Table II. — Showing the issues of Quarterly and Monthly Magazines :- 



Classification. Magazines. J^ "^ 



Theology, Morals, &c 1,317 4 



Natural Philosopliy, &c 442 2 



Natural History 468 2 



Science and the Arts 1,366 5 



Topography and Antiquities 460 2 



Voyages and Travels 278 1 



Miscellaneous Literature 59,503 213 



Commerce, Political Economy, and Statistics 427 2 



Education and Language 528 2 



Total 64,789 233 



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



Classification. Periodicals. . ^^7 



Average. 



Natural Philosophy, &c 3,249 12 



Natural History 2,832 10 



Science and the Arts 12,661 45 



Miscellaneous Literature (principally illustrated and literary 



Periodicals) 216,151 776 



Law and Politics 726 3 



Commerce, Statistics, &c 1,349 5 



Total 236,968 851 



Total Patents for Inventions consulted, 14,130. Daily Average, 51. 

 Kecapitulation of Totals. 



Volumes of Books This Year 512, 638 Last Year 577, 772 



Quarterly and Monthly Magazines . . ,, 64,789 ,, 65,056 



Weekly Periodicals 236,968 ,, 213,975 



Patents Consulted „ 14,130 „ 13,913 



Grand Total 828,525 870,716 



Besides the constant and unrestricted use of ahout two hundred volumes 

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

 taken. 



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

 during the year : — 



Classification. X°il?"i^' Total No. In 



Aaded. the Library. 



Theology, Morals, &c 220 5,980 



Natural Philosophy, Astronomy, &c 50 1,740 



Natural History 129 4,167 



Science and the Arts 204 8,805 



History and Biography 179 9,920 



Topography and Antiquities 114 3,682 



Voyages and Travels 114 4,312 



Miscellaneous Literature (principally collected Works, Maga- 

 zines, &c.) 725 16,139 



Jurisprudence, Lav?, and Politics 282 6, 297 



Commerce, Political Economy, &c 52 887 



Education and Language 41 1,248 



Poetry and Dramatic Literature 107 3, 278 



Prose Fiction 34 5,343 



Latin and Greek Classics and Translations 43 675 



Heraldry, Encyclopaedias, and Works of Reference 78 2,357 



Total 2,372 74,830 



