Table IL — Showing the issue of Quarterly and Monthly Magazines : — 



DaUy 

 Average. 



Classification. Magazines. 



Theology, Morals, &c 1,486 5 



Natural Philosophy, &c 590 2 



Natural History 501 2 



Science and the Arts 1,594 6 



Topography and Antiquities 532 2 



Voyages and Travels 371 2 



Miscellaueous Literature ^. . 59,535 211 



Commerce, Political Economy, and Statistics 167 — 



Education and Language 280 1 



Total 65,056 231 



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



Classification. Periodicals. .„*„^. 



Average. 



Natural Philosophy, &c 2,516 9 



Natural History 2,594 10 



Science and the Arts 11,908 42 



Miscellaueous Literature (principally illustrated and literary 



periodicals) ; 195,273 693 



Law and Politics 721 3 



Commerce, Statistics, &c 963 3 



Total 213,975 760 



Total Patents for Inventions consulted, 13,913. Daily Average, 50. 

 Recapitulation of Totals. 



Volumes of Books This Year 577,772 Last Year 516,527 



Quarterly and Monthly Magazines . . ,, 65,056 „ 50,693 



Weekly Periodicals „ 213,975 „ 223,667 



Patents Consulted ,, 13,913 „ 17,158 



Grand Total 870,716 808,045 



Besides the constant and unrestricted use of about two hundred volumes 

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

 taken. 



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

 during the year : — 



Classification. 



Volumes Total No. in 



Added, the Library. 



Theology, Morals, &c 200 5,760 



Natural Philosophy, Astronomy, &c 62 1,690 



Natural History 157 4,038 



Science and the Arts 297 8,601 



History and Biography . . 241 9,643 



Topography and Antiquities 160 3,568 



Voyaues and Travels 149 4, 198 



MisceUaneous Literature (principally collected Works, Maga- 

 zines, &c.) 729 15,414 



Jurisprudence, Law, and Politics 206 6,015 



Commerce, Political Economy, and Statistics 57 835 



Education and Language 67 1,207 



Poetry aud Dramatic Literature 28 3,171 



Prose Fiction 73 5, 355 



Latin and Greek Classics and Translations , 40 632 



Heraldry, Encyclopaedias, aud Works of Reference 109 2,279 



Total 2,575 72,406 



