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LENDING LIBRARIES. 

 Table I. — Greneral Statistics : — 



Volumes lent 



Tickets issued to New Eeaders . . 



Tickets renewed 



Tickets cancelled 



Total No. of readers on the books 

 Books lost or injured, and paid for 



Books lost 



Volumes worn out — withdrawn . . 

 Volumes worn out — replaced .... 



New volumes added 



Total No. of vols, in the Libraries 



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



M U S E U I^I . 



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



1881. 1880. T,,^,o.<,« 



215 Days. 213 Days. increase. 



Total Visitors in the j'ear 422,326 415,122 7,204 



"Weekly average 8,121 7,983 138 



Daily average 1,964 1,948 16 



The 18th of October, 1881, was the 20th anniversary of the opening 

 of the Museum in the present building. 



The total number of visitors during that time amounted to 8,677,853, 

 giving a yearly average of 433,892. 



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