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LENDING LIBKARIES. 



Table I. — General Statistics : — 



Table II.— Shewing Classification of Volumes Lent and Added 



Theology 



Natural Philosophy 



Natural History 



Science and Arts 



Histor)' and Biography 



Topography and Antiquities . 



Voyages and Travels 



Miscellaneous Literature . . . 

 Jurisprudence, Law, and Politics 

 Commerce and Political Economy 

 Education, Language, and Logic 



Poetry and Drama 



Prose Fiction 



Latin and Greek Classics . . 

 Books for the Blind 



Total . 



Volumes Lent. 



Volumes Added. 



North 

 Branch. 



3,440 



3,264 



2,315 



10,399 



8,321 



948 



5,640 



12,350 



369 



882 



1,718 



1,354 



166,432 



157 



70 



South 

 Branch. 



217,659 209,873 



2,716 



3,068 



1,927 



8,716 



8,311 



1,044 



6,026 



12,691 



224 



645 



1,309 



932 



161,808 



311 



145 



North 

 Branch. 



6,156 



6,3.32 



4,242 



19,115 



16,632 



1,992 



11,666 



25,041 



593 



1,527 



3,027 



2,286 



328,240 



468 



215 



16 



15 



23 



42 



74 



5 



25 



121 



5 



4 



7 



8 



214 



427,532 559 



South 

 Branch. 



16 



15 

 18 

 45 

 76 

 5 

 30 

 119 



215 



32 

 30 

 41 

 87 



150 

 10 

 55 



240 



11 



9 



13 



16 



429 



564 ; 1,123 



BRANCH EVENING READING ROOMS. 



Place. 

 Chatsworth Street Board School 

 Low Hill School ... 

 Queen's Road Board School 

 Stanley Road Board School 

 Wellington Road School ... 



29,252 

 14,365 

 20,480 

 28,965 

 21,715 



Average 

 per night. 



96 

 47 

 67 

 95 



72 



Total 



114,777 



377 



