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Report on charges by the City Surveyor against the District Surveyor, 1859

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Unique IDA-00433769SeriesCommittee Reports (Various committees), 1842-1899DateBetween 11th January 1859 and 11th April 1859Date qualifierexactFormatVolume - Leather BoundDescriptionReport of the Improvement Committee on charges by the City Surveyor against the District Surveyor District No1, E. Snow. The Committee found great negligence in relation to overpayments made to Arthur Curran, contractor for works in Clarence Street, while exonerating him from any intention to defraud or any collusion with Curran. Appended: itemisation of work and materials by A Curran signed by Snow; memo by City Surveyor, Roe, to the Mayor on works carried out in Snow's district (Brisbane and Gipps Ward), in Essex Street, Harrington Street, Pyrmont Bridge, and Market Street; two memos by Roe on the Works in Clarence Street between Market and King Streets; memo from Snow to the Mayor; memo City Surveyor to Mayor re payments to Curran and pointing out his non-responsibility for the actions of the District Surveyor, responsibility lying with the City Engineer.LanguageEnglish (eng)Digitised recordYesBorn digital itemNo

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Source system ID21/15/6

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Authenticity & integrityThese are the original Committee Reports created by Council. The record has been held in the Council’s custody and has a high level of authenticity. Users should be aware that this is an historical record and the language used within the record was the language of the time it was captured, and may not reflect current community values or expectations.

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