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The storehouse waits until the abbot's quarters' tea offering is finished, and then the administrators proceed to the postulants' hall. The administrator who offers the tea occupies the host's position. The chief cook joins hands with him, and the etiquette carried out is the same as for the abbot's attendant. When seeing them out the gate, he calls out, saying: '(Head postulant and assembly, proceed to the monastery storehouse to give thanks for the tea.)' The storehouse guest prefect announces, saying: '(The administrators send word that giving thanks for the tea is excused.)' When the prefects have waited until the tea offering in the Sangha hall (see the chapter on the two ranks) is finished, they have the hall postulant notify the head postulant to hang the plaque to announce to the assembly, invite the chief cook to grace the assembly as a companion, and perform the etiquette (it is the same as with the monastery storehouse; calling out thanks and calling out the exemption upon exiting the gate are also the same).