58,291 39 1/2 557,193 14,860 1/38
San Francisco 233,959 225 2,252,000 18,000 1/125

Vols. Being And per
Vols. per Circulation per $1.00 Volumes
Cities in soul per year soul of added
Library (about) (about) salaries yearly

Boston 438,594 1 1/5 1,056,906 3 14 16,478
Chicago 111,621 1/5+ 664,867 1 1/3 23 1/4 5,280
Cincinnati 153,870 3/5+ 730,544 3 26 1/6 4,120
Lynn 32,006 4/5 90,330 2 1/3 36 1,264
Milwaukee 24,481 1/5 83,052 3/4 16 2,778
New Bedford 45,000 1 4/5 71,798 3 ... 2,448
Newburyport 17,828 1 1/3 ... ... ... 441
Springfield, Mass. 48,832 1 1/2 57,152 1 3/4 14 3/4 1,797
Taunton 21,197 1 58,920 2 9/10 31 1/2 1,971
Worcester 61,204 1+ 194,321 3 1/3 26 6/7 3,105
San Francisco 62,647 1/4+ 326,000 1 1/4 36 [3]3,883

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[3] Next year NONE except gifts.

The six small cities tabulated are all in Massachusetts, because the
latest and fullest reports came to hand from them.

Of various comparisons which could be formulated from the above figures,
the following are the most pertinent now:--

(1) Of the five large cities listed, Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, and
Milwaukee give from one fifty-first part to one eighty-second part of
their tax levies for their libraries; San Francisco, one one-hundred and
twenty-fifth part.

(2) Of the actual sums so set apart by these cities, Boston, with half
as many more people, gives nearly seven times as much; Chicago, with
twice as many, gives three times as much; Cincinnati, with one-tenth
more gives two and two-thirds times as much; Milwaukee, with one-half as
many, gives nearly as much ($300 less).

(3) Accordingly, San Francisco would expend every year for its library,
if it were as liberal as Boston, about $84,000; if as liberal as
Chicago, $27,000; and so on.

(4) The actual comparative size of their libraries is: Boston seven
times as large as San Francisco; Chicago nearly twice; Cincinnati twice
and a half; Milwaukee only is smalle