16 RULES RELATIVE TO THE OFFICERS, ETC. 



chap. ii. same , and of all such other expenses as are 



Messenger. 1 



usually included in a petty cash account. He is to 

 see that no persons are improperly admitted into 

 the interior of the Museum, and that visitors are 

 conducted by an attendant or some fit person to 

 the Officer or Department for which they enquire. 

 He is to be careful that the fires are entirely ex- 

 tinguished at the proper time ; and for this purpose 

 he is, immediately after the shutting of the Mu- 

 seum, to visit all the rooms in which fires have 

 been lighted. He is also to take care that the 

 windows and doors are properly secured in the 

 evening, and that the Museum is in all respects 

 left in a state of safety. 

 Attendance 16. The Principal Librarian, and the Senior 



at Meetings 



of the Officer in residence of each Department, shall be 



Trustees. , , 



in readiness to give attendance, if required, at 

 all ordinary Meetings of the Trustees ; and all the 

 Officers shall be within the precincts of the Mu- 

 seum during the time of any General Visitation, 

 other offices 17. No Officer or other person employed in the 



not to be 



heidwithout Museum can hold any other office or employment 



permission. . , . _ _ 



without the permission of the lrustees first ob- 

 tained in writing at a General Meeting. 

 General in- 18. In framing these regulations, the Trustees 



structions. 



are aware that it is impossible for them to define 

 the duty of each Officer, with a sufficient degree 

 of precision for all possible emergencies ; in addi- 

 tion, therefore, to the above rules, it is to be con- 

 sidered as a general Instruction to the several 

 Officers, that they conduct themselves as becomes 



