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And having conferred with Mr. Edwards on the subject,
Recommended—That advertisements be issued for the appointment of a duly certificated
Sanitary Inspector to take charge of the Sanitary Department, at a salary of £200 a year, and
that upou such appointment being made, the engagement with Mr. Edwards be terminated, and
that he be thereupon appointed Assistant Sanitary Inspector, at a salary of £3 10s. per week.
The Committee also recommended—That the Resolution of the 4th June, 1889, be rescinded
and that notice be given for that purpose accordingly.
The Committee recommend—That no addition be made to the Clerical Staff of the Sanitary
Department, but that the Clerk be authorised to retain the service of Mr. Sanderson for the
present.
The foregoing recommendations of the Committee having been approved of by the Vestry
at a general meeting held 7th November, 1893, it was
Resolved—That the Clerk prepare the necessary advertisements for the appointments of
Assistant Clerk, Surveyor, and Sanitary Inspector, together with schedules of duties, and submit
them to a meeting of the Staff Committee for approval.
The Clerk accordingly prepared and submitted draft advertisements and schedules of duties
to the Committee, and they having settled and approved of the same, and given instructions for
their insertion in certain newspapers;
A Special Committee Meeting of the Vestry was held on the 14th day of December, 1893,
to receive applications for the said offices and to make a selection therefrom, to be submitted
to the Vestry at a subsequent meeting, when the election was to be made.
A Special Meeting of the Vestry was accordingly convened on 21st December, 1893, to make
such appointments, when it was
Resolved That Mr. Ernest Carr Olivier be elected and appointed Assistant Clerk to the
Vestry, at a salary of £170 per annum.
That Mr. Norman Scorgie be elected and appointed Surveyor to the Vestry at a salary of £300
per annum, rising by annual increments of £20 after the first year to £400 per annum; and
That Mr. Thomas Lane Davies be elected and appointed Chief Sanitary Inspector to the
Vestry, at a salary of £200 per annum.