XXV111. 



THE LIBRARY. 



1. Tlie Library shall be open for consultation and for the issue 

 and return of books daily (except Saturday), from 9*30 a.m. to 1 

 p.m., and 2 to 6 p.m., and on Saturdays from 9*30 a.m. to 1*30 p.m. 



1a. The Library will not be open on public holidays. 



2. No book shall be issued without being signed for in the 

 Library Book. 



3. Members are not allowed to have more than two volumes, 

 at a time from the Library, without special permission from one 

 of the Honorary Secretaries, nor to retain a book for a longer 

 period than fourteen days ; but when a book is returned by a 

 member it may be borrowed by him again, provided it has not 

 been bespoken by any other member. Books which have been 

 bespoken shall circulate in rotation, according to priority of 

 application. 



4. Scientific Periodicals and Journals will not be lent until the 

 volumes are completed and bound. 



4a. Dictionaries, Encyclopaedias, and other works of reference 

 and cost, Atlases, Books and Illustrations in loose sheets, Drawings, 

 Prints and unbound numbers of Periodicals and Works, Journals, 

 Transactions and Proceedings of Societies or Institutions, Works 

 of a Series, Maps or Charts, are not to be removed from the 

 Library without the written order of the President or one of the 

 Hon. Secretaries. 



5. Members retaining books longer than the time specified shall 

 be subject to a fine of sixpence per week for each volume. 



6. The books which have been issued shall be called in by the 

 Secretaries twice a year ; and in the event of any book not being 

 returned on those occasions, the member to whom it was issued 

 shall be answerable for it, and shall be required to defray the 

 cost of replacing the same. 



7. No stranger shall be admitted to the Library except by the 

 introduction of a member, whose name, together with that of the 

 visitor, shall be inserted in a book kept for that purpose. 



8. Members shall not lay the paper upon which they are 

 writing on any Book or Map. 



No tracings shall be made without express permission from the- 

 Hon. Secretaries. 



