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hereby resign our respective positions on the Officers' Committee
accordingly."
This resignation was signed by Messrs. H. Winkler (Chairman), E. Moffatt
H. J. Staff, T. B. Kendell, J. Hardy, F. M. Wenborn, Gr. Wood, J. Winfield,
J. J. Freeman, Joseph Little, J. Cook, J. Taylor, S. Fordham, T. Martindill,
C. Hyatt, D. Meredew, Charles Tuck, J. C. Marshall, Nathan Moss, l.c.c., and
W. Cherry.
The report was considered by the Vestry at its meeting on the 15th December,
1891, and received, but a further resolution was unanimously passed, as follows—
"That a vote of confidence in the members of the Officers' Committee who
have resigned be passed, and that they be requested to resume their
positions on the Committee."
A further resolution re-appointing the whole of the members who had
resigned was carried unanimously.
(8) OFFICE BOYS.
On considering the question of filling up the vacancy caused by the retirement
of the Messenger, the Officers' Committee recommended the Vestry to appoint two
office boys, at salaries of 10/- a week each, to deliver notices, take messages, and
do copying and other office work, and thus become trained in the routine of the
Vestry's work. The Vestry adopted this recommendation, and the Officers'
Committee issued advertisements, received 55 applications, and after interviewing
16 of the candidates, elected as the two office boys
Robert Molton Malcolm, of 19, Appleby Street, N.E.
Fredk. S. Case, of 78, New North Road, N.
Both lads commenced their duties on the 29th February, 1892.
(9) RATE COLLECTORSHIP OF MOORFIELDS WARD.
At the closing of the Christmas Rate it became apparent that the amount of money
outstanding was exceptionally large in this Ward, and the Accountant required the
Collector (Mr. E. F. Russell) to pay all monies received by him into the Bank.
This he failed to do, and I thereupon instructed the Arrears Clerk to check the
Collector's returns of empties and losses, and cases in the hands of the broker. It
was soon discovered that many of these entries were false, and particularly that the
broker had not received anything like the number of cases returned as in his hands,
and that in numerous cases of rates alleged to be outstanding, the money had been
received by the Collector previously to the date of closing his books. I thereupon
ordered the Collector finally to pay into the Bank all monies received by him
up to date, but he was unable to pay in £25 which his books shewed ho had