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recommended to give effect to all of them except those relating to the office boys,
which were postponed for further consideration. The recommendations were
accordingly submitted to the Vestry, and the whole of those numbered 1, 2 and 3
were adopted on the 28th July, 1891.
(5) LAW AND ASSISTANT CLERKSHIP.
In pursuance of the Vestry's directions, the Officers' Committee issued
advertisements, and received 57 applications for this appointment, and after
interviewing 12 selected candidates, selected the following 5 applicants, whose
names were duly presented to the Vestry—
G. W. Clarke, A.K.C., Managing, Common Law, Chancery, &c., Clerk to
Dr. White, Solicitor, of Ludgate Circus, author of a Handbook on
County Court practice, called "The Tradesman's Aid to Debt
Collecting."
S. P. Forder, Shorthand and Common Law Clerk to Mr. G. D
Wansborough, Solicitor, Foster Lane, E.C.
Percy Helps, Managing Clerk to Mr. W. R. Helmore, Solicitor, Strand.
H. D. Parsons, Clerk to Mr. J. Greenfield, Solicitor, of Queen Victoria
Street.
W. Steele, Common Law and Chancery Clerk to Messrs. Simpson and
Cullingford, Solicitors, Gracechurch Street.
On the 1st September, 1891, Mr. George William Clarke (Associate of King's
College, London), was appointed Law and Assistant Vestry Clerk of the Parish at
a salary of £135 per annum, with £15 per annum for assisting with the Assessment
Committee's legal work; and he entered on his duties on the 21st September, 1891.
(6) ASSISTANT ACCOUNTANT AND BOOK-KEEPER.
Advertisements for candidates for this post were issued by the Officers'
Committee, and 32 applications were received, and after interviewing 9 candidates,
the names of the following 5 applicants were selected for presentation to the Vestry.
James A. Battersby, Assistant Clerk in Guardians' Offices, St. Mary
Abbotts, Kensington.
William Culshaw, Second Bookkeeper, Borough Accountant's Department,
Southport (selected out of 40 applicants).
Henry J. Hoare, Clerk to Pratt & Norton, Chartered Accountants, Old
Jewry, E.C.
James H. Pickup, Assistant to Town Clerk of Bacup.
Arthur E. Smith, Clerk, Rate Office, Parish of St. Mary, Newington.