Total no. of vols. consulted by desk applicants 31,500 6,001 35,258 7,244 35,567 7,458 8,888 I,394 2,500 TABLE II. SHOWING NUMBER OF PERIODICALS RECEIVED, WITH DISTINCTION OF COUNTRY AND FREQUENCY OF ITALIAN, 560 588 918 148 4 6 Purchase. Gift. Exchange. Exchange. Purchase. Gift. Exchange. Purchase. Gift. Purchase. Gift. Exchange. Exchange. Purchase. Gift. Exchange. Purchase. Gift. Exchange. Purchase. Purchase. Gift. Gift. Exchange. Exchange. Purchase. Gift. Exchange. Purchase. Gift. Exchange. Purchase. Purchase. Gift. Gift. Exchange. Purchase. Gift. Exchange. Purchase. Gift. 5 I 5 бо H 2 I I I 17 I I I 4 3 Exchange. Purchase. Gift. Exchange. 47 24 TOTAL. 685 4,917 The above table does not include annuals received by gift, 6,063, or by Bulletin exchange, 280. ARCHITECTS CONDITION OF THE WORK 30 JUNE, 1903 TABLE III. TABLE SHOWING ACQUISITION OF SITES AND PROGRESS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF BRANCH LIBRARY BUILDINGS FROM THE CARNEGIE FUND. James Brown Lord Opened to public 13 December, 1902 222-224 E. 79th St., TABLE IV. CIRCULATION OF BOOKS FOR HOME USE BY MONTHS. JULY. AUG. SEPT. ост. NOV. DEC. JAN. FEB. MARCH. APRIL. MAY. JUNE. TOTAL. Chatham Square. 10, 112 8,877 8,805 II, IIO 13,262 15,381 17,704 14,785 16,241 15,035 13,732 15,963 14,511 14,026 16,972 18,329 18,971 20,019 17,669 15,734 160,778 3,974 4,505 3,957 12,929 11,119 12,225 12,559 5,348 12,601 4,126 4,038 4,229 4,849 5,216 4,096 3,710 4,004 47,102 10,159 10,659 126,403 9,622 10,904 11,519 153,370 12,928 13,700 Bloomingdale. 13,289 12,445 13,193 14,496 15,507 15,150 16,865 15,091 635 662 9,664 32,274 31,815 10,592 21,382 20,923 22,726 25,546 23,366 7,502 7,775 IOI, 121 Totals. 161,392 150,827 | 135,408 163,911 171.732 177,789 203,602 179,663 274,590 251,119 224,481 238,211 |2,332,725 * Only from date of consolidation, March 1, 1903. + Included in previous line. |