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Excerpt from Bulletin, 1920, Vol. 5 1. The use of the Library is restricted to purposes of research and reference, and under no pretence whatever must any Book, Manuscript, or Map be removed from the building. 2. The Library is open to holders of Readers' Tickets daily, as follows: Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesdays and Fridays, from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturdays, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Library will be closed on Sundays, Good Friday, Christmas Day, New Year's Day, Bank Holidays, and the whole of Whit-week. 3. Persons desirous of being admitted to read in the Library must apply in writing to the Librarian, specifying their profession or business, their place of abode, and the particular purpose for which they seek admission. 4. Every such application must be made at least two clear days before admission is required, and must bear the signature and full address of a person of recognised position, whose address can be identified from the ordinary sources of reference, certifying from personal knowledge of the applicant that he or she will make proper use of the Library. 5. If such application or recommendation be unsatisfactory, the Librarian shall withhold admission and submit the case to the Council of Governors for their decision. 6. The Tickets of Admission, which are available for twelve months, are not transferable, and must be produced when required. 7. No person under eighteen years of age is admissible, except under a special order from the Council of Governors. 8. Readers may not write upon, damage, turn down the leaves, or make any mark upon any Book, Manuscript, or Map belonging to the Library; nor may they lay the paper on which they arc writing upon any Book, Manuscript, or Map. 9. The erasure of any mark or writing on any Book, Manuscript, or Map is strictly prohibited. 10. No tracing shall be allowed to be made without express permission of th