12 libbaries' 



TABLE IV. 



L B N DING J, I BE A B FES. 



Genebal Statistics. 



Volumes Issued, &c 



Volumes issued in Lend- 

 ing Departments 189,963 152,498 140,630 160.7-10 103,995 65,482 810. HIT 



Volumes issued in General 

 Reading Rooms 39,797 37,271 1,700 81,768 



Volumes issued in Ladle - 

 Rooms 2,935 12,010 14,945 



Volumes issued in Boys' 



Ronnie — 24. 505 29,025 53,590 



Magazines issued in 

 General Reading Rooms 92,289 93,183 51.100 236,632 



Magazines issued in 



Ladies' Rooms 34,709 19,239 53;948 



Magazine> issued in Boys' 

 Rooms 7-2.050 L3.617 85,673 



Newspaper Headers in 

 General Reading Rooms 112,762 91,549 13,037 247,348 



Newspaper Readers in 

 Ladies'Rooms 7,241 7,585 14,826 



New Tickets issued 3,284 1.802 1,823 2,488 i.^is 943 11.70s 



Readers on the Books 6,382 3,662 3,473 1,459 2.501 1,707 22.211 



Books lost or injured and 

 paid for by Borrowers... 13 16 23 L8 13 3 116 



Books lost from Lending 



Departments *7 — '8 *2 — *17 



Books stolen from Reading 



Rooms — 1 — — — 1 



Volumes worn out and 

 withdrawn 116 387 114 123 740 



Volumes worn out and 

 replaced 878 394 109 489 1,870 



Volumes added 015 736 554 075 356 13S 3,674 



Total volumes in Libraries 14,091 24,103 26,674 16.069 6,S02 4,698 92.497 



+ The Central Lending Department was closed from July 14th. to August 4th, for 

 Alterations and Stocktaking. 



* Central Lending Department : Stocktaking in July : it covers a period of two years. 



* Kensington Branch : Stocktaking in July : it covers a period of three years. 



* Walton Branch : Stocktaking in March : it covers a period of three years. 



