Table I. — Showing the total issues in the various classes, together with the 

 daily average : — 



ClflSfification. Volumes DaUy 



Theology, Morals, &c I7 923 "q^^^' 



Natur^ Philosophy, Astronomy, &c 11 639 41 



Natural History g 792 24 



Science and the Arts 23 692 84 



History and Biography 26^060 93 



Topography and Antiquities 6 II3 22 



Voyages and Travels 14 306 51 



Miscellaneous Literature (principally Collected Works, Maga- 

 zines, &c.) 113,861 405 



Jurisprudence, Law, and Polities 2 984 11 



Commerce, Political Economy, and Statistics 2 675 9 



Education and Language 5 914 2I 



Poetry and Dramatic Literature 14 753 53 



Prose Fiction 152,' 438 543 



Latin and Greek Classics, and Translations 2,214 8 



Heraldry, Encyclopasdias, and Works of Reference 7,745 27 



Total 409,114 1,456 



Table II. — Showing the issue of weekly periodicals (Directories, Diction 



aries, &c.), classified according to their character. Quarterly and Monthly 



Magazines, &c., are reckoned as Books, and included in Table I. : — 



Classification. Issues. Daily 



Average. 



Natural Philosophy 3,328 12 



Natural History 3,172 11 



Science and the Arts 15,132 53 



Miscellaneous Literature (principally illustrated and literary 



periodicals) 95,784 341 



Law and Politics 1,040 4 



Commerce and Political Economy 780 3 



Directories and Dictionaries 13,156 47 



Total 132,392 471 



Table III. — Showing the new books added, together with the totals of each 

 class of literature now in the Library : — 



Classification. Volumes Totals. 



added. 



Theology, Morals, &c 231 4,996 



Natural Philosophy, Astronomy, &c 79 1,477 



Natural History 97 3,493 



Science and the Arts 364 7,521 



History and Biography 282 8,598 



Topography and Antiquities 170 2,992 



Voyages and Travels 117 3,730 



Miscellaneous Literature (principally Collected Works, Maga- 

 zines, &c.) 502 12,735 



Jurisprudence, Law, and Politics 159 5,392 



Commerce, Political Economy, and Statistics 40 660 



Education and Language 72 1,053 



Poetry and Dramatic Literature 71 2,777 



Prose Fiction 39 5,267 



Latin and Greek Classics and Translations 44 457 



Heraldry, Encyclopaedias, and Works of Reference 71 1,998 



Total 2,338 63,146 



The patents consulted number 5,640, being an average of 20 per day. 



