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Rh {| out in 1879
 * +Table showing stock of books in Central Library only.
 * rowspan=2 |Town.
 * colspan=5 |At end of the Years.
 * 1875.
 * 1880.
 * 1885.
 * 1890.
 * 1895.
 * Birmingham.
 * 57,081
 * Burnt
 * Birmingham.
 * 57,081
 * Burnt
 * 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
 * }
 * Nottingham
 * 20,579
 * 27,108
 * 51,366
 * 68,535
 * 81,436
 * }
 * }

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