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labour in cleansing and repairing the roads and in painting the
interior of the Town Hall.
At the time, however, when the work of the Unemployed
Committee began, only about £600 of this sum remained
available for paying the men recommended for employment by
the Executive Committee. The remainder had already been
allocated by the Borough Engineer to the works already
mentioned.
Early in March a further grant of £200 was made to
enable the Committee to continue the work until the 25th of
that month, the money in hand having become exhausted.
The balance of the money received from the appeal was
used as payment to the men for an extra week's work after the
Committee's postage expenses had been deducted.
A statement of the income and expenditure of the Committee
is attached at the end of this report.
The first District Committee commenced operations on
January 13th, 1904, and by January 22nd the whole nine were
at work.
Rules for District
Committees.
The following were the rules which they were
instructed to follow, viz.:—
1. That the Honorary Secretary, or a member of the Committee,
attend at the District Centre during stated hours in the day or evening
for the purpose of receiving applications.
2. That each statement be taken down in writing on the application
form and signed by the applicant. All questions on the form to be
fully answered.
3. That all forms be taken by the Honorary Secretary or member
of Committee to the District Relieving Officer for his report, which must
be entered thereon in writing and signed by the Relieving Officer.
4. In all cases a report as to the applicant's character and
capabilities must be obtained from his last or principal employer, or
employer's representative, and must be entered on or attached to the form.
Local employers must be seen personally. Those at a distance must be
written to.
5. When applicants have only resided at their present address
for a short period, inquiry as to character should be made at the previous
address.
6. When inquiries have been completed, but not until then, the
form is to be brought before the District Committee for consideration and
afterwards forwarded to the Central Office (34, Brunswick Square, Camberwell,
S.E.) with the Committee's recommendation entered thereon.
All applications, whether recommended or not, should be sent to
the Central Office.