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OFFICERS OF THE VESTRY.
It will be seen from the subjoined remarks that considerable
changes in the official staff of the Vestry have occurred during the
past year.
Vestry Clerk's Department.—Mr James Plater, who had
been in the Vestry Clerk's Office for about three years, and had
only recently been promoted to the position of First Assistant,
died on the 1st July, after a short illness. During the interval, in
1882, between the death of Mr. Buzzard, the late Vestry Clerk,
and the appointment of his successor, Mr. Plater displayed considerable
ability in carrying on the necessary work of the Vestry,
and gave promise of becoming a proficient and valuable officer.
The vacancy created by the death of Mr. Plater was filled by the
promotion of Mr. Brooker, his salary being immediately increased
from £70 to £85, and further increased at Christmas to £100
a year. Mr. J. M. Crow was appointed General Office Clerk, at a
salary of £65 a year.
Surveyor's Department.— The engagement of Mr. A. P.
Howell, the late Surveyor, terminated at Midsummer, and a superannuation
allowance of £100 was granted to him. Fifty-one
applications for the appointment of Surveyor were received in
response to the Vestry's advertisement, and twelve candidates
were selected for a personal interview, the choice of the Vestry
ultimately falling upon Mr. Henry Monson, Assistant Surveyor
to the Acton Local Board. A new Foreman of Sweepers was
appointed in July to fill a vacancy caused by the resignation of
the foreman who had been appointed in the previous year. The
resignation of the Stoneyard Clerk has also been accepted.
Sanitary Department.—In consequence of failing health and
increasing years, Mr. J. H. Morgan, who had held the office of
Sanitary Inspector for 27 years, tendered his resignation, which
was accepted with much regret by the Vestry, who felt that they
were thus deprived of the valuable services of an experienced and
upright officer. A superannuation allowance of £86 6s. 8d. per