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DIRECTIONS 
RESPECTING 
THE HEADING BOOM 
OF THE 
BRITISH MUSEUM. 
The Reading Room of the Museum is open from Ten till Four, 
every Day, except on Sundays, and for one Week at Christmas, 
Easter, and Whitsuntide; except also on the 30th of .January, Ash- 
Wednesday, Gbod-Friday, 5th of November, and any Fast or 
Thanksgiving Days. 
Persons desirous of Admission are to send in their Applications 
in writing (specifying their Christian and Surnames, Rank or Pro¬ 
fession, and Places of Abode) to the Principal Librarian, or, in 
his absence, to the Senior Under Librarian, who will either im¬ 
mediately admit such persons, or lay their Applications before the 
next General Meeting, or Committee of the Trustees. But as it 
might he dangerous, in so populous a Metropolis as London, to admit 
perfect Strangers, it is expected that every Person mho applies 
should produce a Recommendatioji satisfactory to a Trustee or an 
Officer of the House. Applications defective in this respect mill not 
he attended to. 
Permission will in general be granted for Six Months ; and at 
the Expiration of this Term, fresh Application is to be made for a 
Renewal. 
The Librarians are strictly enjoined to use all possible Despatch 
in supplying the Readers with the printed Books or Manuscripts 
they may apply for; but in so extensive a Library it may not be 
always possible to find every Article immediately. 
Readers 
