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Report of the Finance Committee recommending the adoption of the report of the Superintendent of

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Unique IDA-00438423SeriesReports of the Finance Committee I [Municipal Council of Sydney]DateBetween 20th March 1884 and 10th May 1898FormatVolume - Leather BoundDescriptionReport of the Finance Committee recommending the adoption of the report of the Superintendent of Fire Brigades on the fire hazard of Corporation properties and the carrying out of its recommendations. Appended: Letters and Reports from the Fire Brigades Board, Superintendent William Bear; Reports evaluate the fire risks for the following properties: Belmore Markets (New Markets and Old Markets including the coffee stall known as Mr Kippax's and the watchman's shed); Fish Markets, Woolloomooloo; Corporation Stores, Sussex St, noting that the ground floor is occupied by Produce Merchants with very inflammable stock; Corporation Stores, Hay St, noting proximity of A Hordern's warehouse increasing risk; Kent St Depot; Moore Park Depot and Cottage used for storage of all kinds including gunpowder, dynamite, kerosene and oils and containing a fixed forge; New Markets, George St; the Town Hall; the Exhibition Building, Prince Alfred Park; Memo from RH Brodrick, City Building Surveyor, commenting on Fire Brigades Board reports; Memo listing properties and current state of insurance and fire risk; Memo listing details of insurance policies [Company, properties, amounts, Policy nos, when effected] held with Mercantile Mutual, Commercial Union of London, The City Mutual, Colonial Mutual, Australian Mutual, Universal Plate Glass, Royal Insurance Co, United Insurance Co and Norwich Union covering Fish Market, Town Hall, Exhibition Building, Belmore Markets, Centennial Hall, Printed music, Kent St depot and wood blocks, Market Wharf, Moore Park Depot, Homebush Saleyards, Hay St stores, Sussex St buildings, Plate glass, Town Hall Organ, Post Office Haymarket.LanguageEnglish (eng)Digitised recordNo

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Report of the Finance Committee recommending the adoption of the report of the Superintendent of