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&emsp;&emsp; 3.&emsp;Where would you begin to seek information as to the books on a subject which you had hitherto known little or nothing about? and how would you follow up your clues?

C.&emsp;*1.&emsp;How can you tell whether the binder has done his work well?

&emsp;&emsp; 2.&emsp;When should tight backs be used, and when loose, and why?

&emsp;&emsp; 3.&emsp;Give the strain at which ordinary binders* (a) string and (d) tape will break.

D.&emsp;*1.&emsp;State the advantages which you consider the classed catalogue has compared with the dictionary, and the disadvantages.

&emsp;&emsp; 2.&emsp; Under what headings would you place Nansen's " Farthest North " in a classed catalogue.

E.&emsp;*1.&emsp;Give an illustration of the method which seems best to you of vouching for and recording the receipts taken from day to day in a library, as fines and penalties.

&emsp;&emsp; 2.&emsp;A sum of £12, 12s. 6d. is received during one month in a library, made up as follows: Fines and penalties, £5, 7s. 6d.; sale of catalogues, £3, 5s; donations, £2, 15s.; and miscellaneous items, £1, 5 s. Show what entries are necessary for the proper recording of the amounts in the books (cash-book and ledger).

&emsp;&emsp; 3.&emsp;A library building has cost £4500, towards which amount £4000 has been borrowed, the balance being paid out of revenue. The whole cost of the building has been defrayed within the period of one financial year. The repayment of principal on account of the loan in the same year amounts to £76, 17s. 11 d. What would be the balance on the building account? and show how it is arrived at.