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Finance Committee accounts recommended for payment 1 June 1899

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Unique IDA-00434177SeriesCommittee Reports (Various committees), 1842-1899DateBetween 1st January 1896 and 9th June 1899Date qualifierexactFormatVolume - Leather BoundDescriptionReport of the Finance Committee 1 June 1899 recommending the payment of the wages and accounts vouchers; that the offices and shop of the Queen Victoria Markets Coffee Palace be let as offices or similarly with other rooms and shops and that notice to quit the King St Wharf at the end of the current year be given to the Parramatta River Steamers and Tramway Co Ltd. Appended: Memo from the General Auditor to the Town Clerk; Public Markets Revenue Account and Cattle Sale Yards Account Wages Abstracts; City Fund Account Wages Abstract for week ending 29 May 1899 [Departments]; Memo from Percy S Dawson, City Solicitor, Waldron & Dawson, re the Parramatta River Steamer Co and King St Wharf stating that no formal document exists for the lease; summary from 1881 of tenure and transactions and rent payments by CE Jeanneret, HS Jeanneret, the Union Bank and the Parramatta River Steamer Co and legal considerations; memo from the City Treasurer, A Anderson, to the Town Clerk re non-receipt of rent for the wharf; Letter from Parramatta River Steamers & Tramway Co Ltd, 1 King St, regarding outstanding rent, requesting a reduction in rent, and pointing out that the company can only use the second Council wharf by paying rent to J Aubin who has the right to the water; Memos from GS Waldron and Percy Dawson, City Solicitors, Waldron & Dawson, re the wharf. LanguageEnglish (eng)Digitised recordYesBorn digital itemNo

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Source system ID21/20/38 [651]

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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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