These denominational titles vary under some administrations; for instance, the order-clerks are sometimes called auditors, or again, book-keepers.
Paved like the corridor, and hung with a shabby paper, the first room, where the servant is stationed, is furnished with a stove, a large black table with inkstand, pens, and paper, and benches, but no mats on which to wipe the public feet.

The clerk's office beyond is a large room, tolerably well lighted, but seldom floored with wood.

Wooden floors and fireplaces are commonly kept sacred to heads of bureaus and divisions; and so are closets, wardrobes, mahogany tables, sofas and armchairs covered with red or green morocco, silk curtains, and other articles of administrative luxury.

The clerk's office contents itself with a stove, the pipe of which goes into the chimney, if there be a chimney.

The wall paper is plain and all of one color, usually green or brown.