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- Memorandum: Crown Street Pumping Station - Salary increase and permanence for various staff
- Report of Finance Committee - Salaries of officers for 1881
- Report of the Mayor, John Harris, on resignations and appointments of senior staff
- Report of Finance Committee - Salaries of officers for 1882
- Report of Finance Committee - Salaries of officers for 1883
- Report of Finance Committee - Salaries of officers for 1884
- Report of the Mayor, John Hardie, on temporary promotions in the City Treasurer's Department
- Report of Finance Committee - Salaries of officers for 1885
- Officers & Servants of the Sydney Corporation [names, positions, salaries, duties]
- Memorandum: Clerk of Works - Request overseer to supervise contract for large wall at Herbert Street
- Letter: Clerk of Works requesting an additional 1 shilling per day for his men on contract work
- Report of Finance Committee - Salaries of officers for 1886
- Report of Finance Committee - Salaries of officers for 1890
- Report of Finance Committee - Salaries of officers for 1891
- Report of Finance Committee - Salaries of officers for 1892
- Report of Finance Committee - Salaries of officers for 1894
- Report of Finance Committee - Salaries of officers for 1895
- Report of the Committee appointed to Inquire into and report upon staff salaries and wages, 1895
- Finance Committee Report - Re adoption of Report of Committee of Inquiry (re fraud)
- Report of Finance Committee - Salaries of officers for 1899
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Lee, George Joseph
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Unique IDPE-002301SurnameLeeGiven namesGeorge JosephBiographical abstractDates of employment: 1880-1922Biographical noteBiographical details:
Employed by the City for 42 years.
Describing Lee’s responsibilities prior to his retirement: [ref: SMH 3 July 1922 p10]; [ref: SMH 28 July 1922 p9]; [ref: SMH 2 August 1922 p11]; [ref: SMH 16 August 1922 p12]
NSW BDMs Registry: Marriage 695/1878 LEE GEORGE JOSEPH & LUCAS JULIA A registered at SYDNEY
NSW BDMs Registry: Death 25548/1936 LEE GEORGE JOSEPH [parents] GEORGE & ELIZA ANN registered at BURWOOD
Death Notice: LEE- December 20. 1936 at 6 Llandilo-avenue, Strathfield, George Joseph Lee, beloved father of Arthur, aged 85 years [ref: SMH 21 December 1936 p8]
Funeral Notice: LEE.—The Funeral of the late GEORGE JOSEPH LEE will leave his late residence, 6 Llandilo avenue, Strathfield, THIS MONDAY , at 2.30 for Church of England Cemetery, Rookwood. Vault section. WOOD COFFILL LIMITED. [ref: SMH 21 December 1936 p7]
Details from contemporary sources:
1880 Hired 1880 - Clerk of Works, City Surveyor's Department [ref: Staff Record Cards (CRS81)]
1880 Clerk of Works £300 pa - appointment: from 42 candidates - April [ref: 22/19/60]
1880 Request forage allowance, December [ref: 26/171/2295]
1880 Salaries of Officers 1881 - Finance Committee recommendation [ref: 22/21/2]
1881 Mayor's Report: Salary Schedule 1881 [ref: 21/16/66 [369]]
1881 £350 pa - request increase - granted - December [ref: 26/181/2262]
1882 Salaries of Officers 1882 - Schedule of salaries [ref: 22/22/54]
1883 Salary Schedule 1882-83 - Finance Committee recommendation £350 pa [ref: 22/24/44]
1884 Salary Schedule 1883-84 - Finance Committee recommendation [ref: 22/26/86]
1884 £350 pa - Mayor's Report: Salary Schedule 1884 [ref: 21/16/123 [891]]
1885 Salaries of Officers 1885 - Finance Committee recommendation £350 pa [ref: 22/29/11(b)]
1885 £350 pa - Surveyor & Clerk of Works, Western Division - List of Officers & Servants - position, salary, duties - ordered by Council 9 September 1885 [ref: 30/001/094]
