ICibraru <§£gulaticrns 
OF THE 
ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY. 
I. The Library will be 02 Den every day in the week (Sun- 
days excejoted) from Eleven in the morning to Five in the 
afternoon,* except on New-Year’s Day, Good Friday to Easter 
Monday inclusive, and Christmas week ; and it will be closed 
one month in the year, in order to be thoroughly cleaned, 
viz. from the first to the last clay of September. 
II. Every Fellow of the Society is entitled {subject to the 
Rules) to borrow as many as four volumes at one time. 
Exceptions : — 
1. Dictionaries, Encyclopcedias, and other works of 
reference and cost. Minute Books, Manuscripts, 
Atlases, Books and Illustrations in loose sheets. 
Drawings, Prints, and unbound Numbers of Peri- 
odical Works, unless with the special written order 
of the President. 
2. Maps or Charts, unless hy special sanction of the Pre- 
sident and Council. 
3. New Works before the exjriration of a month after 
reception. 
III. The title of every Book, Pam^dilet, Map, or Work 
of any kind lent, shall first he entered in the Library-register, 
with the borrower’s signature, or accompanied hy a sejmrate 
note in his hand. 
IV. No work of any kind can be retained longer than one 
month ; but at the expiration of that period, or sooner, the 
same must he returned free of expense, and may then, upon 
re-entry, be again borrowed, j^rovided that no ap 2 >lication 
shall have been made in the mean time by any other Fellow. 
V. In all cases a list of the Books, &c., or other property 
of the Society, in the possession of any FelloAV, shall he sent 
in to the Secretary on or before the 1st of Jidy in each year. 
VI. In every case of loss or damage to any volume, or 
other ^woperty of the Society, the borrower shall make good 
the same. 
VII. No stranger can he admitted to the Library except 
by the introduction of a lellow, whose name, together with 
that of the Visitor, shall be inserted in a book kej't for that 
2 mrpose. 
VIII. Fellows transgressing any of the above Eegulations 
will be rej'iorted by the Secretary to the Council, who will 
take such steps as the case may require. 
By Order of the Council. 
• NOPTON SHAW. 
* On Saturday the Library is closed at 3 p.m. 
