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The expense has fallen considerably below the estimates ; the property has been increased in value from fifty to one hundred per cent . , and has been placed in a condition to continue to increase from year to year in proportion with ...
The expense has fallen considerably below the estimates ; the property has been increased in value from fifty to one hundred per cent . , and has been placed in a condition to continue to increase from year to year in proportion with ...
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In Manchester , 10 per cent . of the population have obtained permission to borrow books ; in Boston , about 72 per cent . , which percentage has since largely increased . Thus , for the reasons just stated , a smaller proportion of ...
In Manchester , 10 per cent . of the population have obtained permission to borrow books ; in Boston , about 72 per cent . , which percentage has since largely increased . Thus , for the reasons just stated , a smaller proportion of ...
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As a As a " Circulating Library , " in the common use of the term , the collection in the Lower Hall is unmatched in New England for the comprehensiveness of its scope About 32 per cent . of the books it contains are works of English ...
As a As a " Circulating Library , " in the common use of the term , the collection in the Lower Hall is unmatched in New England for the comprehensiveness of its scope About 32 per cent . of the books it contains are works of English ...
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The circulation in 1867 was only 30 per cent . more than it was in 1859 , while the losses were 300 per cent . more . The old system was thus abandoned , because it was a demoralizing system , a system which encouraged theft more than ...
The circulation in 1867 was only 30 per cent . more than it was in 1859 , while the losses were 300 per cent . more . The old system was thus abandoned , because it was a demoralizing system , a system which encouraged theft more than ...
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In our case , it was thought that the use of the Library during August would prove to be about 50 per cent . of the average use of the year . It in fact amounted to nearly 74 per cent . The use in August was 92 per cent . of that of ...
In our case , it was thought that the use of the Library during August would prove to be about 50 per cent . of the average use of the year . It in fact amounted to nearly 74 per cent . The use in August was 92 per cent . of that of ...
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| Title | Documents of the City of Boston, Volume 3 |
| Author | Boston (Mass.). City Council |
| Published | 1870 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 19 Oct 2011 |
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