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ADMISSION INTO THE MUSEUM. 



CHAP. III. 

 Days and 

 Hours of 

 Admission. 



Mode of 

 Admission. 



Reading 

 Room. 



washing and sweeping the several Galleries and 

 Rooms. 



The hours for viewing the Collections are from 

 ten till four, in the months from September to 

 April inclusive, and from ten till seven during the 

 remainder of the year. 



3. Persons who wish to see the Museum, are 

 to apply on any of the above-mentioned open 

 days, in the Entrance Hall, where each indivi- 

 dual may be required to inscribe his or her name 

 and place of abode, in a book to be kept for that 

 purpose. 



4. It is expected that persons, who visit the 

 Museum, be decent and orderly in their appear- 

 ance and behaviour ; the Officers being instructed 

 to refuse admission to, or to cause to withdraw, 

 any person who shall disregard this caution. No 

 children in arms will be admitted. 



5. The Reading Room of the Museum shall be 

 kept open, except on the Holidays specified in 

 Sect. 1., and between the 1st and 7th January, 

 the 1st and 7th May, and the 1st and 7th Sep- 

 tember, from nine till four every day in the week, 

 except Sundays, in the months from September to 

 April inclusive, and from nine till seven during the 

 remainder of the year : with the exception that on 

 Saturday it closes at five. 



6. Persons desirous of admission into the said 

 Room, are to send their applications in writing to 

 the Principal Librarian, or in his absence to the 

 senior Officer ; who, if he sees no objection, will 

 grant admission for a term not exceeding half a 



