2 



INDEX. 



PAGE 



Fire. 



Security against. See Museum. — 

 Security. 



Fire-extinguishing Apparatus. See 

 Museum. — Security. 



General Meetings. See Trustees. — 

 General Meetings. 



Guide-books. See Publications. 

 Holidays . .... 18 



Keepers. See picers. — Subordi- 

 nate. 



Keys. Regulations respecting . .17 



Lights, &c. See Museum. — Security. 



Manuscripts. 



Keeper, Assistant-Keeper, and As- 

 sistants of the Department to 

 observe persons using Manu- 

 scripts 20 



Meetings of Trustees. See Trustees. 



Messenger. Rules relative to . 16, 17 



Museum. 



Care and Custody . . . 7, 8 

 Security. Precautions against Fire 

 and other accidents . . 31,32 



Natural History. Departments of. 



Admission ... 8, 9, 21, 22 



Superintendent . . .41 



Rules relative to . . . 13,14 

 Vacation . . . . . 6 



Officers. 



List and Succession . . 41-47 

 Persons in Office in June, 1871 . 47 

 Principal Librarians . . .41 

 Secretaries ..... 41 

 Superintendent of Departments of 



Natural History . . .41 

 Keepers of Departments . 42, 43 

 Assistant-Librarians . . 43-45 

 Extra Assistant-Keepers of Depart- 

 ments 45 



Keepers of the Reading-room . 46 



PAGE 



Officers (Resident). Absence . . 7 



(Subordinate). Rules relative to 12-17 



(Care and custody, Loss or damage 

 of articles, Catalogues or lists, 

 Absence, &c, 12. — Hours of 

 Attendance, 13. — Reports, 14. — 

 Labelling of objects, 14.— Su- 

 perintendence of persons under 

 them, 14. — Absence of Assistants 

 and others, 14, 15. — Abode of 

 Assistant-Keepers, 15. — Stamp- 

 ing of articles, 15. — Copyright, 

 15.— Attendance at meetings of 

 Trustees, 17.— Extra employ- 

 ments, 17. — General Instruction, 

 17. — To attend to security of 

 theirseveral departments, 31, 32. 

 — Principal Librarian to comment 

 on Reports of, 8. —Vacations, 6). 



Succession. 



Keepers . . . . 42, 43 

 Assistant -Librarians . . 43-45 

 Extra Assistant-Keepers of De- 

 partments . . . . 45 

 Keepers of the Reading-room . 46 



Principal Librarian (and Secretary). 



Rules relative to . . . 7-1 1 



(Residence, 7. — Custody, &c, of 

 Museum, 8. — Control of Estab- 

 lishment, 8.— Reports of Offi- 

 cers, 8. — Admission of Persons 

 of eminence, 8. — Hours of ad- 

 mission and behaviour of Visi- 

 tors, 8. — Admission of Readers 

 and Students, 8, 9. — Communi- 

 cation of Trustees' orders, 9. — 

 Synopsis, 9. — Royal Visitors, 9. 

 — Death or Sickness, 9. — Duties 

 as Secretary, 9-11. — Attendance 

 at Meetings of Trustees, 9. — 

 Minutes, 9. — Payments from 

 Parliamentary Grant, 9, 10. 

 — Correspondence, 10. — Sum- 

 monses, 10. — Vacancies in Estab- 

 lishment, 10.— Charge of Records, 

 10. — Payments from Funds' 

 Accounts, &c, 10. — Securi- 

 ties, 10. — Tradesmen's Accounts, 



