6 



of pictures aud sculptures. The Mayer coUection to which 

 additions have been made from time to time by its Uberal donor, 

 i, by no means accommodated aa it ought to be for its due 

 development, but no means exist for the purpose in the present 

 tuildin^ The Committee teel that they have done all m their 

 power, °and must relegate the subject to a future period when 

 there may be less inditterence in the Council, and less apathy 

 in the public. 



The Statistics of the respective Departments are as under :- 



EEFERENCE LIBKAEY. 



Durinc the past year, the average number of books issued and 

 returned has been 2.192 per day, the yearly circulatxon numbermg 

 624,619 volumes, against 565,344 during the previous year. 



The following is a Classified List of the Books issued :- 



„ , DaUy Average. 



Classification. V°l"™«*- about 



Theology, Morals, and Metaphysics 17398 61 



Naturafphilosophy, Astronomy, Chemistry, &c 19 59 



Natural History, Botany, Mineralogy &c. "••.-"••• 7°"^ 



ScienceandtheArts, Architecture,Paxnting,Mus.c. &c. 36462 128 



History and Biography ^^^^^ ^^ 



Topography and Antiquities 



Geogi-aphy, Voyages, and Travels ^30735 ^^^ 



Miscellaneous Literature ^g 



Miscellaneous iJii'<..i«'>'"'- 



Jurisprudence, Law, and Politics .............. &^^^ 



^ _ , „ A a^mol S+aWatir^S.. 3624 i<5 



11422 



23197 

 roetry auu ^.<^^^ ^^^^^^ 



Works of Imagination ^^^^ ^2 



jurispruucuuc;, i^"", . 1 oj. i- 4.- 



Commerce, Political Economy, and Social Statistics. ^^ 



Education, Logic, Language, &c - 



Poetry and Dramatic Literature ^^^^^^ ^^^ 



Education, Logic, Language, &c ^^^- ^ ^^ 



.. 194410 



... 3517 

 UiaSSlCai Ull-eiauLno 



Heraldry, Encyclopedias, and Works of Reference. 



624619 2192 



Alone with the increase of the issues, a gradual change in the 

 class of reading sought for is perceptible in the ^^f^^^^^^^^^^ 

 the more instructive kind of books^ During the past year tl^ 

 proportion of works of imagination has diminished from 3.33 per 

 S L the previous year to 31 per cent. whHst m miscellaneous 

 literature the issues have increased from 29 per cent, to 34^ 



During the year, 1,636 volumes of Books have been added to 



