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verify his Catalogue. Members not residing in Colombo may 

 retain a book for a period not exceeding three months. But 



[3.] All books borrowed, of whatsoever description the same 

 may be, shall be returned to the Library one week at least 

 before the 7th of February in every year, — that pamphlets 

 and serials may be bound up, and the Catalogues corrected ; 

 and that a proper Report on the state of the Library may 

 be prepared for the Anniversary Meeting. 



4. Dictionaries, and works of reference, or of especial rarity or 

 value, do not go out : they remain in the Library for use or inspect 

 tion ; and Periodicals lie on the table for one week. 



5. All works in the Library, or on the table of the Society, 

 may be seen and consulted by Members, and also by others properly 

 recommended, with the leave of the Librarian, or of his assistants 

 under his direction. 



THE MUSEUM. 



No article under the charge of the Curator of the Museum, or 

 of the Conservator of Scientific Instruments belonging to the Society, 

 shall be moved or touched but by the Curator and Conservator 

 respectively, or their assistants under their express direction. 



