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entitled to borrow shall be limited to two, but this number may be 
exceeded on the recommendation of the Philological Committee. 
3. Every loan shall be reported to the Council. 
4. All manuscripts lent must be returned at the end of three 
months. 
5. With regard to Editors each individual case will be 
dealt with on its own merits. 
The conditions under which each editor may borrow manu- 
scripts will be forwarded with his letter of appointment. 
Loans to Europe. 
1. Loans cannot be made to private individuals but only to 
Corporate Bodies. 
2. Loans to Corporate Bodies in Kurope must receive the 
sanction of the Council, 
3. The loan is to be made in the first instance for six 
months only, and renewals of loan for periods of three months 
only. 
v4, With each manuscript lent a form will be sent in 
duplicate, and three forms of application for renewal: one form will 
be retained by the borrower and the other duly signed by him 
returned to the Society. 
5. That the Corporate Body to whom the loan is made will 
not be at liberty to allow the manuscript to leave their premises. 
General Rules. 
6. Certain manuscript of special importance or rarity shall 
be placed by the Philological Secretaries in consultation on a 
reserve list. These manuscripts will be marked in the Library 
Catalogue with asterisks, and, as a general rule, shall not be lent 
out of the Society’s rooms. 
7. Itis, however, at the discretion of the Council, in very 
special cases, to sanction the loan of such manuscript. 
Form of Acknowledgment. 
We have to acknowledge receipt Of........4-.-000NO.... coe see eee ees 
in good order and condition, to be held in trust for the Asiatic 
Society of Bengal and not to be removed from our premises. 
We hereby undertake either to return the said manuscript by 
the...............(the date being six months from the date of presum- 
able arrival) or to make a formal application for renewal of the loan 
by the............(five months from the time of presumable arrival), 
and we further undertake toreturn the manuscriptin the same order 
and condition securely packed by insured parcel post by the........s+e+. 
if previous sanction to retain it for a further period has not been 
received by the............00. 
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