26 REGULATIONS IN CASE OF FIRE. 



CHAP. IV. and whether improvements or alterations are wanting. The 

 for^ecurity. r i vette <l hose of the Engines are not to be tried above once in 

 twelve months, unless there be reason to believe they have 

 been injured ; but they are to be uncoiled once a montb, 

 carefully examined, and, if found too dry, oiled; if too wet, 

 dried. 



13. A Register of the working of the Engines to be duly 

 kept in a Book to be provided for that purpose ; in this Re- 

 gister there shall be entered the parts of the Buildings upon 

 which the Engines have played, the Cocks and Reservoirs 

 from which the Water has been taken, the Number of Per- 

 sons employed, specifying how many are Servants of the 

 Establishment, and the Name of the Officer superintending. 



14. The superintending Officer is to subscribe this Re- 

 gister, certify the condition of the Engines and other Ap- 

 paratus, and add any Remarks which he may think necessary 

 for the information of the Trustees. This Register to be 

 uniformly laid before the Trustees by the Principal Librarian, 

 at their next ensuing Meeting. 



15. To ensure the keeping of the Hand-implements against 

 Fire, belonging to the Museum, to their own proper purposes 

 only, all such are to be branded, or otherwise marked with 

 the words " British Museum Fire-tool," and to be kept in 

 charge of the Clerk of the Works, who is to see that they are 

 at all times in a proper state, fit for use. 



16. The Officers of the Museum are enjoined to be par- 

 ticularly careful in their Houses and Apartments, as to fire. 



II.— REGULATIONS FOR THE CONDUCT OF THE 

 MUSEUM ESTABLISHMENT, IN CASE OF 

 ACCIDENT BY FIRE. 



Regulations l. In the event of Fire breaking out, the Officer or Ser- 

 acddent°by vant discovering it, shall give immediate notice of it to all 

 fire - the Officers of the Establishment, to the Clerk of the Works, 



to the Porters at the gate, and to the Guard ; and the alarm- 

 bell is to be rung. 



