Queensland State Archives posted a photo:
Rules of this Office.
1. All persons entering, or departing, will kindly leave the door wide open.
2. Those who have no business to transact should stay as long as possible, take a chair, lean against the wall, thereby preserving both chair and wall; besides it looks well, and shows a careful “bringing up.”
3. All persons are requested to smoke and drink in the office, especially in business hours, also to remind the “boss” of his remissness if he forgets to supply tobacco and beer. If you don’t see anyone indulging in the “fragrant weed,” begin at once without inquiring if it at all offensive.
4. Always spit on the floor; spittoons are for ornament only.
5. Talk loudly, or whistle, especially when the occupants are deeply engaged; if this has no effect, hum, “I am a Pirate King” or “A Policeman’s lot is not a happy one.”
6. Put