successfully passed through the press, with the painstaking care necessary 

 to make the catalogue an efficient key to the Library, is deserving of full 

 recognition. 



Comparative Statement of issues in the Picton Reading Room, 1890-91. 



Totals 



173,831 191,071 2,011 19,251 



Table. — Showing the number and classification of works contained 

 in the Library. 



Classification. 

 Theology, Morals, &c. ... 

 Natural Philosophy, &c. 

 Natural History... 

 Science and the Arts 

 History and Biography... 

 Topography and Antiquities 

 Voyages and Travels 



Miscellaneous Literature (principally collected Works, 

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



Jurisprudence, Law, and Politics 



Commerce, Political Economy, &c. 



Education and Language 



Poetry and Dramatic Literature 



Prose Fiction 



Latin and Greek Classics and Translations 



Encyclopaedias and Works of General Eeference 



Total ... 



Essay 



Volumes. 

 7,280 

 2,449 

 5,412 

 11,909 

 12,572 

 5,356 

 5,221 



23,813 

 8,102 

 1,578 

 1.G03 

 4,068 

 5,381 

 966 

 3,.354 



99,064 



