APPENDIX 11—MUSEUM BYE-LAWS, xxxvii 
19. As a general rule, books, copies of which are already 
accessible in other libraries in Calcutta, shall not be purchased 
for the Museum library, the only exceptions being works which 
are so constantly in use by the officers of the Museum as to 
render it desirable to have copies in the Museum. 
20. In selecting books for purchase, preference shall be 
given to works which, whether general monographs, periodicals, 
or descriptions of local collections and faunas, have reference to 
Asia and Asiatic seas. 
21. Under orders of the Government (Home Department 
No. 3786, dated 15th August 1870, confirmed, after withdrawal, 
by Revenue, Agricultural and Commerce Department No. 151, 
date 15th February 1872), the Trustees are exempted from the 
operation of the rule which requires the purchase of books, etc., 
to be made through the agency of the Secretary of State for 
India. 
22. A list of books purchased each year by the Trustees, 
with their cost, shall be submitted to Government annually with 
the Trustees’ report (Revenue, Agricultural and Commerce Depart¬ 
ment No. 193, dated 10th April 1871). 
23. All books received for the library shall immediately on 
receipt be stamped with the library stamp, and shall be entered 
in the register with a continuous numbering, the number and 
date of receipt being written in each book in the centre of the 
stamp. Each plate shall be carefully stamped on the back with 
the library stamp. All new works shall be placed on the Trus¬ 
tees’ table for inspection at each monthly meeting. 
24. All photographs, negatives, drawings, maps, plans, etc., 
acquired by the Trustees shall form part of the library, shall be 
stamped and numbered in the same way as books, and shall be 
entered in separate registers. 
25. Donation to the library of books, drawings, photographs, 
etc., shall be acknowledged officially by the Superintendent in the 
name of the Trustees on a lithographed or printed form. 
26. The Librarian shall submit to the Superintendent, for 
inclusion in his annual report, a detailed list of the additions to 
the library made during the year, with the names of donors. 
27. No book, drawing, photograph or maps, etc,, entered 
in the library registers shall be removed from the Museum build¬ 
ings under any circumstances, except in the case of duplicate 
volumes set aside for the use of officers on tour. 
28. As soon as space can be provided, special accommoda¬ 
tion shall be set aside for the use of students consulting the 
library. 
29. Any person wishing to consult the library for purposes 
of study can do so under such restrictions as the Superintendent 
shall consider necessary. Application should be made to the 
Superintendent either personally or in writing. 
