The Manchester public free libraries; a history and description, and guide to their contents and use . the use of the Manchester Public Free Librariesduring the last two official years. 1897-8 i 1896-7Volumes Used. No. of Vols, used in the Reference Library lent for home use used in the Reading Rooms on Week-daysSundaysBoys Rooms on Week-daysSundays . Total No. of Vols, used Daily average of Vols, used Readers and Borrowers. No. of Readers at the Reference Library No. of Borrowers {, the number of times they have used the Lil)raries)No. of Readers {, users of Books in the GeneralReadin
The Manchester public free libraries; a history and description, and guide to their contents and use . the use of the Manchester Public Free Librariesduring the last two official years. 1897-8 i 1896-7Volumes Used. No. of Vols, used in the Reference Library lent for home use used in the Reading Rooms on Week-daysSundaysBoys Rooms on Week-daysSundays . Total No. of Vols, used Daily average of Vols, used Readers and Borrowers. No. of Readers at the Reference Library No. of Borrowers {, the number of times they have used the Lil)raries)No. of Readers {, users of Books in the GeneralReading Rooms at the Branches) on Week-days No. of Readers on Sundays ,, ,, in the Boys Rooms on Week-days ...,, ,, ,, ,, Sundays Total No. of Readers and Borrowers 20821335816 392074 Aggregate use of the Libraries and Reading Rooms, By Borrowers Estimated number of Visitors to the Newsrooms and Reading Rooms Number of Users of the Reference Library „ ,, ,, Boys Rooms Total number of Users Daily average Borrowers Cards. No. of Borrowers Cards issued ,, ,, cancelled ,, ,, transferred ,, ,, now in force. Books Lost. Vols, lost by Borrowers and paid for by them ,, ,, and paid for by guarantors,, ,, and not yet recovered Library Stock. Vols, bound and repaired Vols, and Periodical Cases lettered Vols, withdrawn as worn-out ,, ,, as duplicates or useless Additions to the Libraries (including replacements of worn-out books) No. of Vols, in the Reference Library ,, ,, Lending Libraries and Reading RoomsTotal No. of Vols, in all the Libraries 18688 58347120 M133169458016 508 j 14883 iI14630163448278078 I 17189 18792 581 47603 12162 13937 5225 1311 12180110358161500271858 SPONTANEOUS GROWTH. 219 SPONTANEOUS the figures contained in the foregoing tables itwill be seen that for the last official year, 1897-8, the totalnumber of visits to the whole of the institutions forevery purpose to which they are devoted was estimatedto be 6,271,671, or 17,518 every day. On comparing thesefig
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