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Contract for Printing In consequence of the unsatisfactory manner in
which the contract for the printing work of the Vestry
had been carried out for some time past, the Vestry at their
meeting on the 10th April, upon the recommendation of a
Special Committee appointed to consider the matter, decided to
determine the contract, and notice having been given to the
contractor to that effect, the contract terminated on the 31st
January. In response to advertisements the tender of Mr. J.
Hitchcock, of Sunny Hill Road, Streatham, was accepted for the
work in question for the period ending 25th March, 1891.
Office Staff-Surveryor's Depar-ment. The Vestry considered as to the additional duties
imposed upon the Surveyor and the staff in his office,
in connection with the taking over and performance
of various important works which had hitherto been entrusted to
contractors, and the office work in the Surveyor's department
was re-arranged and the staff re-organized; the following
additional appointments were made on the 24th July and 11th
September respectively, viz.:—Mr. H. W.Phillips as Second
Assistant and Draughtsman, at a salary of £100 per annum,
rising by annual increments of £5, to a maximum of £120, and
Mr. E. C. Jones as Chief Clerk and Accountant, at a salary of
£110 per annum, rising by annual increments of £10 to a
maximum of £150.
On the 11th December G. King was appointed as office
youth in the Surveyor's Department, at a salary of £13, per
annum, in the place of Mr. F. A. Bailey, promoted to the office
at the Depot, Culvert Road.
Office Staff-Clerk's Depart-ments. The Vestry also took into consideration the large
increase of work which had devolved upon the Clerk's
Department, consequent upon the carrying out by the
Vestry of the various works which had previously been performed
by contractors, and which had necessitated an increase
of staff in the Surveyor's Department, and also the transfer of
the payment of the weekly wages from the Surveyor's to the
Clerk's Department, and Mr. E. J. Wood was appointed Junior
Clerk, on the nth September, and W. Stone, who had been