1. The state in which the borrowing registers are kept, and whether there is in use any finding list or other means for facilitating the recall of books.

2. The condition of the various catalogues, whether they are brought up to date or not; the amount of arrears, if any, of the cataloguing of the titles of current acquisitions; and what portions of the Library, if any, remain uncatalogued.

3. The amount of money spent in the purchase of books and periodicals respectively; and how the expenditure has been distributed among the several departments of literature and science.

XVII. At such time as shall be fixed by the Senatus Academicus the Librarian shall report to the Senatus in reference to the year then ended

1. The particulars of every case of admission to special
reading privileges.

2. The particulars of every case in which the right to the use
of the Library has been suspended or is in abeyance.
3. Every case in which a book belonging to the Library has
been replaced at the expense of a borrower.

4. The titles of all books belonging to the Library, known
to have been lost or seriously injured, or found at the
time of inspection to be missing.

5. The titles of all books entered as missing in previous reports which have been recovered.

6. The number of accessions to the Library acquired by purchase and received in donation respectively.

7. Any other matter which the Librarian may think it of importance to bring under the notice of the Senatus Academicus, or which he may be directed by the Library Committee to report.

The Senatus Academicus shall forward the report to the University Court.

SUPPLEMENTARY REGULATIONS FRAMED BY THE LIBRARY COM

MITTEE, AND APPROVED BY THE UNIVERSITY COURT ON 31ST MARCH 1900.

XVIII. The number of volumes which persons entitled to borrow from the Library may have in their possession at one time is fixed as follows: (1) Members of the Senatus Academicus, 50; (2) University Lecturers, 30; (3) University Assistants, 15; (4) University Examiners, 10; (5) the Librarian, 25; Senior

Assistant-Librarians, 10; Junior Assistant-Librarians, 5; (6) Matriculated Students: (a) Students who have not completed their Preliminary Examination or who are attending junior classes only, 2; (b) all other undergraduate Students in Arts, Science, or Medicine, 3; (c) Students of Science or Medicine who are graduates in Arts, and students of Divinity, 4 (Students of Divinity may also have 2 additional volumes from the Crombie Theological Library); (7) Research Students and Fellows, 8; (8) retired Principals and Professors, 15; (9) Members of the University Court, 10; (10) Members of the General Council of this or of other Scottish Universities, 6; (11) privileged readers, not being members of the University, 4; (12) the Warden of University Hall, 20; (13) the Secretary and the Factor of the University, 5 each. No reader is permitted to borrow books in more than one capacity.

XIX. All Students may retain the books borrowed by them for two weeks from the date of borrowing, and any book may be re-borrowed for successive periods of two weeks, unless an application for the same has been made by another Student or other member of the University, in which case the book may be recalled by the Librarian on the expiry of the period for which it has been borrowed or re-borrowed. In the event of a book being retained longer than two weeks without being re-borrowed it may be recalled by the Librarian at any time, whether it be applied for by another reader or not.

XX. All other persons entitled to borrow books may retain them for four weeks from the date of borrowing, and may re-borrow any book for successive periods of four weeks, unless an application for the same has been made by another reader, in which case it may be recalled by the Librarian at the close of the period for which it has been borrowed or re-borrowed. Books retained for a longer period than four weeks, without being re-borrowed, may be recalled by the Librarian at any time if he finds that they are required by members of the teaching staff or by Students.

XXI. When a book has been recalled by the Librarian and is not returned within the time specified by him, the reader so retaining it shall be liable to a fine of 6d. a day as long as the book is not returned, or until the amount of the fine exceeds the sum for which the book can be replaced.

XXII. No deposit is required from Students who wish to borrow books from the Library during the Winter Session, but they must produce evidence to the Librarian that they are matriculated students of the current academical year. During the summer, Students who are not resident in St Andrews or Dundee, or in the immediate neighbourhood thereof, may bor

row from the Library not more than four volumes at one time, provided they deposit with the Librarian the sum of 10s. for each volume. Books so borrowed may be retained until the close of the academical year on 30th September, unless they are specially required in the Library before that time.

XXIII. At the close of the Winter Session no certificate of attendance upon a Class shall be granted by a Professor or Lecturer to any student without the production of evidence by the student that he has duly returned all books which he may have borrowed from the Library.

XXIV. In the event of any book being lost or injured while in the possession of a person entitled to the use of the Library, the said person shall be liable either to replace the same or to pay such fine as may be fixed by the Library Committee.

