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 20.—Borrowers who are unable to obtain a particular non-fictional book and desire that it shall be retained for them on its return, must give its title, number, etc., to the assistant, and pay 1d. to cover cost of posting an intimation that it is available for issue, but no book will be kept longer than the time mentioned in the notice sent. Novels cannot be reserved under this rule.

21.—No person shall take out of any library any book for use in any house in which there is a person suffering from infectious disease, and no person shall return to any such library any book which has been exposed to infection from any infectious disease, but shall at once give notice to the Medical Officer of Health that it has been exposed to infection, and leave the book at the office of the Medical Officer of Health or hand it over to any Sanitary Inspector acting on his behalf, who shall cause the same to be disinfected and then returned to the library, or destroyed.

22.—Borrowers leaving the district or ceasing to use the library are required to return their tickets to the Librarian in order to have them cancelled, and changes of address should be notified at once.

23.—The Reading Rooms shall remain open on weekdays from 9 a.m, till 10 p.m., but certain newspaper advertisements shall be on view from a.m. The department shall be closed on the usual holidays as stated in Rule 12.

24.—No persons under 14 years of age, unless accompanied by their parents or elders capable of controlling them, shall be allowed to use these rooms except by permission of the Librarian or his assistants.

25.—Any persons who use these rooms for purposes of betting, or who in any way cause obstruction or disorder in these or any other rooms or passages of the libraries, are liable to be proceeded against under the provisions of 61 and 62 Vict. c. 53. 'An Act to provide for the punishment of offences in libraries, 1898.'

26.—Readers in possession of periodicals must be pre-