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8. No person under Twenty-one years of age is admissible 

 except under a special order from the Trustees. 



9. Eeaders may not write upon, damage, or make any mark 

 upon any Printed Book, Manuscript, or Map, belonging to the 

 Museum. 



10. Eeaders may not lay the Paper on which they are writing 

 on any Book, Manuscript, or Map. 



11. No tracing is allowed to be made without express per- 

 mission from the Director. 



12. Silence must be strictly observed in the Beading Boom. 



13. Beaders are particularly requested to replace on the shelves 

 of the Beading Boom, as soon as done with, such books of refer- 

 ence as they may have had occasion to remove for the purpose of 

 consultation. 



14. Any Beader taking a Book, Manuscript, Map, or other 

 property of the Trustees, out of the Beading Boom, w411 be dealt 

 with according to law. 



15. Beaders, before leaving the Beading Boom, must restore 

 to an official, at the centre counter, all Books, Manuscripts, or 

 Maps, which they have received, and must reclaim and get back 

 the Tickets by which they obtained them. Beaders are held re- 

 sponsible for such Books, Manuscripts, or Maps, until the Tickets 

 have been re-delivered to them. 



16. Any infringement of these Bules will render the privilege 

 of admission liable to forfeiture. 



17. Cases of incivility, of undue delay in supply of books, or 

 other failure in the service, should be immediately reported to the 

 Superintendent of the Beading Boom. 



18. The privilege of admission is granted upon the following 

 conditions : 



(a) That it may be at any time suspended by the Director. 



{h) That it may be at any time withdrawn by the Trustees 

 in their absolute discretion. 



19. All communications respecting the use of the Beading 

 Boom must be addressed to — 



The Dieector, 



British Museum, W.C. 



It is requested that any Beader observing a defect in, or 

 damage to, a Book, Manuscript, or Map, will point out the same 

 to the Superintendent of the Beading Boom. 



By Order of the Trustees. 



