'The Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society. From January 1863 to December 1864. (Edited by the Secretary.) Volume XVII.' [‎8] (21/524)

The following are
the Rules in force for the management of the
7 The Books of the Geographical Society’s Library may betaken
rut bv Members, subject to the following exceptions and restrictions.
2 No Book shall be delivered out by the Librarian, unless the
Member requiring it shall either sign the entry in the Register, or send
a receipt ^ ^ keep any Book longe r than fourteen days.
4 Any Member requiring a Book which has been delivered out,
may insert, or cause to be inserted, his name in a Register kept for that
purpose ; and it shall be the duty of the Librarian to apply for it as
soon as the period specified in the above rule has expired, and, on receipt,
to forward it to the first on the list of applicants if there be more than
one.
5 Not more than three volumes to be taken out at one time by
any Member.
6. The Librarian shall inspect carefully every Book at the time it
is returned, and, if damaged, shall report the circumstance to the
Secretary.
7. Any Book lost or damaged, shall be charged to the Member in
whose name it stood in the Register, at the invoice price, or such price
as shall be fixed by the Committee of Management.
8. Members leaving Bombay, are required to return, before their
departure, to the Library, all Books belonging to it in their possession,
—and no Book shall be carried out of Bombay.
9. No Map, Chart, Atlas, or Book of Reference, shall be taken
out, without express permission from the Committee of Management,
except Books of Reference (for 48 hours) on the order of the Secretary
to that effect.
10. Any Member may propose Books, Charts, Maps, or Atlases,
to be added to the Library, by inserting their names in a Register kept
for that purpose, and they will be ordered or not as the Committee may
deem expedient.
11. Every new Work, Map, Chart, &c. shall lie on the table one
month before it is taken out.