Mais, Henry C

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Unique IDPE-002104SurnameMaisGiven namesHenry CBiographical abstractDates of employment: 1855-1856Biographical noteBiographical details:
Arrival in NSW: The office of engineer to the Sydney Railway Company, vacant by the resignation of Mr. Shields, has, we are informed, been conferred upon Mr. Henry C. Mais, Civil Engineer. This gentleman has only recently arrived in the colony, having been a passenger in the ship Blackwall, from England. [ref: SMH 4 January 1851 p4]

Questions in NSW Parliament - Motion by Flood to lay details of Mais’s employment as assistant city engineer and in railways before Parliament [ref: Empire 6 November 1856 p4] and [ref: SMH 6 & 7 November 1856]

Insolvency 1858 [ref: SMH 11 March 1858 p4]; [ref: SMH 29 March p5]; [ref: SMH April 1858]; [ref: Empire 10 April 1858 p5]

Details from contemporary sources:
1855 Salary payments Feb-May - payments from Sewerage Fund [ref: 36/1/1]
1855 Salary increased to £300 in lieu of payment for extra services; August [ref: 7/8/438]
1855 Salary to revert to previous level; payment for extra services to be £100; September [ref: 7/8/474]
1855 Protesting decrease to salary - August [ref: 26/19/827]
1856 £200 pa - Salaries of Officers for 1856 [ref: City Commissioners' Meeting 8 February 1856]
1856 Salary payments March 1856 - payments from Sewerage Fund [ref: 36/1/1]
1856 Bell requests resignation of Mais - incompetent - May 1856 [ref: 26/23/397]
1856 Notifies intent to resign - May [ref: 7/9/188]
1856 Bell alleges discrepancies in work - May [ref: 7/9/189]
1856 Replaced by WC Bennett - June [ref: 25/8/39]
1856 Colonial Secretary requests information re Mais position as Assistant City Engineer - November [ref: 25/8/072]GenderMaleSource system IDTPER-002676

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CollectionPeople and PositionsOrganisationSydney City CouncilPositionAssistant City Engineer [City Engineer and City Surveyor's Department I]Assistant Engineer [City Engineer and City Surveyor's Department I]Related itemsJournal of Accounts: City Fund, 1855-1859Memorandum: Edward Bell, City Engineer to City Commissioners. Informing of his request to Mr Mais

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Mais, Henry C