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LENDING LIBRAKIES. 



Table I. — General Statistics :- 



Volumes lent 



New Tickets issued 



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Volumes worn out — withdrawn .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 



North South 



Library. Library. 



202,840 

 2,313 

 2,198 

 2,240 

 4,434 

 21 



237 



838 



564 



22,805 



188,649 

 2,247 

 1,820 

 2,213 

 4,149 

 29 



Total. 



391,489 

 4,560 

 4,018 

 4,453 

 8,633 

 50 



1,479 ' 1,716 



371 1,209 



570 ! 1,134 



21,970 1 44,775 



North South 



Library. Library. 



202,710 

 2,296 

 2,142 

 2,344 

 4,411 

 25 



443 I 



513 



22,47» 



Total. 



176,102 

 2,139 

 1,894 

 2,538 I 

 4,165 

 271 



411 



488 J 

 22,879 I 



378,812 

 4,435 

 4,036 

 4,882 

 8,526 

 52 



854 



1,001 



46,357 



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



Theology 



Natural Philosophy 



Natural History 



Science and Arts 



History and Biography 



Topography and Antiquities . , 



Voyages and Travels 



Miscellaneous Literature .... 

 Jurisprudence, Law, and Politics 

 Commerce and Political Economy 

 Education, Languages, and Logic 



Poetry and the Drama 



Prose Fiction 



Latin and Greek Classics 



Books for he Blind 



Total 



202,840: 188,649 391,489 



664 



670 



1134 



