YEARS. Applicants. Applications sent to Police. APPENDIX XII. REGISTRATION. Cent. L. E.B.Br. Cent. L. E.B.Br. Cent. LE B.Br. Cent. L.E.B.Br. Cent. L. E.B.Br. Cent. L. E. B.Br. 1868. (3d, begun Sept., 1867) 12,057 2,810 1869 6,490 3,462 1870 (nine months) 6,577 1,904 1871 7,096 2,320 3,040 1,012 Totals 32,220 2,320❘ 11,216 1,012 Add for East Boston 2,320 1,012 Grand Total for the entire Library 34,540 12,228 The largest weekly number of applicants was 222, for the week, Oct. 3-8, 1870; and the smallest 48, for the week, June 13-18, (the Library Up to October, 1870, there had been a large number of applicants from the beginning of the present registration, who had not called for The number of applicants, who are residents of Dorchester, since January 1st, 1870 (when they became entitled to the privileges of the Most of the "cards refused" are for reason of non-residency or being under age. Since the change was made in the registration of fines, March 16, 1869, cards have been retained for non-payment of fines, until redeemed, and May 1, 1871, the Clerk had in his possession 505 such cards. NOTE.-The column of "Received since" denotes those received of the "Total recom mended" the same year. What may be in subsequent years received of such "Total recommended," does not appear in this table. For instance, of the 1,120-(183+423)=514 not received in 1868 of the total recommended that year, a large part has since been received. 6* NOTE.-In computing this percentage, the use of Books in the Bowditch, Parker and Prince Libraries, which are kept apart from the general classifications of the Library, is reckoned as nearly as possible and included in the usual divisions, as indicated in the table. See Explanations to appendix VII. READING. I, XI and ranges Sciences, Arts, Professions. 7.4 11,436 6.97 8, 9, 10 of X, XX II, XII American History and Politics 1.8 2,682 1.63 IX, XIX Foreign History and Politics 2.1 3,221 1.96 III, XIII Collections, Periodicals, etc. 4.2 2,461 1.5 X, XX, except ranges 8, 9, 10, French, German and Italian Books NOTE. — The columns of "Loans returned" do not include the books taken and returned the same day. NOTE.- Compare Appendixes X and XI, and notes to the same. |