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Maps, Prints, or other Engravings belonging thereto, finished and coloured in 

 the same manner as the best copies of the same shall be published ; and also 

 of any second or subsequent edition which shall be so published, with any 

 additions or alterations, whether the same shall be in Letterpress or in the 

 Maps, Prints, or afcher Engravings belonging thereto, and whether the first 

 edition of such Books shall have been published before or after the passing of 

 this Act; and also of any second or subsequent edition of every such Book, of 

 which the first or some preceding edition shall not have been delivered for the 

 use of the Public Library of Melbourne, bound, sewed, or stitched together, and 

 upon the best paper on which the same shall be printed shall, within two 

 calendar months after the day on which any such Book shall be first sold, 

 published, or offered for sale within the Colony of Victoria, be delivered by or 

 on behalf of the Publisher thereof, at the Public Library, Melbourne." 



"Section 17. That every copy of every Book which, under the provisions 

 of this Act, ought to be delivered as aforesaid shall be delivered at the Public 

 Library of Melbourne, between the hours of ten in the forenoon and four in 

 the afternoon, to one of the officers of the said Library, or to some person 

 authorised by the Trustees to receive the same; and such officer or other 

 person receiving such copy is hereby required to give a receipt in writing for 

 the same, and such delivery shall to all intents and purposes be deemed to be 

 good and sufficient delivery under the provisions of this part of this Act." 



"Section 18. That if any such publisher shall neglect to deliver such 

 Book as aforesaid in pursuance of Section 16 of this Act, he shall for every 

 such default forfeit, besides the value of such copy of such Book or edition 

 which he ought to have delivered, a sum not exceeding Five Pounds, to be 

 recovered by the Librarian or other officer (properly authorised) of the said 

 Library in a summary way, on conviction before two Justices of the Peace for 

 the district where the publisher making default shall Teside or have his place 

 of business, or by action of debt or other suitable proceeding at the suit of 

 such Librarian or other officer in any court of competent jurisdiction in the 

 Colony of Victoria; and if the plaintiff shall obtain a verdict, he shall recover 

 his costs reasonably incurred, to be taxed as between attorney and client." 



In the beginning of the year 1870 Trustees were appointed by the Governor 

 in Council. 



Immediately thereupon they entered on the duties of office, and for some 

 time they were engaged in making Rules for the Administration of the affairs 

 of the Institution. 



The labours of internal superintendence were distributed amongst the 

 Committees of 



(1) The Library. 



(2) The Industrial and Technological Museum, with its Schools of 



(a) Chemistry, Metallurgy, and Mineralogy. 



(b) Engineering. 



(c) Telegraphy. 



(3) The National Museum. 



(4) The National Gallery, with its Schools of (a) Design. 



(b) Painting. 

 (6) For the Building and General Management. 



