VOLUMES IN THE SPECIAL COLLECTIONS.

1882. 1893. 1894. 1895. 1896–97. 1897-98. 1898-99. 1899–1900. 1900–1901. 1901-1902.] 1902-1903.
Patent library. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,142 4,551 5,531 5,733 5,971 6,287 6,666 7,045 7,373 7,783 8,044
Bowditch library. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,234 5,717 6,003 6,077 6,192 6,279 6,349 6,439 6,682 6,788 6,876
Parker library. . . . . . . to e s e e s s a to 12,363 14,116 13,819 13,820 13,845 13,848 13,854 13,865 13,866 13,869 13,862.
Prince library. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2.74 3,025 | 12,045 2,045 2,045 2,045 2,047 2,049 2,049 2,048 2,048
Ticknor library. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,463 6,096 6,086 6,149 6,165 6,172 6,209 6,224 6,274 6,310 6,340
Barton library. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,487 13,775 13,624 13,627 2 13,491 13,491 13,491 13,493 13,499 13,499 13,520
Franklin library. . . . . . . . . . . . . & 240 499 565 578 582 591 598 603 616 620 627
Thayer library. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 893 5,269 5,383 5,384 5,385 5,385 5,388 5,386 5,387 5,388 5,389
John A. Lewis library. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 621 679 679 679 679 681 681 682 690 693
Gilbert library. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420 422 422 422 422 422 422 422 422 422
Tosti library (1869, 129 vols.).. 129 129 129 129 129 129 129 129 129 129 129
Hunt library (1877, 669 vols.).. 669 669 669 669 669 669 669 669 669 669 669
John Adams library. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,819 2,819 2,819 2,819 2,819 2,819 33,019 3,019 3,019
Allen A. Brown library. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,382 6,990 7,671 7,745 7,874 8, 181 8,644 8,832 9,189
Chamberlain library. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J50 150 150 150 150 150 150 424 424
Military library. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308 315 321 Ö95 668 711 821 875 1,075
U. S. Congressional docs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,629 3,763 3,884 4,043 4,187 4,422 4,640 4,760
Great Britain Parl, papers.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,476 6,584 6,696 6,702 6,910 6,928 7,038 7,048
Galatea library. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,184 1,389 1,569 1,762 1,912
Codman library. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 696 699 714 730 752
Art/ library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 624 690 898 1,237 1,377
Newspaper room. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * * 4,559 5,397 5,746 6,001 6,122
Browning Collection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328 329 404 435 439
Statistical department . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343 3,382 6,049 8,524 9,667
Charlotte Harris Collection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,301 4,537 4,557
1 Actual enumeration of original Prince library. Account is now made elsewhere of additions purchased b for this collection.

2 There has becn no loss in the Barton library, but a correction of an error of 136 previously made.

y the city

Dy recount.

As reported

APENDIX V.

CLASSIFICATION.

BRANCH LIBRARIES.

by Custodians of branches, January 31, 1903.

5 | | | | | # F| 3 É $—t p- --> o & # | # | # | 3 || 3 || 3 |##| 3 || 3 || 3 | # 3 || 5 || 5 || 3 || 3 || 3 ||33 || 3 || 3 || > || 3: Reference books. . . . . . . . . 333 1,415. 399 430 419, 184] 1,213| 436; 316 553. 182 Genealogy and heraldry, 12 6 I 23 5 35 74 3 5 8 1 Biography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,407 1,535. 1,423. 1,126| 1,296 939| 2,530 1,239 1,534 1,282 468 History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,534 2,336|| 1,405] 1,289; 1,188 743| 2,938 1,345] 1,302 1,241 492 Fine arts, archaeology... 292 340 328, 259) 327, 147 592: 367 309| 272 104 Geography, travels. . . . . . 1,019| 976 967| 695| 786| 628. 1,592 883| 798 875 346 Language. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 76 78 63 93 45 87 65 75|| 133 16 Literature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,690) 1,660) 1,440) 1,412| 1,272 957| 4,075] 1,408 1,425] 1,282 512 Medicine, hygiene. . . . . . . 89 73 92 88 67 60 275|| 111| 102 75 22 Natural Science. . . . . . . . . . 535, 443 420 357| 438| 200 1,063 456 440 5SO 159 Philosophy, ethics, education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305] 232| 208; 175|| 205| 133 358. 217, 234; 256 62 Religion, theology....... 301 441| 207| 162| 202; 244| 1,160] 257 223 836 55 Sociology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206| 149; 120 122| 134 52 394. 133 127| 23S 52 LaW. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 19 8 16 7 5 74 21 24 7 1 Useful and industrial arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281| 188 220 196] 220 114 379; 223, 182; 314 68 Amusements, g a m e S, Sport S. . . . . . 1 to * * * * * * * * * * 77 72 74 71 73 56 48 78 74 72 16 Fiction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,922 4,427| 5,544 3,868 4,042, 3,975. 1,778 4,573| 3,938 2,413 1,171 Books for the young .... 1,758 1,759 2,145. 1,945. 1,708 917| 1,294| 1,895. 1,628, 1,765. 1,350 Bound periodicals. . . . . . . 807| 1,451 1,245. 555 1,164. 1,478 3,078. 1,633, 864 650 224 Unclassified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,177; 1,315|| 147| 333 509|...... 573| 150 . . . . . . 24 Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,674|29,775|17,639||12,999||13,979|11,421|23,002|15,916|13,750|12,852 5,325

