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Report on their proceedings and the General State of the Water Works, 1844-1849

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Unique IDA-00434603SeriesCommittee Reports (Various committees), 1842-1899DateBetween 1st January 1844 and 17th December 1849Date qualifierexactFormatVolume - Leather BoundDescriptionReport of the Water Committee on their proceedings and the General State of the Water Works from 16 November 1848 to 29 October 1849. Report subjects: Water Mains, Locks, Plugs and their location; Fountains; Fire Engine House; Lachlan Swamp and Tunnel; Ways and Means; Return of Houses supplied with water; Return of numbers of rooms charged at certain rates; Letter of City Surveyor, Francis Clarke, re alleviating water scarcity in south of Sydney. Appended: List of new lines of mains laid with locations and materials used; details of Cast Iron Mains proposed to be laid; map of the Water Mains in the City of Sydney by City Surveyor, 27 October 1849; List of premises inspected in 1849 with headings: year of registration, number in register (from 1 to 556 plus a further 26 unnumbered), date of inspection, by whom inspected, name in register, present occupant, street, number of rooms in register. List of premises inspected with headings: year of registration, number in register (from 1 to 556 plus a further 26 unnumbered), date of inspection, by whom inspected, name in register, present occupant, street, number of rooms in register. Names of inspectors: Doling and Wells . Names and street for register numbers 1-95 for year 1844: Charles Hensley, York St; J. C. Lyall, Fort St; C. Kemp, Brownrigg, Fort St; J. Rae, Emanuel, Elizabeth St; R. A. Hunt, Phillip St; A. Toogood, Roche, King St; H. O'Rbien, Daniel, Fort & Cumberland Sts; R. M. Robey, George St; Ann Morris, 4 houses, Fort St; John Sterling, George St; John Hordern, George St; Thomas Trood, King St; Alexander Douglas, George St; William Minithorpe, George St; George Wilkie, George St; Edward Rogers, Elizabeth St; John Fletcher, George St; William Walker, George St; William Adnum, George St; H. Bell, Macquarie St; James hume, Elizabeth ST; William Edney, Eldridge, York St; Thomas Cadell, S. D. Gordon, Bridge St; Thomas Petty, Williams, Church Hill; James Entwisle, York St; James Cunnningham, Martin, King St; Rd Roberts, Elizabeth St; H. Fisher, William Toogood, King & George St; A. Hordern, King St; Lewis Leon, Chapman, George St; J. R. Holden, Eldridge, York St; Jacob Inder, H. Tebbutt, York St; F. Clarke, Dalgarno, Kent St; M. Brown, Evers, King St; Rob Lowe, Macquarie St; B. Hirst, McPhail, York St; John Bibb, Macquarie St; W. Scott, Fort St; C. M. Penny, George St; Charles Scott, Illidge, Baptist Chapel; Adam Wilson, Macquarie St; Rt Campbell, Bligh St; G.D. Webb, Korff; V. Solomon, Clarence St; J. Levery, George St; P. Levey, George St; E. Campbell & Co, George St; J. C. Grylls, Mrs Allen, Fort St; R. Peek, T. Taylor, George St; C. Gaze, Hancock; George St; Samuel Lyons, George St; F. W. Adam, Macquarie St; Mary Hill, Park St; Mary Randall, Macquarie St; David Hill, Park & Pitt St; W. H. Aldis, George St; J. G. Raphael, Isaacs, George St; John Kettle, Moore, George St; H. Hollinshed, Kent St; John Keane, Richd Cleary, King St; C. Falconer, George St; C. Bath, Kelsey, George St; Sarah Barnes, Bath, George St; H. Elwin, Charlotte Place; Colonial Treasury, Charlotte Place; Jane Binnie, George St; A. M. Dyer, Macquarie St; Jane Binnie, George St; George Clark, Prescott, George St; R. Webb, Mark Dixon, York St; J. McHenry, Coombes, Fort St; C. J. Bullivant, Cureton, Cumberland St; J. K. Cleeve, Charlotte Place; A. Hordern, George St; Leslie Duguid, Knox, George St. List