24 REGULATIONS FOR GENERAL SECURITY. 



chap. iv. For the better security of the Museum, the 

 following special Regulations shall be printed se- 

 parately, and a copy placed in the hands of each 

 resident Officer of the Museum, and also left with 

 the Messenger and Porter : — 



I.— REGULATIONS FOR THE GENERAL SECURITY 

 OF THE MUSEUM. 



Regulations l. The Museum is at no time whatever to be left without 



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one, at least, of the resident Officers within the same, or the 

 precincts thereof, that proper orders may be given, and due 

 care taken for its preservation in case of Fire or any other 

 accident which may endanger the Building or its Contents. 



2. Each resident Officer of the Establishment is to be 

 punctual in the observance of the Weekly Rotation en- 

 joined upon him by the Fourth Chapter of the Museum 

 Statutes. 



3. At the closing of the Museum on each and every day, 

 all Fires in the stoves are to be left in such a state that no 

 danger may arise from them. 



4. The Head-housemaid, or, in case of her illness or al- 

 lowed absence, the next female servant in seniority, one hour 

 after the closing of the Museum, is to go through all the 

 Rooms which have had Fires, and see that they are ex- 

 tinguished. 



5. The Chief Messenger, or one of his Assistants, is, 

 under the direction of the Principal Librarian, to pass 

 through all the Rooms of the respective Buildings which 

 have been used during the day, as soon as they are closed 

 to the public ; he is also, in company with the Inspector 

 appointed for this service, and with one of the Watchmen, 

 to visit the Hall and Passages, together with all other places 

 where danger may be apprehended, every Evening, at Nine 

 o'clock. They are to examine whether every part is secure, 

 and see that no person is lurking therein. For which pur- 