APPENDIX VI.

Statistical Report, February 1, 1903, to January 31, 1903.

CARDS ISSUED FEBRUARY 1, 1902 — JANUARY 31, 1903.

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Central Library. . . . . . . . . . . . 23,126 585 1S 608 59 2,060 427 2,269 343 1,228 728 1,470 629 || 34,039 || 12,137 21,902 |* 1,713 2,349 785 8,114 Brighton Branch... . . . . . . . . 1,618 8 3 27 | . . . . . . . 44 154 78 163 47 97 94 103 2,436 707 1,729 1 11 3 133 753 Charlestown Branch. . . . . . . 3,404 20 6 26 6 118 208 113 149 54 103 106 SS 4,401 1,290 3,111 * 293 16 101 1,169 Dorchester Branch. . . . . . . . 3,173 24 Il 29 3 66 460 83 550 84 126 182 124 4,915 1,043 3,872 699 2SS 163 1,118 East Boston Branch. . . . . . . 3,511 21 25 49 16 79 363 83 425 8S IS2 I69 191 5,202 1,741 3,461 * 50 596 310 1,425 Jamaica Plain Branch . . . . 2,700 26 12 66 8 48 323 88 332 68 129 254 134 4,188 1,256 2,932 232 42 122 974 Roxbury Branch . . . . . . . . . . 4,316 12 14 45 12 85 531 130 548 126 247 280 252 6,598 2,063 4,535 219 109 252 1,552 South Boston Branch. . . . . . 5,124 42 9 54 8 128 870 123 473 95 189 204 174 7,493 1,975 5,518 394 21 459 3,079 South End Branch. . . . . . . . . 2,399 6 2 13 I 184 167 222 314 78 55 200 45 3,6S6 • 968 2,718 319 48 113 2,196 West End Branch . . . . . . . . . 3,703 11 | . . . . . . . 18 11 331 325 205 604 103 106 82 152 5,651 1,535 4,116 413 27 514 3,759 West Roxbury Branch . . . . 985 10 | . . . . . . . . 21 1 22 45 62 44 64 37 I39 47 1,477 507 TÜ * 15 | . . . . . . . . 42 528 Station A. . . . . . . . . . . . 398 6 I 3 |. . . . . . . . 17 30 27 18 7 16 17 S 548 193 355 * 43 | . . . . . . . . 67 227 & 4 B. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,406 15 I 23 2 40 104 77 103 18 74 83 52 1,998 691 1,307 * 99 . . . . . . . . 100 513 { { C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 | . . . . . . . 3 3 46 38 75 101 4 *. 15 20 4 310 . . . . . . 310 310 | . . . . . . . 6S 189 { { D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ! • * 397 1 1 3 | . . . . . . . 10 17 21 15 5 S 19 7 504 210 294 * 103 | . . . . . . . . 50 210 { { E . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357 7 l 8 . . . . . . . . 21 22 36 18 9 22 30 8 539 182 357 | . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 283 & 4 F. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,142 2 . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . 84 135 155 133 24 49 72 27 1,831 76 1,455 313 | . . . . . . . . 107 412 $6 at Franklin Park | . . . . . . . . . 2 | . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . 9 15 13 11 2 3 7 4 70 ! . . . . . . . . 70 70 | . . . . . . . . 13 37 { { G. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S96 1 . . . . . . . 7 1 45 54 82 66 14 39 42 24 1,271 483 7SS * 108 . . . . . . . 95 342 & 6 H. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 698 4 2 10 | . . . . . . 19 39 61 43 II 20 57 21 983 3S2 601 * 95 74 312 § { J . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 763 3 | . . . . . . . . 9. I 48 68 82 58 11 26 40 20 1,122 437 6S5 * 78 : . . . . . . . S7 316 & 4 K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450 || . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 22 30 22 5 30 29 9 607 I lS 4S9 39 44 189 { { L. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357 || . . . . . . . 1 | . . . . . . . . T 11 32 18 30 10 27 27 16 530 187 343 * 14 * * * * S1 255 { { M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 691 1 ! . . . . . . . . l . . . . . . . . 39 56 56 49 10 30 47 14 994 304 600 * 9] | . . . . . . 72 391 & 4 N. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,542 ||. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 1 57 119 I25 153 26 65 76 5S 2,229 952 1,277 * 265 | . . . . . . . . 142 593 . “ P. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,638 1 2 2 104 105 67 1SS 19 60 67 43 2,386 7SO 1,606 * 32 | . . . . . . 151 567 § { Q. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 926 5 | . . . . . . . . 14 42 56 92 48 11 29 47 2S 1,298 493 805 * 121 114 407 & 4 R. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,140 2 . . . . . . . . . 11 | . . . . . . . . 48 63 83 44 16 57 76 43 1,583 664 919 * 221 | . . . . . . . . 149 480 { { S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,822 3 I 2 2 69 129 72 208 9 44 54 44 2,459 919 1,540 * 282 | . . . . . . . 131 4S5 § { T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 738 2 1 2 | . . . . . . 39 w 65 66 16 34 44 21 1,080 43S 642 * 96 | . . . . . . . 117 853 & & U. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 777 3 . . . . . . . . 5 ! . . . . . . . . 28 27 60 48 17 42 39 23 1,069 865 704 * 73 96 3S7 { { W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,564 || . . . . . 12 1 | . . . . . . . . 33 450 26 393 11 29 35 60 2,614 7.59 1,855 291 | . . . . . . 2S] 427 & 4 Y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 840 || . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 115 22 107 13 22 24 21 1,179 291 8SS 48 . . . . . . . 85 313 { % Z. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 62 29 44 13 33 26 21 550 . . . . . . . . 550 247 | . . . . . . 163 240 Totals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72,902 825 123 1,070 138 4,017 5,763 4,830 5,911 2,316 2,773 4,168 2,515 ||107,351 34,536 || 72,815 #87 3,499 5,362 32,595