of premises inspected with headings: year of registration, number in register (from 1 to 556 plus a further 26 unnumbered), date of inspection, by whom inspected, name in register, present occupant, street, number of rooms in register. Names of inspectors: Doling and Wells . Names and street for register numbers 96-161 for year 1845: F. Gaunson, George St; E. McDonald, Cumberland St; Israel Myers, George St; T. Ryder, Place, Fort St; R. Barry, Cumberland St; T. Hyndes, Fort St; W. Sharp, Hunter St; John Korff, Fort St; Jos Scott, Abrahams, George St; J. Aiton, Frawley, York St; William Moffitt, Pitt St; John Jacobs, George St; R. O'Connor, Bowerman, Macquarie St; T. C. Breillat, Clarence St; John Blackman, Polack, George St; James Wood, Innes, George St; Henry Ferris, Garrick, York St; J. Montefiore, Macquarie St; Robt King, Dixon St; James Smith, Kelly, George St; Phillip Hart, George St; John Walker, Fort St; H. Connell, Bathurst St; Ed Harris, Goodwin, King & Phillip St; Samuel Folk, George St; P. A. Thompson, Stirling, Jamison Lane; N. Rundle, Keane, King St; P. Solomon, Levey, Clarence St; T. Robinson, George St; William Robinson, Owen, George St; John Dalley, A. Cohen, Castlereagh St; William Walker, Larnach, George St; A. Mitchell, King St; Ann Morris, Fort St; E. Phillips, George St; David jones, George St; H. Watt, Phillip St; J. R. Young, Charlotte Place; J. V. M. Weiss, Collins, Bathurst; Ann Newton, George St; Dan Lenehan, King St; R. Campbell, Fort St; H. J. Phelps, York St; R. A. A. Morehead, O'Connell St; Wallis, Hudson, Fort St; G. C. Turner, O'Neil, George St; William Baker, Edwards, King St; J. R. & A. F. Wilshire, George St; Thomas Holmes, George St; Solomon Lewis, John Marshfield, George St; Ellen Thompson, George St; J. S. Hanson, George St; B. Naughton, Bathurst St; Grimes, Southwood, Fort St; John McNamara, Hunter St; B. Turner, hawkins, York; George Evans, Pitt St; John Thomas, Hiney, George St; William Beaver, St James Church; Robt Porter, Peek, George St; Alexander Gray, Bathurst St. List of premises inspected with headings: year of registration, number in register (from 1 to 556 plus a further 26 unnumbered),date of inspection, by whom inspected, name in register, present occupant, street, number of rooms in register. Names of inspectors: Doling and Wells. Names and street for register numbers 162-229 for year 1846: Stewart, George St; Thomas Murphy, Malcom, York St; J. H. Baillie, Bathurst; Bruce Cheyne, George St; R. W. Moore, George St; J. Gillespie, George St; Kemp, Priddle, King St; John Greer, Erskine St; John Moseley, Lett, George St; Noah Bushby, George St; William Long, George St; John Court, Buxton & Martin, Kent St; George Small, Davy, George St; Gabl Burnett, William Newlands, George St; Thomas Dawson, George St; James Smith, George St; Jos Edgar, R. Underwood, George St; John Isaacs, Harris, George St (pub & House); T. F. Staddon, Beatridge, George St; F. Gibson, J. F. Hilly, King St; H. Tebbutt, George St; John Sands, George St; J. S. Cohen, George St; John Dalley, Protors, Pitt St; William Turley, King St; J. O. Glanham, George St; J. B. Metcalfe, George St; Ambrose Foss, Pitt St; James Wright, Hunter, Bathurst St; E. D. Cohen, George St; Avery Benham, Fairfax, George St; William Clarke, George St; C. McDermott, Pegler, Clarence St; Thomas Perkins, George St; James McEvoy, Pitt St; Isaac Simmons, George St; Isaac Simmons, Hunter St; Alex Fotheringham, Bent St; Steele, Willmot St; Samuel Jones, Moseley, Market St; James Chambers, York St; George Paton, Kent St; James Thompson, Macquarie St; Eliz Moore, George St; Sarah Turner, Macquarie St; J. K. Salting, Macquarie St; H. McLaren, Macquarie St; Jos Le Burn, Newsome, King St; William