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Froceedifix/s of the Mad. Lit, Society [No. 36, 



S. Eeviews and Magazines are, immediately on their arrival, to be 

 sent in circulation to Members of the first class, who arc disposed into 

 divisions, according to residence and to the number of copies received. 



9. The Librarian keeps a register to enter the application of Mem- 

 bers for books, which are accordingly furnished immediately, if in the 

 Library : but if the books applied for be in circulation, or in use by 

 other Members, they are to be forwarded to the persons applying, when 

 returned to the Library at the expiration of the time limited for the 

 perusal of them. 



10. With regard to the stock books of the Library, the following 

 periods are allowed for their detention by the Members, viz., six days 

 for a Duodecimo volume, ten days for an Octavo, sixteen days for a 

 Quarto, and twenty-four days for a EoHo, at the expiration of which 

 tune if any other Member has applied for the book, it is to be return- 

 ed or re-called ; but if no other Member has a,pplied for it, the book 

 may be allowed to remain a further time with the person reading it. 



11. Member is allowed to take more than two works from the 

 Library at the same time, except on countersignature of a Member of 

 the Managing Committee ; and this rule is to be strictly and peremp- 

 torily enforced. 



12. jS'o manuscripts belonging to the Society can be taken out of the 

 Libraiy without the especial permission of the Managing Committee. 



13. All stock books issued from the Library are requested to be re- 

 turned on the 1st January, and the 1st of July, ia each year, and are 

 not to be demanded for three days afterwards to admit of their being 

 compared with the catalogue. 



EULES FOE THE LiBEAEY OF THE SoCIETY, APPLICABLE TO SUBSCEIBEES 



OF THE 3ed Class. 



At the annual General Meeting held on the 27th March, 1848, it 

 was proposed " that steps be taken to render the Society's Library 

 more available than it has hitherto been to the pubHc at large, by 

 throwing it open to a third class of subscribers, each of whom will be 

 allowed to carry out a single work at a time on lodging a small deposit 

 with the Librarian, on terms similar to those observed in the public 

 Libraries at Calcutta and the Cape of Good Hope," which proposition 

 was approved of, and the Committee of management were authorised 

 to adopt measures for carrying it into effect. In pursuance of the 

 above resolution, the following Rules have been cstabhshed, and have 

 effect from the Is I October, 1848. 



