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THE INDIAN MUSEUM : 1814—1914. 
(Hi) A register of photographs, negatives, drawings, maps, 
plans, etc., belonging to the Trustees, showing their 
registered number, date of receipt, how they were 
acquired, subject, etc. 
(vi) A register of all books removed from the library for the 
use of Museum officers. This register shall show 
the title and number of the book, the name of the 
person taking it, the date of its removal, and the 
date of its return. 
16. 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. 
17. In selecting books for purchase preference shall be given 
to works which, whether general monographs, periodicals, or 
descriptions of local collections, have reference to Oriental Art. 
18. Under orders of the Government (Home Department 
No. 3786, dated 15th August 1870, confirmed, after withdrawal, 
by Revenue, Agricultural and Commerce^ Department No. 151, 
dated 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 agencj^ of the Secretary of State for India. 
19. 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 1874). 
20. 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 Trustees’ 
table for inspection at each monthly meeting. 
21. 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. 
22. Donations to the library of books, drawings, photo¬ 
graphs, etc., shall be acknowledged officially by the officer in 
charge in the name of the Trustees on a lithographed or printed 
form. 
23. The officer in charge will include, in his annual report, a 
detailed list of the additions to the library made during the year, 
with the names of donors. 
24. No book, drawing, photograph or map, etc., entered in 
the library registers shall be removed from the Museum buildings 
