REPORT. 



In presenting the Fourteenth Annual Report of the Free Public Libraey, 

 Museum, and Gallery of Arts, the Committee have to record a period of 

 continued usefulness and success. The Institution is quietly and unostentatiously- 

 effecting its object in supplying the intellectual wants of the community, and 

 aiding in the great purpose of education and progress. The Statistics of the 

 several Departments are as follows : — 



KEFEEENCE LIBliARY. 



Durinw the past year the average number of Books issued and returned has 

 been 1,662 per day, the yearly circulation numbering 472,102 volumes, against 

 420,127 volumes during the previous year, being the greatest number issued 

 in one year since the establishment of the Library. 



The following is a classified List of the Books issued : — 



CLASSIFICATION. VoLn^ms. ^^'''l.t^^"'^ 



Theology, Morals and Metaphysics 14,638 51 



Natural Philosophy, Astronomy, Ciiemistry, &c. 1:^,915 49 



Natural History, Botany, Mineralogy, &c 5,557 20 



Science and the Arts, Architecture, Painting, 



Music, &c 26,185 92 



History and Biography 29,803 195 



Topography and Antiquities 7,250 26 



Geography, Voyages, and Travels 24,774 87 



Miscellaneous Literature 126,875 447 



Jurisprudence, Law, and Politics 4,231 15 



Commerce, Political Economy, & Social Statistics 3,391 12 



■' Education, Logic, Language, &c 10,209 36 



Poetry and Dramatic Literature * 18,802 66 



Works of Imagination 176,164 620 



Classical Literature 3,131 11 



Heraldry, Encyclopaedias, and Works of Kef erence 7,177 25 



472,102 1,662 



