13 



Volumes lent 



New Tickets issued 



Tickets renewed 



Tickets cancelled 



Total readers on the books 



Books lost or injured and paid for 



Books lost 



Volumes worn out — replaced 



Volumes worn out — withdrawn 



New volumes added 



Total number of volumes in the Libraries 



TOTAI. 



411,363 



4,530 



4,934 



4,641 



9,464 



75 



14 



982 



777 



1,160 



40,563 



* Less 650 duplicate Magazines, presented to Hospitals, &c, 

 Table showiug the classification of Books lent : — 



Theologj', Moral Philosophy, &c 



Natural Philosophy and Mathematics 



Natural History 



Science and the Arts 



History and Biography ? 



Topography and Antiquities 



Voyages and Travels 



Miscellaneous Literature — being collected "Works, Essays, 



Magazines, &c 



Jurisprudence, Politics, &c 



Commerce and Political Economy 



Education, Languages, Logic, &c 



Poetry and the Drama ' 



Prose Fiction 



Latin and Greek Classics 



Books for the Blind 



TOTAI 



4,383 

 2,833 

 1,812 

 6,681 

 10,301 

 1,107 

 6,532 



16,152 



275 



664 



2,289 



1,981 



157,157 



274 



232 



211,673 



3,993 

 2,429 

 2,199 

 6,272 

 7,991 

 1,282 

 5,706 



16,728 



191 



358 



2,127 



2,073 



149,043 



216 



72 



199,690 



8,376 



5,262 



4,011 



♦11,953 



18,292 

 2,389 



11,238 



32,880 



466 



1,022 



4,416 



4,054 



306,200 



490 



304 



411,363 



* This includes 4,225 vols, of Vocal and Instrumental Music, 



MUSEUM. 



STATISTICS. 



1872-3 



Total Day Visitors 428,501 



Weekly Average 8,240 



Daily Average 2,012 



The entire bnilding was repainted during the Spring and Summer months ; 

 and, although the Museum \Yas never entirely closed, but as many of the 

 rooms as possible kept open to the public, the number of visitors was doubtless 

 affected thereby. 



DONATIONS. 



A fine specimen of Sea Fan [Gorgonia flahellum) ; a specimen of Coralline 

 [Plexaura porosa); two Corals; a Basket Fish [Astrophyton) ; five Cake 



