16 TWELFTH ANNUAL REPORT

The total number of items circulated during the last three
years was as follows:

Fiscal Year 1945........... Fiscal Year 1946........... Fiscal Year 1947...........

.3,530 5,950 .5,594

In the table below the various series are listed in the order
of their use for the present fiscal year along with the figures for
circulation of the same series for the preceding two years. No
series is listed whose circulation is less than twenty.

	1946-47	1945-46	1944-45
Wills	830	1,052	601
Accounts ...........	714	883	409
Testamentary Proceedings...........	712	692	434
Inventories ............	466	503	256
Inventories and Accounts............	222	264	118
Deeds, Somerset County.............	218	81	7
Deeds, Baltimore County...........	210	382	230
Deeds, Prince George's County............	139	218	132
Judgments, Provincial Court...........	125	124	79
Deeds, Anne Arundel County...........	114	222	197
Deeds, Charles County ...........	113	83	6
Testamentary Papers, Anne Arundel County .	109	62	155
Balance Books ...........	99	91	60
Deeds, Frederick County...........	82	464	68
Court Records, Charles County...........	74	185	1
Deeds, Dorchester County...........	65	11
Wills, Charles County...........	63	75	80
Wills, Queen Anne's County.......................	43	9
Court Records, Prince George's County...........	40	71	20
Evening Capitals ...........	40	1	16
Wills, Original, Anne Arundel County...........	37	57	35
Accounts, Frederick County.............	34	20	15
Wills, Original...........	33	78	46
Accounts, Queen Anne's County ...........	32	3	_
Gist Family Papers.....................	30
Inventories, Queen Anne's County............	2?	2
Court Records, Queen Anne's County............	25	1
Accounts, Anne Arundel County............	24	15	4
Galloway Papers ...........	22		_
Inventories, Original, Frederick County..............	22	5
Oaths of Fidelity ........................	22	1	8
St. John's College materials.............	20	1	3
Deeds, Kent County ...........	20	14
Inventories, Charles County.............	20	4	2

As I have already pointed out, the number of postal com-
munications increased over the previous year. Information was