1885 Description of duties; request for overseer at Herbert St wall works - September [ref: 26/207/1549]
1885 Salaries of Officers 1886 - request increase for 1886 [ref: 22/31/6(c)]
1886 Requests extra 1/- day for his acting overseers; January [ref: 26/209/0200]
1886 Salaries of Officers 1886 - request increase -Finance Committee recommendation £350 pa [ref: 22/31/6]
1887 Memo on use of cement rather than asphalt in laying wood blocks in George Street - March [ref: 26/218/541]
1887 Salaries of Officers 1888 - requests increase [ref: 22/35/5(c)]
1888 £352 pa including forage - Salaries of Officers for 1889 [ref: SMH 13 December 1888, p7]
1889 Salary Schedule 1889-90 - Finance Committee recommendation [ref: 22/38/52]
1890 Salary Schedule 1890-91 - Finance Committee recommendation £400 pa [ref: 22/41/1]
1891 Salaries of Officers 1892 [ref: 22/42/50]
1893 Salary Schedule 1893-94 - Finance Committee recommendation [ref: 22/46/6]
1894 Salary Schedule 1894-95 - Finance Committee recommendation [ref: 22/47/57]
1895 £400 pa - Report on salaries of employees - Surveyor & Clerk of Works [ref: 22/48/22½ (c)]
1898 £400 pa - Return of Officers and Servants, January 1898, by the Town Clerk [ref: 22/55/1]
1898 £400 pa - Recommendations on working of Corporation Departments - Partial return of employees at July 1898 [ref: 22/55/1]
1898 Salary Schedule 1898-99 - Finance Committee recommendation - £400 [ref: 22/55/65]
1899 Medical certificate - January [ref: 26/304/035]
1901 Application for leave [ref: 1901/0987]
1916 Appointed Acting City Surveyor - June [ref: 2517/16]
1918 Appointed Acting City Surveyor - July [ref: 2595/18]
1919 Appointed Acting City Surveyor - November [ref: 4711/19]
1922 Resignation 25 March 1922 [ref: SMH 2 Aug 1922, p11]GenderMaleSource system IDTPER-002479
Employed by the City for 42 years.
Describing Lee’s responsibilities prior to his retirement: [ref: SMH 3 July 1922 p10]; [ref: SMH 28 July 1922 p9]; [ref: SMH 2 August 1922 p11]; [ref: SMH 16 August 1922 p12]
NSW BDMs Registry: Marriage 695/1878 LEE GEORGE JOSEPH & LUCAS JULIA A registered at SYDNEY
NSW BDMs Registry: Death 25548/1936 LEE GEORGE JOSEPH [parents] GEORGE & ELIZA ANN registered at BURWOOD
Death Notice: LEE- December 20. 1936 at 6 Llandilo-avenue, Strathfield, George Joseph Lee, beloved father of Arthur, aged 85 years [ref: SMH 21 December 1936 p8]
Funeral Notice: LEE.—The Funeral of the late GEORGE JOSEPH LEE will leave his late residence, 6 Llandilo avenue, Strathfield, THIS MONDAY , at 2.30 for Church of England Cemetery, Rookwood. Vault section. WOOD COFFILL LIMITED. [ref: SMH 21 December 1936 p7]
Details from contemporary sources:
1880 Hired 1880 - Clerk of Works, City Surveyor's Department [ref: Staff Record Cards (CRS81)]
1880 Clerk of Works £300 pa - appointment: from 42 candidates - April [ref: 22/19/60]
1880 Request forage allowance, December [ref: 26/171/2295]
1880 Salaries of Officers 1881 - Finance Committee recommendation [ref: 22/21/2]
1881 Mayor's Report: Salary Schedule 1881 [ref: 21/16/66 [369]]
1881 £350 pa - request increase - granted - December [ref: 26/181/2262]
1882 Salaries of Officers 1882 - Schedule of salaries [ref: 22/22/54]
1883 Salary Schedule 1882-83 - Finance Committee recommendation £350 pa [ref: 22/24/44]
1884 Salary Schedule 1883-84 - Finance Committee recommendation [ref: 22/26/86]
1884 £350 pa - Mayor's Report: Salary Schedule 1884 [ref: 21/16/123 [891]]
1885 Salaries of Officers 1885 - Finance Committee recommendation £350 pa [ref: 22/29/11(b)]
