Number  of  books  in  Library  June  1,  1906 232,610

Number  of  books  purchased  the  past  year 21,927

Number  of  books  donated  the  past  year 1,438

Number  of  books  received  from  reading  rooms. .   1,351
Other  sources    271

Total  number  of  books  added  the  past  year..  24,987

Number  of  books  worn  out  the  past  year 8,303

Number  of  books  lost  and  paid  for 572

Number  of  books  delinquent  in  1905-06 77

Number  of  books  missing  in  1905-06 363

Total     number     of     books     subtracted     the

past  year ' 9,315

Total  net  additions  the  past  year 15,672

Total  number  of  volumes  in  Library  June  1,  1907 339,282

Total  number  of  volumes  unaccounted  for  in  inventory  of  1907  910

Respectfully  submitted,

W.    B.    WlCKEBSHAM,

Secretary.
THIRTY-FIFTH  ANNUAL  REPORT.  17

STATE  or  ILLINOIS,   )
COUNTY  OF  COOK,  j  SS-

1,  W.  B.  Wickersham,  Secretary  of  the  Board  of  Directors  of  the
Chicago  Public  Library,  do  solemnly  affirm  that  the  foregoing
statements  are  true  to  the  best  of  my  knowledge  and  belief.
W.  B.  WICKERSHAM,

Secretary.
Affirmed  to  and  subscribed  before  me  this  first  day  of  July,  A.  D.
1907.  H.  G.  WILSON,

Notary  Public.
Audited  and  approved:

JOHN  W.  ECKHART,
JOHN  L.  NOVAK,
GRAHAM  TAYLOR,

Committee  on  Finance.
Chicago,  July  1,  1907.
Chicago,  July  1,  1907.
We  have  examined  the  books  and  accounts  of  the  Chicago  Public
Library  for  the  year  ended  May  31,  1907,  and  find  them  to  be
correct.  We  certify  that  the  foregoing  statements  of  cash  funds,
trust  funds,  etc.,  are  in  accordance  therewith.
THE  INTERNATIONAL  AUDIT  Co.,

By  JOHN  MCLAREN,  President.
EGBERT  NELSON,  C.  A.,  Manager.
REPORT   OF   THE    LIBRARIAN.
