OF THE 
KOYAL GEOGMPHICAL SOCIETY. 
I. The Libraiy will he open eveiy day iu the week (Siin- 
tlays excepted) from half-pad Ten in the morning to half-pasí 
Foiir in the afternoon,*except onNcw-Year’s Day, Good Friday 
to Easter Monday inclusive, and Christmas week ; and it will 
he closed one month in the year, in order to he thorouglily 
cleaned, viz. from the first to the last day of Septemhei-, 
II. Every Fellow of the Society is entitled (subject to the 
Rules) to hoiTow as many as four volumes at one time. 
Exceptions : — 
1. Dictionaries, Encyclopsedias, and other works ol 
reference and cost. Minute Books, Manu.scripts, 
Atlases, Books and Illustralions in loose sheets, 
Drawings, Priuts, and unhound Kumhers of Peri- 
ódica! Works, unless with the sjjecial written order 
of the President. 
2. Maps or Charts, unless hy special sanction of the l're- 
sident and Council. 
3. New Works hefore the expiration of a month after 
reception. 
III. The title of every Book, Pamphlet, Map, or Work 
of any kind lent, shall first he entered in the Lihrarj’-register, 
with the horrower’s signature, or accompanied hy a sepárate 
note in his hand. 
IV. No Work of any kind can he retaincd longer thcn one 
month ; hut at the expiration of that period, or sooner, tlie 
same must he returncd free of expense, and may theu, upon 
re-entry, he again horrowed, provided that no apidication 
shall have heen made in the mean time hy any other EelloAv. 
‘V. In all cases a list of the Books, &c., or other property 
of the Society, in the possession of any Fellow, shall he sent 
in to the Secretary on or hefore the ls¿ of July in. each year. 
VI. In every case of loss or damage to any volume, or 
other property of the Society, the horrower shall make good 
the same. 
VIL No stranger can he admitted to the Lihrary exce]>t 
hy the introduction of a Fellow, whose ñame, together with 
that of the Visitor, shall he inserted in a hook kei^t for that 
purpose. 
AGIL Fellows transgressing any of the ahove Begulation.í 
will he reported hy the Secretary to the Council, who wiV¡ 
take such steps as the case may require. " 
By order of the Council. 
H. AV. BATES, 
Assistant Secretary. 
* On Satinday the hibraiT is closed at half-pnsf 2 p.ji. 