Palmer, Kent St; Dublin, Porter, George St; Rd Edwards, Macquarie St; Thomas Martin, Samuel, King St; H. Mitchell, Kent St; Simmons, McGrath, Wilmot St; M. Clackson, Elizabeth & Park St; George Campbell, Lower George St; John Gilchrist, Lower George St; J. Carmichael, Kent St; John Thompson, George St; H. Fisher, Cumberland St; Mansfield, Kent St; J. Chapman, George St; B. Yabsley, George St; A. W. Young, Cumberland St. List of premises inspected with headings: year of registration, number in register (from 1 to 556 plus a further 26 unnumbered), date of inspection, by whom inspected, name in register, present occupant, street, number of rooms in register. Names of inspectors: Doling and Wells. Names and street for register numbers 230-368 for year 1847: R. Mansfield Darling Ho; Perry, Davis, Kent St; S. Miles, Cumberland St; W. Bland, Pitt St; P. Plomer, Barrack & York St; Eliz Watkins, Cohen; Mw Charlton, Cumberland St; Mrs Aspinall, W. H. Kerr, Cumberland St; James Sea, Pitt St; Mrs Pearson, Pitt St; James Pashley, Cumberland St; Mw Charlton, Cumberland St; Jos Middleton, Cumberland St; Luke Milward, James M. Leigh, George St; Danl Egan, Pitt St; Jeffreys, Savage, Cumberland St; William Aitken, Pitt St; William Sharpe, Bligh St; Chas Newton, Pitt St; T. W. Bowden, Liverpool St; Joy, Cavenagh, Parramatta St; Martin Gill, Pitt St; R. W. Goodall, George St; W. Samson, George St; James Mitchell, Cumberland St; James Bluck, Park St; John Hosking, Pitt St; John Dillon, W. A. Sea, George St; Lewis Alexander, Newton, Pitt St; P. N. Russell, George St; William Thompson, York St; John Walker, Sussex St; John Willliams, George St; T. J. Bown, George St; John Rowe, King St; John Williams, George St; Peter Steele, Willmot St; Wright, Pitt St; William Blythe, Pitt St; Mary Roberts, Phillip St; William Cole, Argyle St; T. Douglass, Pitt St; William Stone, Pitt St; William Knight, Faris, Pitt St; William Wallis, Elizabeth St; C. McLaughlin, York St; Danl Rogers, Pitt St; George Clark, Pitt St; Ms Hooper, George St; J. Fielding, Foster, George St; Avery Benham, Reynolds, George St; Jos Thompson, Pitt St; Price & Favenc, Pitt St; William Melville, George St; G. F. Poole, Walker, George St; Reuben Uther, Pitt St; W. B. Allen, Sussex St; William Cole, Argyle St; George Jilks, Bathurst St; John Holman, George St; James Ramsay, George St; John Brown, George St; J. W. Byrnes, Grant, Wilmott St; John Holt, George St; C. Deacon, R. Nott, George St; W. A. Dobson, George St; Johnson & Weight, Pitt St; Rd Driver, King St; H. Sheldon, McIntosh, Pitt St; C. Jenkins, D'arcy, Parramatta St; William Palmer, R. Benjamin, Kent St; Smithers, Charles St; Joy, Charles St; James Walker, Frost, Charles St; H. Moreton, Charles St; John Booth, George St; John Fletcher, George St; Thomas Fleming, Kent St; Ed'd Bones, Ford, George St; John Smith, O'Connell St; H. Gritton, Pitt St; J. Cetta, George St; J. G. Griffiths, Bligh St; T. E. Jones, Bligh St; J. Montefiore, O'Connell St; William Thurlow, Bligh St; William Ford, George St; James Levick, George St; George Small, Jamison St; M. A. Strutt, Jamison St; Thomas Smith, Jamison St; Jane Irvine, Jamison St; Agnes Atkinson, Jamison St; John Stewart, York St; Jacob Pouthen, George St; J. B. Jones, Castlereagh St; George Jilks, Kent & Bathurst Sts; P. F. Morgan, Pitt St; H. Robertson, Pitt St; Kenna Lord, M. A. Strutt, Jamison; Saul Lyons, Elizabeth St; Mary Roberts, Elizabeth St; William Galliott, Castlereagh St; James Dearing, Castlereagh St; William Foster, Elizabeth & Castlereagh Sts; Rd Hill, Pitt St; William Wyatt, Pitt St; George Moss, Elizabeth St; Flavelle & Brush, Brush, George St; Thomas Molloy, George St; William Aitkenhead, George St; McEncroe, George St; F. Kosten, Pitt