The Sangha has appointed monk so-and-so as the distributor of minor requisites. The Sangha approves and is therefore silent. I will remember it thus.’” The monk who is the distributor of minor requisites should give things out one by one: needles, knives, sandals, belts, shoulder straps, water filters, and water strainers, and also robe material for long inter-panel strips, for short inter-panel strips, for large panels, for medium-sized panels, for lengthwise borders, and for crosswise borders. If the Sangha has ghee, oil, honey, or syrup, he should give it out for a single use. If it is needed again, he should give it out again.

27. The appointment of a distributor of rainy-season bathing cloths, etc. At that time there was no distributor of rainy-season bathing cloths …

no distributor of almsbowls … no supervisor of monastery workers … no supervisor of novice monks. Not being supervised, the novice monks didn’t do their work. “You should appoint a monk who has five qualities as the supervisor of novice monks: he’s not biased by favoritism, ill will, confusion, or fear, and he knows who is and isn’t supervised. And he should be appointed like this. First a monk should be asked, and then a competent and capable monk should inform the Sangha: