on resigning office, 27 October, 1S90. xi 



Mr Oarrighan (Job.), Mr Griffith (Emm.), Mr Peacock (Trim), Mr 

 Crawley (Magd.), Mr Whewell (Trin.), Mr Henslow (Joh.), was 

 appointed to draw up the following regulations for the manage- 

 ment of it, which the Society adopted, 25 March, 1822. 



Rules and Regulations of the Reading Room. 



1. Any Fellow of the Society elected before the 1st of January, 1822, 



may become a member of the Reading-room by writing his name 

 in the book for that purpose and paying the subscription of the 

 current year. 



2. Every Fellow of the Society elected after the 1st January, 1822, is 



a member of the Reading-room during residence. 



3. Every Fellow of the Society after becoming a member of the 



Reading-room continues so during residence. 



4. Every member of the Reading-room shall pay an annual subscrip- 



tion of one guinea to the Society, the subscription to be due on 

 the 1st January for the current year, or he may become a member 

 for life by paying ten guineas for the use of the Reading-room in 

 any one year. 



5. The following publications shall be taken in 1 . 



6. Every alteration proposed in the list of publications taken in, shall 

 be signed by at least three members of the Reading-room, read 

 at a meeting of the Society, and suspended in the Room for a 

 fortnight during full Term, for any member to signify his assent 

 or dissent. If the majority in its favour amount to one-third of 

 the signatures and the Council determine that the funds will 

 permit, the alteration shall take place. 



7. No Newspaper shall be taken out of the room, and no periodical 



publication shall be removed, before a succeeding number has 

 appeared. 



8. Any member, upon taking out a book, shall give to the servant 



of the house, a paper, with the title of the book, signed and dated 

 by himself. 



9. Any member violating this rule shall pay a fine of 10s. 



10. Every publication taken out to be returned in a fortnight under a 



penalty of 2s. Qd. 



11. Any member having lost or damaged a book or paper shall replace 

 it by a fresh copy of the same. 



1 A space of nearly a full page is left in tlie Minute Book for the list of 

 publications, but it has never been written in. 



