MYFBS, MAY(R - the Digital Library of Georgia

MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 235present unpaid bills outstanding to the amount ofabout $200.00.The Society is thus again confronted with its customaryconundrum of how these demands can bedischarged, and to that problem I invite seriousconsideration.Our library now contains 23,597 volumes and5,965 pamphlets, 537 volumes and 476 pamphletshaving been added during the year, a very substantialincrement in view of our limited resources.There were 16,893 visitors to the library duringthe year,or an average of 1,407 per month, as against18,827 during 1900.The number of volumes taken out during the yearwas 7,666, and the percentage of reading mattercalled for, estimated by the standard of 100, as evidencingthe prevailing taste of readers, is very interesting.The percentage ofFiction was..... ... ........... ....... ....... .......78.85Of periodicals........ ....... ................. 7.30Of history ................ ....... ....................... 3.72Of memoirs............................... ....... .... 3.03Of travels ............:................................ 1.79Of literature ....................................... 1.79Of science ........................................... 1.36Of religion ....... ...... ............... ............... .94Of poetry........................ ...................... .76Of drama ....... ....... ................................. .31Of art............................... ..................... .15This synopsis at first blush seems very discouragingand to indicate a depressed state of culture inSavannah, but statistics prove that it is by no meanslimited to our city, but it is prevalent wherever