_Stocks._ 1 2 _Lending._ | _Reference._ -----------+----------- (i) Number of volumes at beginning of | year | (ii) Volumes withdrawn during year | (iii) Additions during year | (iv) Total volumes at end of year | (v) Number of replacements during year | (vi) Volumes per head of population | according to last Census | _Issues._ _Total._ | _Daily_ | _Average._ -----------+----------- (i) Lending Library Issues | (ii) Children’s Reading Room Issues | (iii) Reference Library Recorded Issues | (iv) Reference Library Open Shelves | (estimated) | (v) Issues from Lending Library (see (i) | above) per head of population | according to last census | _Borrowers._ (i) Percentage of Borrowers to population. (ii) Number of Supplementary Readers’ Tickets held. (iii) Total Borrowers’ Tickets in use. INSTRUCTIONS TO BE STUDIED IN PREPARATION OF THE FIGURES DETAILED ABOVE _General._ 1. Asterisks with relative foot-notes should be placed against any figure which includes abnormalities; for example, if any item of the expenditure includes certain special or non-recurring charges, the amount of that expenditure should be detailed in a foot-note with an explanation of the item. _General Statistics._ 2. Head (iii) should express in pence the cost of the total library service--per inhabitant according to last census. 3. Similarly head (iv) should express the cost of the total library expenditure per inhabitant. 4. Head (v) asks for the number of separate establishments. The figure should include the central library, but if delivery stations are also included the number of such subsidiary establishments should be stated in a footnote. _Income._ 5. Head (i) should be confined solely to the income from the library rate. 6. Head (ii) should include income from all other sources, whether from interest on investments, rents, sales of catalogues, fines or special subscriptions or donations. _Expenditure._