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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1899 Excerpt: ...Number of periodicals subscribed for 246 Number of periodicals donated 59 Total 305 SUNDAY REPORT OF READING ROOM. Number of Sundays the Reading Room was open. 52 Number of readers for the year 16.885 Number of periodicals issued for the year 17,829 Largest number of readers in one Sunday, March 11. 1900 547 Smallest number of readers in one Sunday, June 24, 1900 167 Largest issue in one Sunday, March 11, 1900 592 Smallest issue in one Sunday, September 2, 1900.. 159 Average issue 342 ATTENDANCE AND ISSUE BY MONTHS. Month. Attendance. Issue. I9OO. March 11,917 11,899 April 9,621 10,570 May 8,026 8,230 June 7.752 8,168 July 6,918 6,759 August 5.558 6,947 September 6,522 8,601 October 8.508 8,193 November... 8,531 7,460 December 9o24 7-o47 1901. January 9,656 9,689 February 9,246 8.828 Total 101,779 102,991 READING IN READING ROOM BY CLASSES. Philology 100 Theology 3o5 Sociology 586 Science 2,537 Useful arts 3,74o Fine arts 3,232 History and biography 198 Literature 58-593 Humorous 33,700 Total 102,991 SCHEDULE D. SUMMARY OF READING. Since the Opening of the Library, March 2, 1891, Reading Room for Periodicals was Opened July 7, 1890, and Reference Room October 12, 1892.) Reading Reference Circulating Total. Year. Room. Room. Department. 1890-9I 38,106 38,106 1891-92 77,771 88,823 166,594 1892-93 "9-979 15.451 108,679 244,109 1893-94 186,855 44,993 124,573 356,421 1894-95 159,791 55,926 125,442 341,159 1895-96 151,957 67,235 122,784 341,976 1896-97 120,414 63,035 117,101 300,550 1897-98 106,784 56,949 113,822 277,555 1898-99 244,891 63,634 110,738 419,268 1899-1900.... 328,469 56,654 108,202 493,325 1900-01 102,991 48,921 91,864 253,776 Total 1,638,008 472,798 112.028 3,232,839 Nine months. Of the Carnegie Free Library, Allegheny, Pa. In 1881 Mr. Andrew ...