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fiction, volumes of the Graphic, Illustrated London News, Punch, &c., 

 included in the table, number 112,430. To this must be further added 

 78,048 Directories and 17,125 volumes of Patents. A section of this 

 room forms the Newspaper department, and various countings of the 

 readers here present at one time give an average of not less than 700 

 per day, or 189,700 during the year. The foregoing figures combined 

 make a grand total of 763,395 books and periodicals issued during the 

 past year, and this apart from the enormous number of persons who 

 come to consult or read the various newspapers. 



Table. — Showing the issue of books and their classification. 



Classification. Volumes. Average 



Theology, Morals, &c 16,696 61 



Natural Philosophy, Astronomy, &c. ... ... ... 15,650 59 



Natural History 7,834 25 



Science and the Arts 25,487 94 



History and Biography ... ... ... ... ... 18,440 68 



Topography and Antiquities ... ... ... ... 6,646 24 



Voyages and Travels ... ... ... .. ... 9,694 36 



Miscellaneous Literature (principally collected Works, 



Essays, Reviews, Societies' Proceedings, &c., in 



volumes) 126,262 465 



Jurisprudence, Law, and Politics ... ... ... 4,902 18 



Commerce, Political Economy, and Statistics ... ... 3,761 14 



Education and Language ... ... ... ... 6,845 25 



Poetry and Dramatic Literature ... ... ... 10,239 .38 



Prose Fiction 171,697 632 



Latin and Greek Classics and Translations ... ... 3,679 14 



Encyclopaedias, and Works of General Reference ... 16,817 62 



Total 444,649 1,640 



Table. — Showing the number and classification of works contained 

 in the Library. 



Classification. Volumes. 



Theology, Morals, &c 7,124 



Natural Philosophy, Astronomy, &c. ... ... ... ... ... 2,295 



Natural History 5,200 



Science and the Arts ... ... .. ... ... ... ... 11,026 



History and Biography ... ... ... ... ... ... 12,180 



Topography and Antiquities ... ... ... ... ... ... 5,169 



Voyages and Travels ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 5,104 



Miscellaneous Literature (principally collected Works, Essays, 



Reviews, Societies' Proceedings, &c., in volumes) 22,554 



Jurisprudence, Law and Politics ... ... ... ... ... 7,788 



Commerce, Political Economy &c 1,447 



Education and Language ... ... ... ... ... ••• 1,524 



Poetry and Dramatic Literature ... ... ... ... ... 3,943 



Prose Fiction ».. 5,323 



Latin and Greek Classics and Translations ... ... ... ... 903 



Encyclopaedias, and Works of General Reference ... ... 3,169 



Total 



94,749 



