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Table I. — Shewing volumes issued for home reading. 



Volumes issued in Lending Libraries 

 Volumes issued in Reading Koom . . 



New Tickets issued 



Tickets renewed 



Tickets cancelled 



Readers on the Books 



Books lost or injured and paid for . 



Books lost 



Volumes worn out — withdrawn . . . . 



Volumes worn out — replaced 



Volu mes added 



Total volumes in Libraries 



North 

 Branch. 



136,195 



1,532 



1,698 



1,632 



3,215 



10 



5 



268 



237 



1,079 



23,613 



» South 

 Branch. 



t East 

 Branch. 



151,320 



1,654 

 2,088 I 

 1,823 I 

 3,815 ! 

 19 

 7 

 293 

 94 I 

 1,050 

 24.001 



136,645 



34,677 



1,647 



2.420 



1 ,.548 



4,067 



19 



2 



1,481 

 9,611 



424,160 



34,677 



4,833 



6,206 



5,00:i 



11,097 



48 



14 



561 



331 



3,610 



57,225 



* Closed 14 days in July for painting, &c. 



t Closed 21 days in July — August for painting, &c. 



Table II, — Shewing classification of volumes issued. 



Lending Libraries. 



North 

 Branch. 



South 

 Branch. 



Theology, Morals, &c I 2,346 i 1,530 



Natural Philosophy, &c ', 1,697 | 1,547 



Natural History i 1,282 ; 1,141 



Science and the Arts : 6,426 I 5,413 



History and Biography 4,1 11 , 4,487 



Topography and Antiquities 503 i 743 



Voyages and Travels ^'^'l \ ^'^.^^ 



Miscellaneous Literature i 8,187 i 6,659 



Jurisprudence, Law, &c 128 1 38 



Commerce, Political Economy, &c 507 , 736 



Education and Language ' 754 | 677 



Poetry and Dramatic Literature 817 j 814 



Prose Fiction 106,635 I 123,911 



Latin and Greek Classics | 92 ] 127 



Books for the Blind j 39 229 



Totals I 136,195 ' 151,320 



East 

 Branch. 



1,271 



1,483 



1,430 



6,644 



3,599 



614 



2,430 



6,005 



130 



874 



507 



1,034 



110,407 



217 



136,645 



Reading 

 Room. 



East 

 Branch. 



5,147 



4,727 



3,853 



18,483 



12,197 



1,860 



8,269 



20,851 



396 



2,117 



1,938 



2.665 



340,953 



436 



268 



424,160 



214 



357 



339 



1,434 



987 



1.59 



530 



2,571 



73 



140 



289 



373 



27,126 



85 



34,677 



Total Volumes issued in Branch Libraries, 458,8.37. 



