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on either side. This work had previously been
carried out by the firm named on the ordinary
solicitor and client scale, and it is anticipated that
by the new arrangement a considerable saving will
be effected in the legal and parliamentary costs of the
Council.
(b) Town Clerk's Department.
It is with regret that the Council records the
death on the 6th December, 1906, of Mr. J. H. Boarder,
a Senior Assistant in the Town Clerk's (general)
office, who had completed six years in the service of
the Council.
The Council did not fill up this vacancy, but on
the 20th February, 1907, appointed a junior Clerk in
the person of Mr. Thomas Henry Beavins, at a salary
of £50 per annum.
On the 23rd January, 1907, the Council accepted
the resignation of Mr. J. K. Ward, third assistant
clerk in the Rating branch of the Town Clerk's
office, who had been continuously employed since
July, 1886, and who resigned his appointment by
reason of old age and failing health; and on the 20th
February granted him a superannuation.
The vacancy created by Mr. Ward's resignation
was filled by the appointment, on the 6th March, of
Mr. Edward William Francis at a salary of £90,
rising by £5 per annum to £130 per annum.
(b) Public Health Department.
The Council having decided to increase the
number of samples of foods and drugs to be
analysed under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts,
from 400 to 600 per annum, arranged with the
Public Analyst to undertake this extra work at an
increased remuneration of £100 per annum, thereby
making his salary £300 Per annum.