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Having thus fixed the general division of the stores, it will be neces¬ 
sary to make a few remarks on storehouses, and the duties of those 
entrusted with their management. 
The buildings required for storehouses should be spacious, dry, airy, 
easily accessible, and connected with the Issue and Receipt Departments 
by tramways, for conveyance of the more bulky goods. The whole of 
the buildings must be enclosed, and an adequate military guard must 
be furnished for their protection and care. Strict precautions must be 
taken against fire, and the establishment frequently exercised with a 
view to the ready supply of water. 
Storeholders are placed in positions of trust involving :— 
(1) Care over every article entrusted to them. 
(2) Habits of order, arrangement, and punctuality. 
(3) Scrupulous care in seeing that issues and receipts truly corres¬ 
pond to invoices and vouchers in quantity and quality. 
(4) Quickness in registry of transactions in their books. 
(5) Constant supervision to prevent deterioration, to render “ repair¬ 
able ” stores efficient, and to bring forward for condemnation 
those considered “ unserviceable.” 
(6) Constant stock-taking. 
Neatness of arrangement, cleanliness of the store, keeping together 
classes of articles, a proper system of labelling according to the pre¬ 
scribed nomenclature, care as to dryness and freedom from insects, &c., 
are all points for particular attention. 
The multiplication of books and returns is a great evil, and they 
should be in printed form, condensed, and as simple as possible. Each 
Storeholder should have a Division Store Ledger, showing stores classed 
as “ serviceable,” “ repairable,” and ff unserviceable; ” a Day Book, 
showing issues,*receipts, and temporary loans to other branches of the 
arsenal; a Requisition Book, showing copies of demands, or-extracts 
therefrom; a book containing copies of orders relating to the particular 
charge. 
In all cases repairs of stores should be executed, on the authority of 
the Storeholder, in the factories or workshops, as the labour will be more 
satisfactorily applied, and the method of account simplified. 
i?. Construction. 
In a first-class arsenal, the departments for manufacture will consist 
of:— 
1. Gun Factories; 
2. Carriage Department; 
3. Laboratory. 
4. Small-Arms Factory. 
5. Harness, &c., Factory; 
The powder factory cannot be held to belong to the arsenal, though 
it should be situated in the zone of defence; 
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