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the Front Gates, assisted by such 

 number of the Police as the Inspector 

 or Senior of the Police present may 

 deem necessary, with orders to admit 

 persons who belong to the Museum 

 or who may be of assistance, such as 

 Workmen employed in the build- 

 ing ; but peremptorily to exclude all 

 others. 



All the Outer Gates shall be closed 

 immediately after the alarm of Fire 

 has been given, and all strangers in 

 the Museum peremptorily requested 

 to withdraw. 



The men engaged in giving assist- 

 ance are to observe silence, and to 

 avoid excitement. 



All instructions or advice from 

 unqualified persons must be disre- 

 garded. The Workmen are to look, 

 in the first instance, to the directions 

 of the Principal Librarian or Officer 

 in Charge and the Clerk of the Works 

 only, until the arrival of the Superin- 

 tendent or Engineer of the Fire 

 Brigade, on whom alone will devolve 

 the subsequent management. 



As it frequently happens that a 

 very small Fire, or even a foul chim- 

 ney, may completely fill a room with 

 smoke, and the pouring of water on 

 smoke is obviously of no possible use, 



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