XXV. Readers are particularly warned against injuring books belonging to the Library by writing upon the margins, turning down the leaves, or otherwise disfiguring them. The Librarian is instructed to report all such cases to the Library Committee, and the persons guilty of such offences shall be liable to replace the injured books, and shall, in addition, be fined or suspended from the privileges of the Library at the discretion of the Committee.

XXVI. No book shall in any case be issued at the delivery desk except to the borrower in person, or to some one having written authority from him; and books belonging to the Library must not be privately lent by one reader to another. Readers residing at a distance from the Library may receive and return books by parcel post or by rail; but the books must be carefully packed, or enclosed in boxes, and carriage both ways must be paid by the borrower.

XXVII. The annual subscription payable by Members of the General Council of this and of other Scottish Universities is Half-a-guinea, provided that a single payment of Five guineas shall entitle a Member of the General Council of this University to the privilege of borrowing books from the Library for life. Any member of a General Council who may be temporarily resident in St Andrews during the summer months may obtain the use of the Library on payment of a subscription at the rate of Half-a-crown per month. Readers admitted to Library privileges for purposes of literary research pay an annual subscription of Half-a-guinea. All subscriptions expire on 30th September, whether they have run for a full year or not. XXVIII. Any person entitled to the use of the Library may suggest books for purchase by the Library Committee. All such suggestions must be signed, and should be written upon official slips to be obtained at the Library.

XXIX. The New Library Hall is open, as a Reading-room, to all persons entitled to borrow books from the Library. They are required to enter and leave the Hall with as little noise as possible, and to refrain from talking, whispering, moving to and fro, and from every other form of distraction to those engaged in serious study.

XXX. During the three Terms of the Academical year the Library is open for the exchange and consultation of books on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays from 9 to 4, and on Saturdays from 9 to 12. It is also open in the evening for reference only from 5 to 7. During the months of July, August, and September the days for exchange and consultation of books are Tuesdays and Fridays, from 10 to 4, but students engaged in research work or preparing for examinations may obtain access at other times by arrangement with the Librarian.

REGULATIONS FOR THE LENDING OF MANUSCRIPTS BELONGING TO THE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY.

I. All manuscripts belonging to the Library shall be treated as works of reference, and shall not be lent out to persons resident in St Andrews or its neighbourhood, except with the special permission of the Library Committee, and under conditions to be determined in each particular instance. This rule shall include photographs or other facsimiles of manuscripts and original drawings.

II. It shall be in the power of the Library Committee to deposit a manuscript belonging to the Library in another library, for a period not exceeding three months, for the use of a person residing at a distance from St Andrews who is engaged in literary or historical research; provided—

1. That the purpose for which the applicant wishes to con-
sult the manuscript is clearly stated to and approved of
by the Library Committee.

2. That the applicant shall have the use of the manuscript
in the Library in which it is deposited only, and shall
not be at liberty to remove it to another building.
3. That the authorities of the Library in which the manu-
script is to be deposited shall be willing to undertake
responsibility for its safe custody and due return, as
well as to grant facilities for its use within the Library
buildings.

4. That all expenses, including the cost of the transmission, return, registration, and insurance of the manuscript, shall be paid by the applicant.

5. That the manner of transmission and return, amount of insurance, conditions as to its custody and time limit, shall be determined by the Library Committee in the case of each particular manuscript.

6. That in the event of a manuscript so lent out being lost or injured, the Library Committee shall make a special report on the circumstances to the University Court, who shall fix the amount of compensation to be claimed.

III. It shall also be in the power of the Library Committee to lend manuscripts to Continental libraries through the agency of the Foreign Office or otherwise, in connection with the scheme for the international exchange of books and manuscripts, provided that due precautions are taken for the safe transmission of the manuscripts so lent, and for their proper custody while in use each application for a manuscript to be specially considered and dealt with by the Committee.

THE BELL-PETTIGREW MUSEUM.

DIRECTOR-PROFESSOR D'ARCY THOMPSON.

The Museum of the University is housed in a spacious building dedicated to the memory of the late Professor J. Bell Pettigrew, the gift of Professor and Mrs Musgrove, annexed to the Bute Medical Buildings in St Mary's Garden. Its contents are principally zoological, but include also smaller botanical, geological, and mineralogical collections. A small part of the collection is old, and came into the University's possession from the old Literary and Philosophical Society of St Andrews; another nucleus was the gift, about fifty years ago, of the late Professor Macdonald; while the greater portion of the rest has been accumulated by Professor W. C. M'Intosh. The greater part has been recently rearranged.

The Natural History collections are chiefly illustrative of systematic or faunistic zoology, for the Museum is as yet poorer than it should be in anatomical and osteological preparations. The ground-floor of the large hall is for the most part filled