REPORTS. 
XV 
4. No Book borrowed from the Library shall be retained for a longer period 
than twenty-one days, if the same be applied for by any other 
Member or Associate, nor in any case shall any Book be retained 
for a longer period than three months. 
5. Every Member or Associate who shall borrow any Book shall be respon- 
sible to the Society for its safety and good condition from the time of 
its leaving the Library until it shall be returned, and in case of loss 
or damage he shall replace the same or make it good, or if so required 
by the Council, shall furnish another copy of the entire set of which 
it may be a part. 
6. The Council, or the Curator of the Library between its meetings, shall 
decide what works shall not go out of the Library, either on account 
of their value or on account of their being works of reference. 
7. No book shall be issued to any person not being a Member or Associate, 
without a special order of the Council. 
8. Every application by any Member or Associate, who shall not attend 
in person, for the loan of any book or books, shall be in writing, and 
be presented to the Curator of the Library or the Housekeeper by an 
authorised agent therein named. 
9. The title of the book borrowed shall be entered in the book provided 
for the purpose, and such entry shall be signed by the borrower or 
his agent, and the return of books borrowed shall be duly entered in 
the same book. The borrower shall also fill up a ticket in the form 
provided, and sign the same and hand it to the Housekeeper on 
leaving the Library, and the Housekeeper is required to demand 
such ticket. 
10. The Council for good cause shown shall have power to relax or suspend 
any of these Rules or Regulations in the case of any Member or 
Associate requiring books in connection with any matter of special 
research in which he may be engaged. 
11. These Rules and Regulations shall be taken and read in connection 
with Laws 34 to 39, heading " Library." 
During the past twelve months the following have been presented 
to the Institution : 
"By Societies — 'Journal of the Eoyal Microscopical Society/ 
1887-88. 'Proceedings of the Zoological Society/ 1887-88. 
' Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London/ Nos. 
170 to 173. ' Proceedings Geologists' Association/ 1886-87. 4 Pro- 
ceedings Eoyal Society of London/ Nos. 253-263. 'Journal 
Eoyal Geological Society of Ireland/ vol. viii. part 2. 'Eeport 
British Association/ 1886-87. ' Memoirs Manchester Literary and 
Philosophical Society/ vol. x., 1887. 'Proceedings Manchester 
Literary and Philosophical Society/ 1885-86, 1886-87. ' Transac- 
tions Botanical Society, Edinburgh/ parts of vols. xvi. and xvii. 
Bulletins au Comite Geologique, St. Petersburg, parts of vol. 
