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Report of the Finance Committee on the petition of William Cox, Contractor for cleansing water

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Unique IDA-00438147SeriesReports of the Finance Committee I [Municipal Council of Sydney]DateBetween 16th January 1862 and 3rd February 1862FormatVolume - Leather BoundDescriptionReport of the Finance Committee on the petition of William Cox, Contractor for cleansing water closets, recommending that a deficiency for the payment of the Inspector's salary for 1861 be set off by the surplus of receipts for 1860. Appended: Letter from William Cox. He states that he has lost the use of his right arm after being poisoned by night soil while in the service of the Council; there was a surplus in 1860 and a shortfall in 1861 of receipts; he attributes the latter to lack of energy by the Inspector and a lack of incentive because of his fixed salary rather than working for a percentage. Notation by Ed Lord recommending the offset and submitting an abstract of receipts and Expenditure on Water Closets for 1860 and the same for 1861.LanguageEnglish (eng)Digitised recordNo

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Cox, William

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Report of the Finance Committee on the petition of William Cox, Contractor for cleansing water