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including the Collectors' returns of empties and losses, and to properly check the
counterfoils of receipt books, and he thought Mr. Burton could assist him in this
respect. The following joint recommendation was accordingly made:—
(1) That Mr. Barton's duties in future consist of attending and taking the
minutes of such Committees as meet in the daytime, doing the work
required by the Accountant in checking Collectors' counterfoils and
returns of empties and losses (which would give him work out of doors),
and employing the residue of his time in doing some of the Clerk's
correspondence, and the proper keeping of all documents.
I went on to report further, that by the appointment of the Accountant to do
financial work solely, the necessity arose of some assistant being appointed to
represent me in my absence; to take up the position of Deputy or Assistant Clerk,
and to help me in the legal portion of the assessment work of the parish. I
suggested that an Assistant Clerk with experience in a Solicitor's office should be
appointed, at a salary of £135, with £15 per annum for assisting in the legal work
of the Assessment Committee. I stated that this arrangement would enable me
to undertake the usual legal work of the Vestry, and would effect a large saving to
the parishioners in law costs. I therefore recommended—
(2) That an Assistant Clerk be appointed to assist in the conveyancing and
legal work of the Vestry, to act as my deputy, attend to take minutes
of evening Committees and Vestries, do some of the correspondence,
and such other office work as Mr. Burton would have no time for, and
that if the above recommendations were adopted, all temporary Clerks
employed by the Vestry should be dispensed with.
I also made a recommendation as to the appointment of office boys in view of
the unsatisfactorv conduct of the Messenger.
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The Accountant in his report called attention to the insufficiency of his staff,
and was strongly of opinion that two permanent assistants would be requisite for
the proper carrying out of the work of his department, but with the assistance of
Mr. Burton's services as an Arrears Clerk, he recommended—
(3) That one permanent Assistant, at a yearly salary of £110, should be
appointed.
And he was of opinion that this would enable him to satisfactorily cope with the
increasing work of his office. He also recommended the appointment of an office
boy.
The reports of the Vestry Clerk and the Accountant were laid before the
Officers' Committee on the 9th July, 1891, and the Committee resolved that the
recommendations embodied, therein should be laid before the Vestry, and the latter