1885 £350 pa - Surveyor & Clerk of Works, Western Division - List of Officers & Servants - position, salary, duties - ordered by Council 9 September 1885 [ref: 30/001/094]
1885 Description of duties; request for overseer at Herbert St wall works - September [ref: 26/207/1549]
1885 Salaries of Officers 1886 - request increase for 1886 [ref: 22/31/6(c)]
1886 Requests extra 1/- day for his acting overseers; January [ref: 26/209/0200]
1886 Salaries of Officers 1886 - request increase -Finance Committee recommendation £350 pa [ref: 22/31/6]
1887 Memo on use of cement rather than asphalt in laying wood blocks in George Street - March [ref: 26/218/541]
1887 Salaries of Officers 1888 - requests increase [ref: 22/35/5(c)]
1888 £352 pa including forage - Salaries of Officers for 1889 [ref: SMH 13 December 1888, p7]
1889 Salary Schedule 1889-90 - Finance Committee recommendation [ref: 22/38/52]
1890 Salary Schedule 1890-91 - Finance Committee recommendation £400 pa [ref: 22/41/1]
1891 Salaries of Officers 1892 [ref: 22/42/50]
1893 Salary Schedule 1893-94 - Finance Committee recommendation [ref: 22/46/6]
1894 Salary Schedule 1894-95 - Finance Committee recommendation [ref: 22/47/57]
1895 £400 pa - Report on salaries of employees - Surveyor & Clerk of Works [ref: 22/48/22½ (c)]
1898 £400 pa - Return of Officers and Servants, January 1898, by the Town Clerk [ref: 22/55/1]
1898 £400 pa - Recommendations on working of Corporation Departments - Partial return of employees at July 1898 [ref: 22/55/1]
1898 Salary Schedule 1898-99 - Finance Committee recommendation - £400 [ref: 22/55/65]
1899 Medical certificate - January [ref: 26/304/035]
1901 Application for leave [ref: 1901/0987]
1916 Appointed Acting City Surveyor - June [ref: 2517/16]
1918 Appointed Acting City Surveyor - July [ref: 2595/18]
1919 Appointed Acting City Surveyor - November [ref: 4711/19]
1922 Resignation 25 March 1922 [ref: SMH 2 Aug 1922, p11]GenderMaleSource system IDTPER-002479
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CollectionPeople and PositionsOrganisationSydney City CouncilPositionClerk of Works [multiple departments]Surveyor [multiple departments]Related itemsMemorandum: Crown Street Pumping Station - Salary increase and permanence for various staffReport of Finance Committee - Salaries of officers for 1881Report of the Mayor, John Harris, on resignations and appointments of senior staffReport of Finance Committee - Salaries of officers for 1882Report of Finance Committee - Salaries of officers for 1883Report of Finance Committee - Salaries of officers for 1884Report of the Mayor, John Hardie, on temporary promotions in the City Treasurer's Department Report of Finance Committee - Salaries of officers for 1885Officers & Servants of the Sydney Corporation [names, positions, salaries, duties]Memorandum: Clerk of Works - Request overseer to supervise contract for large wall at Herbert StreetLetter: Clerk of Works requesting an additional 1 shilling per day for his men on contract workReport of Finance Committee - Salaries of officers for 1886Report of Finance Committee - Salaries of officers for 1890Report of Finance Committee - Salaries of officers for 1891Report of Finance Committee - Salaries of officers for 1892Report of Finance Committee - Salaries of officers for 1894Report of Finance Committee - Salaries of officers for 1895Report of the Committee appointed to Inquire into and report upon staff salaries and wages, 1895Finance Committee Report - Re adoption of Report of Committee of Inquiry (re fraud)Report of Finance Committee - Salaries of officers for 1899
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