. Historical notes : Public Library of New South Wales. OLD BOOK STAMPS, 1870-80. For the first few years, new books were purchased at the rate of about1,500 volumes annually. In later years (subsequent to 1887) the yearlyaccessions ran to from about 3,000 to 5,000 volumes. At the present timethe Reference Library contains about 140,000 volumes, the Lending Branch29,000 volumes, and the stock, from which country libraries are supplied,about 6,000 volumes—in all about 175,000 volumes. The number of visitorsin 1905, was as follows :— Reference Library ... ... ... ... ... 175,029 Lending Branch .
. Historical notes : Public Library of New South Wales. OLD BOOK STAMPS, 1870-80. For the first few years, new books were purchased at the rate of about1,500 volumes annually. In later years (subsequent to 1887) the yearlyaccessions ran to from about 3,000 to 5,000 volumes. At the present timethe Reference Library contains about 140,000 volumes, the Lending Branch29,000 volumes, and the stock, from which country libraries are supplied,about 6,000 volumes—in all about 175,000 volumes. The number of visitorsin 1905, was as follows :— Reference Library ... ... ... ... ... 175,029 Lending Branch ... ... ... ... ... 137,704 Newspaper Room ... ... . ... .. 351,890 Total 664,623 44 THE ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF
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