Newspapers, £591 15s. 5d.; Gas, £243 13s.; Repairs and Furniture, £122 12s. 10d.; Binding, £83 3s. 4d."
The number of books added to the Library was 613. The total number works issued to the Subscribers was 28,241, and 7150 magazines.
The number of Subscribing Members is 1568.
Mr. H. J. P. Curtis is Secretary to the Institution, and Mr. William Smith, Librarian (1888).