St; R. Coveny, Market St; Jos Smith, Pitt St; E. C. Suttor, Fattorini, Elizabeth St; R. Owen, Rowley, Elizabeth St; William Starkey, Elizabeth St; J. B. Jones, 24 York St; James Curtis, Hunter St; George Fitchett, Castlereagh St; C. McElhone, Castlereagh St; P. J. Elliott, Macquarie & Bent Sts; Thomas Dawson, George St; A. H. M. Cullock, Elizabeth St; Rd Rogers, Elizabeth St; G. R. Nichols, Gilchrist, Pitt St; James Smith, Castlereagh St; Aw Goodwin, Kent St; Peter Favenc, J. Samuel, O'Connell St; Thomas Lee, George St; James Curtis, Hunter St; Tooth; Dawson; John Nobbs, York St; J. C. Kirby, George St. List of premises inspected with headings: year of registration, number in register (from 1 to 556 plus a further 26 unnumbered), date of inspection, by whom inspected, name in register, present occupant, street, number of rooms in register. Names of inspectors: Doling and Wells . Names and street for register numbers 369-434 for year 1848: John Forrester, George St; William Toogood, King & Pitt Sts; George Chisholm, Pitt St; Morehead & Young, Castlereagh St; Edwin Daintry, Elizabeth St; John Rickards, George St; John Black, Castlereagh St; George Thornton, Bent St; Peter Steele, Willmot St; Walter Christie, Pitt St; Isaac Titterton, George St; Isaac Titterton, George & Market Sts; Anne Marr, Castlereagh St; Israel Solomon, George St; John Jones, Bathurst & Pitt St; John Benson, Druitt St; Thomas Holt, George St; John Sharkey, George St; John Brush, Swan St; Ed Raper, George St, John Foulis, Andrw Gribben, Castlereagh St; George Fullerton, Pitt St; Peter Maher, Swan St; James M. Coy, Swan St; John Carruthers, Swan St; Jos Smith, Pitt St; James Calder, Swan St; James Garrick, Elizabeth St; John Dalley, Macquarie St; E. Gray, Jamison St; B. J. Haigh, Pitt St; James Teare, Pitt St; George Evans, Pitt St; Henry Ferris, Castlereagh St; Phillip Joseph, Hunter & Phillip St; H. Bond, 2 houses, Pitt St; Aw Goodwin, Princes St; Jos Armstrong, Castlereagh & Hunter St; T. Cowlishaw, School of Arts; Thomas Smith, George St; Thomas Hyndes, Fort St; William Cankett, Princes St; Aw Goodwin, Princes St; James Norton, Castlereagh & Elizabeth St; John Stirling, Jamison St; James Murphy, Swan St; Henry Fisher, George St; Phillip Hart, George St; Pat Gray, Phillip St; Jerh Donovan, George St; George Jilks, Bathurst St; R. Dawson, George St; John Greer, George St; George Atherden, George St; Martyn & Coombes, George St; W. P. Cousins, Elizabeth & Liverpool St; Thomas Johnson, George Coulton, George St South; F. W. Unwin, Pitt St; George Talbot, Vic. Terrace; John Kent, Vic. Terrace; John Jones, 49 Pitt St; Dawson & Thompson, George St; Edward Borton, Market & Pitt St; Alex Fotheringham, Richmond Terrace. List of premises inspected with headings: year of registration, number in register (from 1 to 556 plus a further 26 unnumbered), date of inspection, by whom inspected, name in register, present occupant, street, number of rooms in register. Names of inspectors: Doling and Wells . Names and street for register numbers 435-556 for year 1849:Ed Dalamon, George St; M. A. Burdekin, Macquarie St; Chas Marsh, R. Douglass, Pitt St; George Hamilton, Hunter St; Alex or James Smail, Argyle St; C. Kemp, Macquarie St; John Fairfax, Macquarie St; James Farmer, George St; Ml Daly, George St; John Morris, Market St; Peter Paulus, George St; William Hay, Fort St; William Brown, Macquarie St; George Simpson, Pitt & Hunter St; J. P. Bond, Millers Point; John Flavelle, George St; Elias Deeper, George St; William Birch, Market St; George Smith, Castlereagh St; D. F. Roberts, Elizabeth St; F. Merewether, Cumberland St; H. Armitage, Vic. Terrace; William Aitken, Pitt St; William Tunks, Castlereagh St; Benj Roden, Millers