Deposit of 
objects on 
Loan. 
Their subse- 
quent with- 
drawal. 
Acceptance of 
objects. 
Disposal of 
duplicates. 
Objects not to 
be lent, except 
for scientific 
examination. 
Duties of Gen. 
Curators. 
Duties of 
Curators of 
Departments. 
The Museum, 
when open. 
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interest for publication, shall be printed (with the author’s con- 
sent), in such manner as shall be determined by the Committee 
to be the best for the purpose, for distribution, gratuitously or 
otherwise, to the Members of the Society ; and for such price to 
the public as may be determined by the Committee. 
RULE 24.—Persons may deposit (temporarily), as a loan to the 
Society, books, drawings, manuscripts, specimens, and other 
objects, if considered to be of sufficient interest by the Com- 
mittee. Such objects shall not be withdrawn, when deposited, 
until the owner shall have given one of the General Curators 
a fortnight’s notice in writing of his intention. 
RULE 25.—The acceptance of all specimens, books, and other 
objects, whether as gifts or merely on loan, shall rest with the 
Committee. 
RULE 26.—No duplicate of any kind shall be disposed of 
except with the concurrence of the General Curators, of the 
Curator of the Department to which the object belongs, and of 
a majority of the Committee. 
RULE 27.—No specimen, being the property of the Society, 
shall be removed on loan ; but any such specimen may be sent 
for scientific examination, with the unanimous concurrence of a 
Committee-Meeting and the Curator of the Department to which 
such specimen belongs. 
RuLeE 28.—The general management of the Museum shall 
rest solely with the General Curators. 
RULE 29.—Curators of Departments shall be appointed by 
the Committee, the arrangement of specimens shall be left in 
their hands, subject only to the direction of the General Curators 
as to the space to be allotted to the several Departments, the 
position of the Cases, &c. 
RULE 30.—The Museum shall be open daily throughout the 
year (Sundays, Christmas Day, and Good Friday excepted) from 
10 a.m. until 5 p.m. during the months of April, May, June, July, 
August, and September, and from ro a.m. until 4 p.m. during the 
other months of the year, as follows :— 
a. To Members, free. 
4. To Non-Members, on payment of 6d. each. 
c. To the Public, free, after 12 o’clock (noon) on Thursdays, 
Fridays, and Saturdays, all Bank Holidays, and such other 
days as the General Curators shall determine. 
