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Report recommending that £100 compensation be paid to the lessee of George Street Markets, 1858

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Unique IDA-00435748SeriesReports of the Finance Committee I, 1857-1898 [Municipal Council of Sydney]DateBetween 24th September 1858 and 22nd November 1858Date qualifierexactFormatVolume - Leather BoundDescriptionReport of the Finance Committee recommending that £100 compensation be paid to the lessee of the George Street Markets, Jeremiah Mortimer, because of the severe drop in supply of vegetables to the market owing to the blight of aphis. Appended: Petition of Mortimer; Statement by Mortimer of dues collected and expenses for the year to date; Letter from Thomas Rostrum, Botany, stating the scarcity of vegetables; Letter by George Hooper, Waverly, stating the failure of vegetable crops; Letter from James Gordon McKean, Randwick Gardens, market gardener, on the scarcity of supply in consequence of the blight; Letter from William Moon, market gardener, Waterloo Estate, and the same signed by Joseph Saxby, market gardener, Botany, on the scarcity; Letter from Jos Graham, gardener, of Jos Graham & Co, no 8 & 10 Shed A George Street Markets.LanguageEnglish (eng)Digitised recordYesBorn digital itemNo

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Page number55Volume number2

Access

Public access statusRestricted original (digital copy available)Public access notePlease acknowledge the City of Sydney Archives when using these records.

Identification

Source system ID22/2/55Alternative ID2/22/1955

Data Quality

Authenticity & integrityThese are the original reports by the Municipal Council of Sydney. The records have been held in the Council’s custody and have a high level of authenticity. Users should be aware that these are historical records and the language used within the records was the language of the time it was captured, and may not reflect current community values or expectations.

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OrganisationSydney City CouncilBoxCSA044344

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