5 



Table III.— Showing the issue of Weekly Periodicals, &c., exclu- 

 sively : — 



Periodicals Daily 



Classification. Issued. Average. 



Natural Philosophy 2,623 9 



Natural History j^'Hi^ ^ 



Science and the Arts ,■ ' ' k\.\ ' 



Miscellaneous Literature (principally Illustrated and Literary 



Periodicals) ^^4 679 



Law and Politics ^^" ^ 



Commerce and Political Economy i^ coo 4 



Directories and Dictionaries I4,bi5rf 



Total 223,667 799 



Total Patents for Inventions consulted, 17,158. Daily Average, 65. 



Recapitulation of Totals. 



Volumes of Books This Year 516,527 ; Last Year 437,476 



Quarterly and Monthly Magazines .. „ 50,693 „ oI,b&4 



Weekly Periodicals, &c „ 223,667 „ 229,.o8 



Patents Consulted 17.158 „ 11.15- 



Grand Total 808,045 729,540 



Total Increase this Year, 78,505. 

 Besides the constant and unrestricted use of some eighty volumes of 

 Dictionaries and other works wholly of reference, of which no statistics 

 are taken. 



Table IV.— Showing the number and classification of works added 

 during the year : — 



Volumes Total No. in 



Classification. Added, the Library. 



m, , ^T 1 . .... 116 5,560 



Theology, Morals, kn. ■ ^2 1.628 



Natural Philosophy, Astronomy, &c ^^q 3^881 



Natural History 260 8,304 



Science and the Arts ooj 9 402 



History and Biography ^gg 3^403 



Topography and Antiquities ^^^2 4,049 



Voyages and Travels ",; ' ' ' j' ^li/ ' i ' ' "tCtoVto 



MisceUaneous Literature (principally coUected Works, Maga- ^^^ ^^^^^^ 



zines, &c.) ■■■ . ■ • J54 5_'809 



Jurisprudence, Law, and rolitics ^g yyg 



Commerce, Political Economy, and Statistics ^^ 1,140 



Education and Language ^ 3',043 



Poetry and Dramatic Literature gy 5'382 



Prose Fiction gg '592 



Latin and Greek Classics and Translations ., ,„q 



Heraldry, Encyclopoedias, and Works of Reference ' ^ ^ 



Total 2,435 69,381 



