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178 [Appendix No. 9.
DUTIES OF THE LAMPLIGHTERS.
Approved by the Committee of Works, May 29th, 1877.
Rules to be observed in Lighting the Public Lamps.
1.—The staff shall consist of twenty men, and two
Foremen Lamplighters (exclusive of supernumeraries).
2.—The Lamplighters of the South Belgravia District
shall meet at the Lighting Office, at Belgrave Wharf,
Grosvenor Road; and the Lamplighters of the In-Wards
shall meet at the Lighting Office, Farm Street.
3.—Each Lamplighter must be in attendance at his
District Lighting Office, one quarter of an hour before the
appointed time for lighting the lamps, and one quarter of
an hour before the appointed time for extinguishing them.
4.—The names of the men shall be called over by the
respective Foremen Lamplighters, before and after the
lamps have been lighted, and before and after they have
been extinguished.
5.—The Lamplighters must return to their respective
Lighting Offices immediately after lighting, and also after
extinguishing the lamps, to answer to their names, after
which they will be dismissed.
6.—It shall be the duty of the Lamplighters, in addition