BEITISH MUSEUM. 



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INSTRUCTIONS TO THE 

 MESSENGERS. 



GENERALLY. 



The Chief Messenger shall super- 

 intend the attendants and servants ; 

 he shall keep a daily register of their 

 attendance, and report to the proper 

 officer every instance of negligence or 

 misbehaviour. He shall keep an 

 account of letters and parcels received 

 and delivered, and of the charges 

 on the same, as well as of other 

 expenses usually included in a petty 

 cash account. He shall see that no 

 persons be improperly admitted into 

 the interior of the Museum, and 

 that visitors be conducted by some 

 fit person to the department for 

 which they inquire. He shall be 

 careful that the fires be extin- 

 guished at the proper time, and for 

 this purpose he shall, immediately 



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