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Show Australia Rich in Libraries. Victoria's (Australia) five hundredth free library was opened lately. One and all of the older libraries are well patronized. The gross revenue received re-ceived by them in the aggregate from halls, members' subscriptions, and grants is about $340,000. There are about a million books in these libraries, libra-ries, and it was claimed that something some-thing like 3,500,000 visits are paid to them in the year. While works of fiction fic-tion are read to the greatest extent, general literature and history receive a good deal of attention. |