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Resignation of
a Collector.
On 18th November a letter was submitted to
the Vestry from Mr. Alfred Aldin, the Rate
Collector for Ward No. 1 of St. Margaret (Knightsbridge)
referring to the recent loss of his wife and to his continued
ill-health, and respectfully requesting the Vestry, in consideration
of his forty-four years' service, to grant him a
retiring allowance upon his resigning his office. This
letter was referred to the Finance Committee for consideration
and report. After duly weighing all the circumstances
the Committee recommended that Mr. Aldin's resignation be
accepted and that a retiring allowance of £160, to be
charged in moieties upon the Poor and General Rates, be
granted him, which was adopted by the Vestry by 32 votes
to 10 on a division. On the acceptance of the resignation
the Committee, after causing advertisements to be issued
inviting applications from candidates for the vacancy, sent
up four selected from among the applicants to the Vestry
for appointment. The ballot resulted in the choice of Mr.
\V. H. Brand, a clerk in the Vestry's office.
All vacancies and other matters affecting; the
office staff being, by the 31st Bye-law, placed
under the supervision of the Finance Committee, they have
been called upon to give attention to that branch of their
business several times during the year. In May, Ernest A.
Webb, one of the junior office clerks, tendered his resignation.
The Committee nominated George Morgan, office youth, for
promotion to the vacancy, which the Vestry assented to.
E. G. Waldock was thereupon engaged as boy messenger
to succeed George Morgan. In November, the Committee
caused an investigation to be made of the office work in the
vestry clerk's and the surveyor's departments, the result of
which was reported to the Vestry in due course. This
report proposed the advancement of Mr. Terry from the
status of junior clerk to that of office clerk, the engagement
of an additional junior clerk in the general office, and the
The Office
Staff.