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Staff.
Clerk's Department.
On 16th February, 1897, the Town Hall Committee reported having considered at to
the appointment of a Hall and House Keeper, and
Recommended—(1) That a man and hit wife be appointed as Hall Keeper and
House Keeper respectively, at a salary of 30/- per week for the nun,
and 15/- per week for the woman, together with apartments, coal
and gas, and a uniform for the man, and that not more than two
children be allowed to reside with them upon the premies.
(2) That Mr. John Ford, the present Hall Porter, and his wife, be
appointed Hall Keeper and House Keeper respectively, upon the
before-mentioned terms and conditions.
The before-mentioned recommendations were approved by the Vestry.
Surveyor's Department.
On 5th May, 1896, the Bull Head Dock Works Committee reported that Mr. Humphrey,
one of the Vestry's masons, whose wages were £2 2s. 6d. per week, had been acting as
Clerk of Works at Bull Head Dock, and working overtime in consequence of the Contractor
working beyond the usual hours, in order to expedite the work and take advantage of the
level of the water in the river.
Resolved-That Mr. Humphrey's wages be temporarily increased to 50s. per week
during the lime that he is acting as Clerk of Works at Bull Head Dock.
The Vestry on 7th July, 1896, increased the salary of Mr. Norman Scorgie, the
Surveyor to the Vestry, from £340 to £400 par annum, rising by four annual increments
of £25 each to £500 per annum, and the requisite notice of motion to remind the terms
of his appointment was earned on the 21st July, 1896.