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KEPORT OF THE COUNCIL, 



pose, and especially for lectures, for which there is no accom- 

 modation whatever, the Garden Committee report that the 

 measure has proved of great value to the men, that they attend 

 regularly and diligently, and that not a single instance of mis- 

 conduct has been reported. The Council, therefore, propose to 

 furnish better accommodation as soon as the funds of the Society 

 will permit them. 



The regulations which have been adopted for the management 

 of the reading-room are the following : — 



Rules for the Management of the Reading Room, passed by the Garden 

 Committees of Dec. 7, 1846, and Jan. 4, 1847. 



Of the Reading Room. 



The Reading Room is to be accessible, at the hours mentioned below, to 

 the persons employed as garden-labourers upon the recommendation of 

 Fellows, and to the superior officers of the Garden, including Mr. Sibthorpe, 

 or to persons recommended by them. 



It is to be cleaned, the fire in the winter to be lighted, the candles or lamps 

 cleaned, and otherwise kept in order by the stoker ; he is to look to it every 

 morning before breakfast, and light the fire one hour before the room is 

 opened during that part of the season when fires are required. 



It is to be open every evening, except Sunday, till ten o'clock ; from dark 

 in winter, and from half-past six in summer. 



Of the Books, 8fc. 



The Books, &c, are to remain as now, under the care of the Garden-clerk, 

 who is responsible for their safe custody and good condition. 

 He is— 



1. To receive all books when they first come to the Garden. 



2. To cut them. 



3. To enter them in the catalogues, and place them on the shelves. 



4. To see that they are kept in proper order, as to binding, &c. 



5. To report if any accident or injury happens to them. 



No books are to be removed from the Reading Room except by the written 

 order of the Vice-Secretary. 



No printed book or newspaper is to be admitted, unless by the permission 

 of the Garden Committee or Vice-Secretary, application having been first 

 made in the recommendation book, and signed by the person making the 

 proposal. 



Of the Even ing Meetings. 



A person, to be called the reading-room clerk, shall have charge of the 

 room. His business will be to light the candles, deliver out books and 

 replace them, see that all the rules below mentioned in this chapter are 

 observed, and report in writing immediately any infraction of them. He is 

 also to be the first and last man in the room, putting out the candles, leaving 

 all right, locking the door, and taking the key with him. 



The frequenters of the Reading Room are to act in succession as the 

 reading-room clerk, each one week at a time ; the Garden-clerk taking the 

 first turn and being succeeded by the oldest man in the Garden, and so on 

 according to seniority. 



