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Total Patents for Inventions consulted, 18,892. Daily average, 74. 



Recapitulation of Totals. 



Volumes of Books This Year 466,419 Last Year 503,348 



Quarterly and Monthly Magazines . . ,, 110,090 ,, 79,784 



Weekly Periodicals ,, 207,115 ,, 211,796 



Patents Consulted ,, 18,892 „ 16, 129 



Grand Total •802,516 811,057 



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

 during the year : — 



Volumes Total Number in 



Classification. added. the Library. 



Theology, Morals, &c 122 6,262 



Natural Philosophy, Astronomy, &c 83 1,900 



Natural History 139 4,414 



Science and the Arts 348 9,426 



History and Biography 347 10,551 



Topography and Antiqixities 184 4,099 



Voyages and Travels 108 4,523 



Miscellaneous Literature (principally collected Works, 



Magazines, &c.) 641 17,511 



Jurisprudence, Law and Politics 207 6,610 



Commerce, Political Economy, &c 50 980 



Education and Language 31 1,327 



Poetry and Dramatic Literature 75 3,466 



Prose Fiction 60 5,471 



Latin and Greek Classics and Translations 17 706 



Heraldry, Encyclopajdias, and Works of Reference 106 2,534 



Local 144 144 



Total 2,662 79,924 



* This number shows a decrease of 8,541 issues from those of last year. But if we take 

 the average issues during the last three years corresponding to the time the 

 Library was closed this year for painting, &c. (viz., from June loth to July 16th), 

 we shall have a grand total 863,873, or an increase of 52,816, 