Point; Jos Yeomans, Pitt St; Samuel Holmes, King St; Rd Cullen, Castlereagh St; William Cole, Argyle St; B. A. Church, Vic Terrace; John Thacker, Liverpool St; Ml Bennett, George St; William Fisher, George St; E. Hunt, Jamison St; E. Hunt, Jamison St; Thomas Walker, Fort St; Jos Middleton, Cumberland St; John Chard, George St; John McIntosh, George St; Rd Harnett, O'Connell St; Francis Ellard, Pitt St; Thomas Smith, Liverpool St; James Murphy, Swan St; James Oatley, Pitt St; Henry Isler, Pitt St; J. W. Wood, Pitt St; John Pearson, John Keane, King St; Thomas Rielly, King St; John Hamilton, Dixon St; Henry Matthews, Liverpool St; James Turner, Bligh St; Thomas Smidmore, Bathurst St; Aloes Hock, George St; William Tucker, Richd Ter; William Wallis, George St; William Northwood, Market St; Chas Hensley, Swan St; Jos Smith, Pitt St; William Howell, George St; George Jilkes, Kent St; John P. Bond, Millers Point; George Thornton, George St; Thomas Walker, Vic Terrace; R. Lowater, Willmot St; Abraham Elias, Bathurst; Aw Lenehan, Castlereagh St; J. G. Raphael, Princes St; G. K. Holden, Castlereagh St; John Wood, Castlereagh St; Jos Pritchard, Bridge St; William Davis, Pitt St; O. Bloxsome, Jamison St; John Francis, George St; John Hosking, Hosking Place; A. M. Rielly, Bridge St; R & E Tooth, Parramatta St; Hastings Elwin, Millers Point; H & D Perrier, Pitt St; Joseph Wyatt, Pitt St; Jos Le Brun, Bridge St; William Moffitt, Bridge St; Rd Andrews, Hunter St; John Hosking, Castlereagh St; John Lamb, Vic Terrace; Jos Thompson, Macquarie St; J. T. Falconer, Liverpool St; James Ewen, George St; James Wright, George St; Hastings Elwin, Millers Point; Francis Smith, Alex Bremner, George St; George Fullerton, Pitt & Liverpool St; W. J. Noblett, Pitt St; Josiah Miles, George St; John Marsh, Macquarie St; J. B. Jones, Wells, 48 Castlereagh St; Terence Daley, George St; William Evans, George St; Thomas Brown, Browns Lane; A. W. Young, Macquarie St; Tucker Lingard & Co, George St; John Wedderburn, George St; William Bowen, George St; Thomas Farrell, Elizabeth St; Thomas Hyndes, Cumberland; J. G. Raphael, Lower George St; R. W. Moore, Pitt St; G. R. Nichols, Castlereagh St; Francis Smith, Kent St; Thomas Holmes, Parramatta St; Humphrey Jones, Hunter St; Henry Parkes, Hunter St; Henry Brown, Hunter St; R. W. Moore, Charles St; Isaac Morris, Pitt St; E. Crampton, Parramatta St; Francis Gutland, Kent St; James Brady, Pitt St; Samuel Lyons, Lyons Terrace; Francis O'Brien, George St; Pat Farley, Gloucester St. List of premises inspected with headings: year of registration, number in register (from 1 to 556 plus a further 26 unnumbered), date of inspection, by whom inspected, name in register, present occupant, street, number of rooms in register. Un-numbered entries give one name, street and number of rooms or rate only: John Argent, Pitt St; H. Fisher, George Street; Sarah Wallis, Castlereagh St; Hannah Hill, Pitt St; Elias Solomon, Pitt St; George Quinlan, Clarence St; H. W. Wallis, Clarence St; Hyan Elias, Pitt St; George Wilson, Castlereagh St; J. G. Cohen, George St; John Kelsey, George St; James Rose, George St; George Clark, Clarence St; John Howell, York St; T. Cutler, Millers Point; D. J. Tierney, Pitt St; A. J. Rayner, Goulburn St; Sarah Wallis, Liverpool St; Ja Garrick, Elizabeth St; W. Thompson, Castlereagh St; W. Samuel, Pitt St; James Stewart, George St; John Taylor, George St; George Miller, Barrack St; R. W. Goodall, Pitt St; R. W. Moore, Clarence St.LanguageEnglish (eng)Digitised recordYesBorn digital itemNo

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Report on their proceedings and the General State of the Water Works, 1844-1849

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