xxii THE INDIAN MUSEUM: 1811—1914. 
specimens in his charge and for any scientific work carried out in 
connection with his Section. 
4. The Superintendent of the Zoological and Anthropological 
Section is recognized as officer in charge of that Section; the 
Principal of the Government School of Art, Calcutta, of the Art 
Section; the Director-General of Archaeology in India, of the 
Archaeological Section; the Director of the Geological Survey, of 
the Geological Section ; and the Director of Botanical Surveys, of 
the Industrial Section. 
5. The officer in charge of a Section who is not resident in 
Calcutta shall have the power, with the consent of the Trustees, 
of delegating his functions as officer in charge of a Section to any 
gazetted officer appointed for the purpose by, or with the consent 
of the Government of India or the Government of Bengal, as the 
case may be. The officer thus appointed shall correspond directly 
with the Trustees as regards matters within their jurisdiction and 
shall attend their meetings if invited to do so, in order that he 
may advise them as regards technical questions. 
SECTION II. 
Duties oj the Superintendent. 
6. The Superintendent of the Zoological and Anthropological 
Section is recognized as Superintendent of the Museum, and as 
representative of the Trustees resident on the premises shall 
exercise control of the Museum buildings, the land held by the 
Trust and the servants on duty as durwans in the public galleries 
or resident at night in the servants’ quarters attached to the 
Museum. 
7. The Superintendent shall not, however, interfere as re¬ 
gards the internal arrangements of galleries, offices or laboratories 
of Sections other than the Zoological and Anthropological Section, 
except in cases of extreme urgency or unless it shall be decided by 
the Trustees that such arrangements are dangerous to the public, 
or to the Museum buildings or collections. 
8. The Superintendent shall not dismiss any servant attached 
to any Section other than the Zoological and Anthropological 
Section without first referring the matter to the officer in charge 
of the Section to which the servant is attached. 
9. The keys of all the public galleries of the Museum shall 
be formally handed over to the Superintendent or to his ac¬ 
credited deputy every evening at such time as the offices of the 
Museum are closed and shall remain in his charge until the 
offices are opened again. He shall have free access to all parts of 
the Museum out of office hours and shall be responsible for the 
safety of the galleries and their contents so long as the keys are 
in his charge. 
10. The Superintendent shall not leave Calcutta without 
