18 LIBRARIES. 
TABLE V.—Shewing the number 
LENDING DEPARTMENTS: ADULTS. 
CLASSIFICATION. i aaa ; [Space | 
| Contest. | Sranch. | Branch, | Branch. | Beanam | ga | Benne lee ee ee 
| 
Theology, Ethics .........| 2,223 | 1,664 | 1,719 | 1,118 | 784 | 821 1,198 974 | 1,061 
Physics, Mathematics... 3,077 | 1,222 | 1,665 | 1,702 | 1,291 | 751 1,472 | 1,429 1,440 
Natural History «........ 2,150 973 | 1,406 | 1,555 1,347 | 960 | 1,525 918 | 1,503 
Arts: Fine, Industrial , 14,053 | 5,797 | 6,970 | 9,196 ) 5,859 | 5,281 | 6,092 | 5,288 . 8,628 | 53% 
History, Biography...... | 3,688 | 2,693 | 3,260 | 3,327 | 2,411 | 2,903 |} 3,118 2,710 | 2,685 | 2 
Topography, Antiquities) 1,291 589 778 874 | 1,403 906 943 520 967 
Voyages, Travels......... 2,701 | 1,782 | 2,601 1,953 | 2,046 | 2,492 2,418 | 1,452 ) 2,153 | 2 
M’cellaneous Literature) 2,759 | 6,646 | 7,913 | 6,963 | 4,441 | 1,834] 4,431 | 2,586 | 4,762 | 3 
Taw, Polities ..........:. 514 134 135 270 | 145 145 489 276 | 241 
Commerce, &c............. 2,421 | 1,432 | 1,534 1,287 | 1,137 780 | 1,210 973 | 1,147 | 
Education, Language. ( itr 510 874 583 891 821 1,194 | 1,281 | 1,278 . 
Foreign Literature i 763 62 193 262 | 161 459 30 50 145 | 
Poetry, Drama..,......... 1,472 555 947 929 748 _ 1,148 953 918 | 1,163 
Prose Fiction ............ 100,430 | 76,737 |101,982 | 114,026 ‘90,496 | 74,495 | 81,652 | 71,860 | 93,378 | 59, 
Classics: Latin, Greek 168 153 195 218; — cn oe 419 175 | 371 
Books for Blind ......... 808 47 210 200 ) 4 . 62 68 193 3 
; fom Thee | 
TORAGB Ss... 140,033 |100,996 |132,382 | 144,463 113,164 | 93,858 | 107,212 | 91,603 |121,025 79, 
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* Of this total 33,696 were volumes of Music. 
Estimated issue of books from Open Shelves in Branch Readin 
TABLE VI.—Shewing the numbei 
| Everton | Toxteth ati 
Central. | Branch. | Branch. | Rranch. Brat t 
New Tickets issued during | 
1910— 
AW tllinriecs<sseseseesneceoseces 2,843 LATS, 4)! ASOT ros 1a 
SHUGED Oi newese escieeesans 438 91 168 113 At 
DUVETS ss. cenneadocseccs cose — 982 819 1,304 
3,281 | 2,250 | 2,958 | 3,210 | 1,85 
Tickets now in use, 31st j ! 
December, 1910— 
IACI tirece ep ejstceesasancscnevee 5,756 2,470 | 3,943 3,555 | 3;2i 
StHGeOs 3. eno ssosecstaods 970 211 336 241 26 
JUVEMIUE 2. 4y 5. vencctucoeneens — 1,681 1,988 2,858 
és 6,726 4,362 6,267 6,654 3,5 
