Manual of Library Economy / Third and Memorial Edition

by James Duff Brown; W. C. Berwick Sayers

			Libraries with Loan Charges.																	Libraries without Loan Charges.
Income.			Books and Binding.		Peri- odicals and News- papers.		Salaries.		Rents and Loans.		Rates and Taxes.		Other Items, in- cluding Main- tenance of Premises, Light, Heat, &c.		Total		Income.			Books and Binding.		Peri- odicals and News- papers.		Salaries.		Rents and Loans.	Rates and Taxes.		Other Items, in- cluding Main- tenance of Premises, Light, Heat, &c.		Total
£			%		%		%		%		%		%		%		£			%		%		%		%	%		%		%
8000 & over			19·	06	4·	96	37·	5	15·	46	2·	41	20·	58	99·	97	1000 & over			19·	93	6·	37	39·	22	..	2·	03	32·	43	99·	98
4000	-	8000	18·	81	5·	31	39·	96	12·	54	1·	81	21·	55	99·	98	750	-	1000	25·	4	7·	95	44·	17	..	3·	16	19·	29	99·	97
3000	-	4000	17·	97	6·	07	41·	74	17·	42	1·	09	15·	68	99·	97	500	-	750	20·	31	9·	98	45·	49	..	3·	86	20·	23	99·	97
2000	-	3000	19·	53	6·	44	39·	33	13·	5	2·	38	18·	78	99·	96	400	-	500	18·	48	10·	07	40·	90	..	5·	81	24·	6	99·	86
1500	-	2000	21·	09	6·	24	37·	87	13·	13	2·	3	19·	01	99·	64	300	-	400	15·	9	12·	31	46·	91	..	2·	9	21·	9	99·	92
1000	-	1500	19·	07	7·	43	37·	18	16·	47	2·	21	17·	62	99·	98	200	-	300	17·	13	13·	25	42·	98	..	4·	00	22·	61	99·	97
750	-	1000	17·	58	7·	81	38·	97	10·	8	2·	22	22·	6	99·	86	100	-	200	16·	2	15·	66	45·	1	..	2·	54	20·	47	99·	97
500	-	750	17·	55	10·	88	36·	32	11·	81	3·	10	20·	22	99·	88	50	-	100	20·	16	15·	82	34·	29	..	5·	68	24·	02	99·	97
250	-	500	13·	12	10·	25	38·	9	15·	09	4·	00	18·	61	99·	97	Under 50			28·	65	21·	85	36·	46	..	2·	26	10·	75	99·	97
100	-	250	16·	31	13·	13	33·	63	21·	31	3·	14	12·	45	99·	97
Under 100			14·	32	16·	15	25·	84	24·	48	2·	66	19·	52	99·	97

			Libraries with Loan Charges.
Income.			Books and Binding.		Peri- odicals and News- papers.		Salaries.		Rents and Loans.		Rates and Taxes.		Other Items, in- cluding Main- tenance of Premises, Light, Heat, &c.		Total
£			%		%		%		%		%		%		%
8000 & over			19·	06	4·	96	37·	5	15·	46	2·	41	20·	58	99·	97
4000	-	8000	18·	81	5·	31	39·	96	12·	54	1·	81	21·	55	99·	98
3000	-	4000	17·	97	6·	07	41·	74	17·	42	1·	09	15·	68	99·	97
2000	-	3000	19·	53	6·	44	39·	33	13·	5	2·	38	18·	78	99·	96
1500	-	2000	21·	09	6·	24	37·	87	13·	13	2·	3	19·	01	99·	64
1000	-	1500	19·	07	7·	43	37·	18	16·	47	2·	21	17·	62	99·	98
750	-	1000	17·	58	7·	81	38·	97	10·	8	2·	22	22·	6	99·	86
500	-	750	17·	55	10·	88	36·	32	11·	81	3·	10	20·	22	99·	88
250	-	500	13·	12	10·	25	38·	9	15·	09	4·	00	18·	61	99·	97
100	-	250	16·	31	13·	13	33·	63	21·	31	3·	14	12·	45	99·	97
Under 100			14·	32	16·	15	25·	84	24·	48	2·	66	19·	52	99·	97

			Libraries without Loan Charges.
Income.			Books and Binding.		Peri- odicals and News- papers.		Salaries.		Rents and Loans.	Rates and Taxes.		Other Items, in- cluding Main- tenance of Premises, Light, Heat, &c.		Total
£			%		%		%		%	%		%		%
1000 & over			19·	93	6·	37	39·	22	..	2·	03	32·	43	99·	98
750	-	1000	25·	4	7·	95	44·	17	..	3·	16	19·	29	99·	97
500	-	750	20·	31	9·	98	45·	49	..	3·	86	20·	23	99·	97
400	-	500	18·	48	10·	07	40·	90	..	5·	81	24·	6	99·	86
300	-	400	15·	9	12·	31	46·	91	..	2·	9	21·	9	99·	92
200	-	300	17·	13	13·	25	42·	98	..	4·	00	22·	61	99·	97
100	-	200	16·	2	15·	66	45·	1	..	2·	54	20·	47	99·	97
50	-	100	20·	16	15·	82	34·	29	..	5·	68	24·	02	99·	97
Under 50			28·	65	21·	85	36·	46	..	2·	26	10·	75	99·	97

Fig. 2.—Returns compiled from Professor Adams’ Report on Library Provision and Policy [Carnegie United Kingdom Trust], [Sec. 31].

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32. We must consider in some detail the principal expenditures to which library committees are subject.

33. Loans.

33. Loans.—The Libraries Acts give fairly full instructions as to loans for public library purposes. In England under the principal Act “every library authority, with the sanction of the Local Government Board . . . may borrow money for the purposes of this Act on the security of any fund or rate applicable for those purposes.” In parishes the regulations for borrowing prescribed by the “Local Government Act, 1894,” are to apply. As a preliminary to borrowing, an inquiry is held locally by a Local Government Board inspector, who receives evidence as to proposed buildings, sites, amount required, etc., and also hears objections to the proposal. The Local Government Board print bills announcing the inquiry, and these must be posted and paid for by the library authority. At such inquiries full particulars should be prepared as to income, date of adopting Acts, etc., as well as particulars of the proposed scheme. After the inquiry is held it is generally about three months later before the sanction of the Board is received. This states the amount sanctioned and for what period the money can be borrowed for sites, buildings, furniture or books, as the case may be.

The security for loans is declared by the “Public Health Act, 1875,” Section 233, to be the “credit of any fund or all or any rates or rate out of which they are authorized to defray expenses incurred by them in the execution of this Act.” And it is further laid down that “they may mortgage to the persons by or on behalf of whom such sums are advanced any such fund or rates or rate.” It thus appears that neither library buildings nor the library rate can be mortgaged for the purposes of library loans, but only the rate or rates out of which the expenses of the Public Health Act are paid. This practically means the general rate of a district.