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Table showing stock of books in Central Library only.

Town.	At end of the Years.
	1875.	1880.	1885.	1890.	1895.
Birmingham .	57,081	Burnt out in 1879	104,286	132,732	155,633
Bolton	37,235	45,466	55,121	68,061	83,679
Cardiff	8,310	11,810	18,302	33,509	55,080
Glasgow	...	33,019	62,382	87,193	116,000
Leeds	37,464	52,711	73,023	84,930	99,090
Liverpool	60,808	72,406	86,429	96,689	108,279
Manchester	55,000	70,000	82,000	95,400	107,000
Nottingham	20,579	27,108	51,366	68,535	81,436

 

Table showing the number of books issued in the Central Library only.

Town.	For the Years
	1875.	1880.	1885.	1890.	1895.
Birmingham	365,251	410,100	614,428	621,460	641,371
Bolton	194,102	240,708	264,421	318,653	443,909
Cardiff	26,076	54,171	91,372	137,204	179,781
Glasgow	...	390,732	468,056	Removed to new Premesis	513,456
Leeds	275,882	362,299	501,766	431,436	504,989
Liverpool	517,393	577,772	650,152	619,748	619,259
Manchester	61,213	203,194	283,232	307,785	416,100
Nottingham	143,096	160,562	319,573	333,807	397,446

The central libraries at Manchester, opened in 1852, at Leeds, opened in 1872, at Glasgow, opened in 1877, have all outgrown their original buildings,