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Canterbury Public Library: Circulating Department. — Stock-sheet for Year ending the 31st December, 1899.

* Daily average, 352. f Daily average, 29. J Total daily average, 381.

Reference Department. — Total of Books in each Section.

* And one taken off. f Twenty-two books transferred from political to learned societies.

■a a ■ <ag ."P4i H A ft eS o s 6 ■8 CO 4" 4. n O o A o H < a o 44 Q a8 « §■§ "l •r4 4, 4. CC1 O 0) 44 4, 3" PH So . 13 2 a 53j ■s»S O.rt CO Sffi CD p a (3 to S O <D o 3 o H In stock, 1st January, 1899 New books and renewals added during year Total .. 1,344 66 1,459 63 1,595 54 324 1 8,862 783 981 32 363 3 829 17 1,066 53 1,102 27 17,925 1,099: 1,410 1,522 1,649 325 9,645 1,013 366 846 1,119 1,129 19,024 Taken off, unfit for issue Placed in reference library Books, &c, lost Books missing "2 2 37 1 3 435 "6 52 8 1 1 2 3 7 22 1 4 443 75 10 65. "2 "l "3 Total .. 4 3 41 493 10 5 29 8 593 18,431 In stock, 1st January, 1900 1,406 1,519 1,608 ! ! 325 9,152 1,013 356 841 1,090 1,121 Canterbury Public Library: Circuit ting Depa', Twelve tment. — Particulars of the Issue of Books for Months. History ... Biography Travels ... Architecture Eiction ... Literature Foetry and drama Science ... 1,980 2,112 3,276 72 93,024 1,068 528 576 Miscellaneous ... ... ... 768 Magazines (bound) ... ... 3,468 106,872* Magazines (monthly numbers) ... 8,940t 115,8121

1898. New Books added 1899. Total. Books lost. Total VolumSs 31st December, 1899. History „ constitutional Travels Literature — English Poetry and drama Foreign Biography Mineralogy Astronomy Biology Geology Zoology Natural science generally... Fine arts Society of musicians Almanacs Calendars Legal ... Mathematics Architecture Dictionaries Political I 1,077 47 395 61 2 197 1,138 49 592 l" 1,138 48 592 520 278 399 538 18 90 26 169 287 221 4 3 1 31 3 524 281 400 569 21 90 27 173 293 228 1 1 523 281 399 569 21 90 27 171 293 228 1 4 6 7 2 355 12 367 367 956 77 1,033 1,033 Newspapers Chemistry and physics Divinity Educational Miscellaneous ... Botany Agriculture and farming ... Learned societies Philosophy Anatomy ... Medicine and surgery T 70 121 569 338 2,188 336 72 752 166 264 107 278 171 625 2 56 10 163 38 2 6 14 44 5 18 4 70 70 123 625 348 2,351 374 74 758 180 308 112 296 175 695 1 2 2* 70 122 623 345 2,329+ 374 74 758 180 308 112 294 197+ 695 2 104 3 107 107 11,537 844 12,381 12 12,368