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Table I. — General Statistics. 



Volumes issued, &o. 



Volumes issued in Lending Department 134,654 



Volumes issued in Heading Koom 



New Tickets issued | 1,553 



Tickets renewed | 1,630 



Tickets cancelled [ 1,600 



* Readers on the Books ' 8, 183 



Books lost or injured and paid for 



Books lost from Lending Department . 



Books stolen from lieailing Room 



Volumes worn out — withdrawn 



Volumes worn out — replaced 230 



Volumes added 956 



Total volumes in Libraries 24,569 



South 

 Branch. 



166,116 



1,782 



2,084 



1,658 



3,866 



22 



71 



375 



965 



24,895 



East 

 Branch. 



162,486 

 35,170 

 1,593 

 2.550 

 1,517 

 4,143 

 12 



463,256 

 35,170 

 4.928 

 6,264 

 4,775 

 11,192 

 42 



* Readers borrowing tickets are required to be Renewed annually, otherwise they are 

 cancelled. This prevents an accumulation of mere nominal readers. 



Table II. 

 reading. 



-She-wing the classification of volumes issued for home 



Lending Libraries. 



Classification. 



North 

 Branch. 



Theology, Morals, and Metaphysics . . 2,375 



Natural Philosophy, and Mathematics. 1,997 



Natural History 1,055 



Science and the Arts 6,736 



History and Biography 4,445 



Topography and Antiquities 527 



Voyages and Travels 2,748 



Miscellaneous Literature 7,385 



Jurisprudence, Law, and Politics .... 138 



Commerce and Political Economy .... 634 



Education and Language 877 



Poetry and Dramatic Literature 929 



Prose Fiction 104,626 



Latin and Greek Classics 94 



Books for the Blind 1 88 



South 

 Branch. 



2,287 



2,308 



1,329 



7,662 



5,386 



660 



3,397 



8,116 



202 



1,171 



889 



933 



131,519 



112 



145 



East 

 Branch. 



Totals 134,654 166,116 162,486 463,256 ' 35,170 



1,523 



1,829 

 1,661 

 8,449 

 3,960 



842 

 3,238 

 7,550 



143 

 1,079 



650 



1,304 



130,074 



178 



6,185 

 6,134 



4,045 



22,847 



13,797 



2,029 



9,383 



23,051 



483 



2,884 



2,416 



3,166 



366,219 



384 



233 



Beading 



Boom, 



Bast 



Branch. 



253 



478 



370 



2,013 



1,121 



208 



652 



3,i?51 



60 



214 



208 



438 



25,815 



Total Volumes issued in Branch Libraries, 498,426. 



