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LENDING LIBRARIES. 



Table I. — General Statistics. 



Volumes lent 



Tickets issued to i^Iew Readers 



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 Volumes worn out — withdrawn 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 No. of vols, in the Libraries 



North South 



Library. Library. 



214,467 



2,514 



2,319 



2,568 



4,806 



27 



5 



824 



464 



457 



21,041 



ToTiX. 



209,104 



2,519 



2,284 



2,486 



4,860 



36 



10 



879 



290 



412 



21,675 



4-23,571 



5,024 



4,603 



5,054 



9,666 



63 



15 



1,703 



764 



869 



42,716 



North South 

 Library. Library. 



224,705 



2,619 



2,286 



2,369 



4,878 



57 



9 



460 



228 



318 



21,048 



216,619 441,224 



2,414 



2,416 i 



2,458 1 



4,855 I 



55! 



6 



657' 



210 I 



321 ! 



21,563' 



5,033 



4,702 



4,827 



9,733 



112 



16 



1,107 



438 



639 



42,601 



Table II. — Showing the Classification of Volumes Lent and Added 



JIttiseum. 



STATISTICS. 

 The Visitors to the Museum during the year have been as follows : — 



1879 1878. 



219 Days. 213 Days. Increase. 



Total Visitors in the year 416,156 397,808 18,348 



Weekly average 7,852 7,650 202 



Daily average 1,900 1,867 33 



The 18th of October, 1879, was the 18th anniA-ersary of the opening 

 of the Museum in the present building. 



