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The officers of Engineers woro paid by the Board of Orduaiico, and recoivod the same rateof pay as those omployod in the ordinary duties of the London district.
Duties op the Sappers and Miners. — Tho duties on which the Royal Sappers and Minorswore employed wore very various. Tho following is an account jjf tho most important ofthem, and the numbor employed on each particular duty at different times will appear fromthe table annexed.
General Superintendence. —One of tho colour-sergeants, during tho arrangements, super-intended tho Sappers on tho British side, and the other on tho foreign side. After thoopening of the Exhibition, Colour-Sergeant Hardingo, acted as sergeant-major, and Colour-Serjoant Deary as foreman of works in the repair of damages which accidonts and tho pressuroof the crowd woro continually causing to the railings, counters, &c.
Clerks and Draughtsmen . —The clerks woro employed under tho various officers, military andcivil, of tho Executive Committee ; the draughtsmen, partly under Sir AV. Cubitt and Mr. M.Digby AVyatt, when they found such assistance necessary in tho superintendence and roeordof the progress of tho Building, but principally under tho Executive Committee, in makingtho numorous plans which were necessary during the preliminary arrangements. It was fromtheir surveys and drawings that the plans in this volume wore made. Tho men omployod asclerks and draughtsmen varied at different times, from throo to forty in number. One ofthese men was also employed in working an autographic press, which was useful when a fewcirculars were required at a short notice.
hi charge of Stationery. —Two men were in permanent charge of the receipt and issuo ofprinted forms, and all articles of stationery, to the various offices.
Testing Iron-work of Jluilding. —Two men wore omployod during tho erection of tho Buildingin testing tho cast-iron girders with a hydraulic press, and in ascertaining that all tho boltswere sufficiently screwed up ; also in keeping a record of tho iron-work fixed each day.
Workshops. —One man was employed in making small models of counters of various parts oftho Building , and other things of the kind required during tho arrangements. After thoopening of the Exhibition a party was employed as described above, in repairing damages.
Marking Jluilding .•—A party, varying from five to twenty-five men, was employed duringthe arrangements in numbering and lettering tho columns, and laying down on tho floor oftho Building tho plan of tho proposed passages and counters.
Deceiving anil removing Goods. —Tho number available for unloading tho goods when theywere coming in, varied from twenty to fifty men, and was not sufficient without the assistanceof considerable numbers of porters from tho Docks.
Custom-house Examination. —From ten to twenty men wore employed during tho receipt ofgoods in opening tho cases, and in assisting the Custom-house examination.
Fire Arrangements. —Their employment in taking the necessary measures for security fromfire is detailed at length in Captain Gibb’s Report (Appendix XXvl).
Ventilation. —Opening and closing tho louvre-boards, and keeping a register of tho tomporaturoin the Building, tho results of which are given in Appendix X.
Class-men. —There wore one or more men to each Class on the British sido, who carried outtho orders of the Class and District Superintendents during the arrangements, and also duringtho time of the Exhibition.
Sweeping. —A party of about forty men came early in the morning during tho Exhibition ;and after sweeping the British side of tho Building either were kept as a reserve or returnedto their barracks. Tho foreign sido of tho Building was swept by civilians.
In addition to tho above they, on several occasions, assisted the polico in their dutios,especially on tho opening and closing days ; * and they rung the bolls at the time tho Buildingclosed each day.
Tag. —Tho rule of tho service is that in addition to their military pay, tho moil receiveworking pay, varying from (id. to Is. per day for every day they are at work. In praetico thorates of pay lower than Is. are reserved as means of punishment, and nearly tho whole of thomen receive Is. a-day. During tho Exhibition the working pay was paid by tho Royal Com-missioners, and was increased to Is. 3d., and in some cases to 2s. a-day.
A dotachmont of the Engineers and Sappers and Minors of the Hon. East India Company was also employed during the montlis of February, March, and April.
Ensign Craster assisted Mr. Ilensman in tho arrangement of Class VI.
Ensign Soady assisted Mr. Brandrcth Gibbs in Class IX.
Ensign llrownlow assisted Dr. Bindley in the Colonial Department.
Ensign Trevor suid the Sappers and Miners assistod Dr. ltoylo in the Indian Department.
February 20, 1852. Henry C. Owen,
Captain lioyal Engineers.