Page 18 - La Société canadienne d'histoire de l'Église catholique - Rapport 1961

The total receipts, therefore, of the past ycar, of both PUNDS,
ilave been $1,677 89; aiid thc total expenditures, $1,609 88-
leaving an aggregate balance in thc Treasury of both funds of
$68 01.
Prosperity nud Sta.i~difig of the Society.
TVhile tlic increase of the Library has been fully as large as
in fornler years, more attention; if possible, has been paid to
making that increase niorc selcct aild appropriate; and addi-
tional attention has been given to securing manuscript historical
narratives-which, after all, should ever be regarded as first in
importance in the objects and collections of such a Society.
Thc past year nlay therefore be set down as having been one of
continued prosperity to a11 the departments of the Society; and
by common consent, the State Historical Society of Wisconsin
now ranlts among the most flourishing of its kind in the Union,
and has already done much in giving character and reputation
to our State ainong its sister States, as well as in Great Britain
and Continental Hurope.
Increase of the Librurg.
The iilcreasc of tlie Library has been as follows:
Jan. 1854, total 50 vols., - - increase, 50
" 1855, 1050 " " 1000
' 1856, 2117 " - ' 1065
a 1857, 3122 " 1005
" 11858, " 4146 " - " 1024
We have thus exhibited, since the re-organization of the
Socicty in Jannar-y, 1854, an increase of over 1000 volumes
annually; and this exclusive of about 4,250 pamphlets and
unbound documents, and many files of unbound newspapers and
periodicals. Of the 1024 volumes added to the Library during
the past ycar, 341. mere by purchase, and G83 by donation and
exchange; and the total number purchased since the organiza-
$ion of the Society is 1275, and 2871 received by donation and
exchange.