CLASSIFICATION OF HOLDERS OF “ LIVE CARDS ’’
JANUARY 31, 1903.

BY SEX AND OCCUPATION.

CLASSES. o' | row.
MALES.

Over 21 years of age.
Professional classes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,490 156
Teachers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380 206
Students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,521 1,338
Business men. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,102 142
Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,116 423
Laborers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394 4

Under 21 years of age Clerks.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,404 112 Office and errand boys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 816 8 Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328 22 Pupils of Latin and High Schools... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,325 12 Pupils of Grammar Schools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,026 20 Other students. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267 54

FEMALES.

Over 21 years of age. Professional classes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 492 116 Teachers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,886 238 Students... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,823 1,772 Business Women. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,361 203 Married. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,838 264 Single, unemployed... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,490 714

Under 21 years of age. Clerks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,832 92 Errand girls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 516 6 Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,520 117 Pupils of Latin and High Schools... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,368 16 Pupils of Grammar Schools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,106 3S Other students. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279 62 Totals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66,680 6,135

1 Including persons temporarily sojourning in Boston.

N.B. — Of the 2,768 teachers’ cards issued prior to February 1, 1903, 556 are live cards ; of these, 500 are held by permanent residents, in addition to their ordinary cards (not included in permanent residents’ column above), and 56 are held by nonresidents (which are included in non-residents’ column above).

Of the 780 special privilege cards issued prior to February 1, 1903, 188 are live cards; 139 are held by permanent residents, and 49 are held by non-residents.