Commonwealth of Massachusetts. To the Honorable Legislature of Massachusetts. The Librarian of the State Library, in accordance with section 21 of chapter 5 of the Public Statutes, submits the following report for the year ending Sept. 30, 1893 : ADDITIONS. Number of Volumes added to the Library from Oct. 1, 1892, to By purchase. LIBRARIAN'S REPORT. 1,259 446 84 937 123 2,849 266 213 20 2,811 217 3,527 30 FINANCIAL STATEMENT. COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS IN ACCOUNT WITH STATE LIBRARY. Paid W. B. Clarke & Co. for books and periodicals • Boston Book Co. J. P. Dale & Co., binding Balance CR. $96 99 5,000 00 1,000 00 $6,096 99 By the foregoing account, which embraces the library year from Oct. 1, 1892, to Sept. 20, 1893, inclusive, it will be seen that the receipts and expenditures may be aggregated as follows: Drawn from appropriations for 1892 RECEIPTS. EXPENDITURES. Books, periodicals, pamphlets and maps. Messenger and other expenses. 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 The amount expended for books, periodicals, pamphlets and maps each year, for the last ten years, has been as follows: $96 99 5,967 17 $6,064 16 $5,206 81 595 57 261 78 $6,064 16 $2,763 85 3,244 90 4,553 71 4,875 47 4,949 45 5,415 41 4,991 23 5,240 29 GROWTH OF THE LIBRARY. The following table of comparisons will show at a glance the annual additions that have been made to the library during the past ten years, and the general classification of sources from which they were received: |