More Chinese Books To Be Ordered.
The Council has passed to the Finance Committee the preliminary estimates of expenditure of the Public Library for the current year and has. approved the recommendations of the Library Committee made at its meeting on January 29.
When the Library Committee examined the draft estimates. the matter of the purchase' of Chinese Books for 1936" was considered. It was pointed out that during 1938 the sum of $225 was allocated. for the purchase of modern Chinese books uring that year, A member recomjmended that 20 per cent, of the $4,000 proposed to be expended on books Guring 1936, ie. $600 be devoted to books in Chinese. After discussion the Committee unanimously agreed.
Members unanimously recommend-that a ratio of two books of fiction to one of non-fiction be observed in the future' in buying new stock, that "this ratio' be strictly adhered to with reference to the total "annual number of works of tition and non-fiction, and only approximately as. regards each separate monthly ist; " also that a" statement showing the position to date for the curfént year be submitted with each monthly list, Subject to certain adjustments the Library Estimates for 1936 were approved for' submission to the Finance Committee.
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