With Without Loans. Loans. Salaries and Wages _40_ _45_ Books _14_ _18_ New _10_ _12_ Old _2_ _3_ Replacements _2_ _3_ Periodicals and Newspapers _6_ _6_ Binding _4_ _5_ Buildings _12_ _14_ Heating _4_ _4_ Lighting _4_ _4_ Fittings and Repairs _2_ _3_ Cleaning _1_ _2_ Insurance _1_ _1_ Establishment _6_ _9_ Stationery and Printing _2_ _5_ Postages _1_ _1_ Rates _3_ _3_ National Insurance _1_ _1_ Loans _15_ -- Miscellaneous _2_ _2_ ---- ---- _100_ _100_ ---- ---- STAFF. The number of librarians and assistants employed in British Municipal Libraries is considerably over _4,000_. The percentage of males is _55%_. Our largest staffs are in Liverpool and Glasgow libraries (over _200_ each) followed by Manchester and Birmingham with over _150_ and _100_ respectively. Bradford, Bristol, Cardiff, Leeds, have each over _50_ staff, and Bolton, Brighton, Edinburgh, Newcastle-on-Tyne and Sheffield have staffs ranging from _30_ to _50_. STAFF HOURS. The average number of hours worked by the staffs in our larger libraries is _42_ weekly. MISCELLANEOUS PERCENTAGES PERTAINING TO THE ORGANIZATION OF A LIBRARY SERVICE. When a town has adopted the Public Libraries Acts it is possible, by taking the population as a basis, to form an idea of the requirements necessary to meet the demands that will probably be made upon the service. A careful survey of the statistics of over _500_ British Municipal Libraries results in the following figures. The total percentage of inhabitants who will make use of the Lending Department is _8_%; the Reference Department, ¼%; and the Reading Room, _1_¼%. As an example of the working of these percentages for a town of 100,000 inhabitants the following results are obtained:--