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Reference Number496.5 BA11241/E6/Box 1/1 -3
Hierarchy Browser Number8001/1/2/18/1
TitleMarket Committee
DescriptionVolume 1 covers 1839 - 1850; second volume 1850 - 1860; and the third volume 1861 - 1882.

Handwritten minutes of the committee concerning the various markets in the city. Matters discussed include: extracts from the Chamber Order Books; rents, tolls, charges and bills; surveys, maintenance and improvements to the market buildings; allocations of stalls; supplies of water, lighting, toilets etc; appointment of officers; rules, regulations and bye-laws; condemnation of and recommendation to rebuild the market house in 1851; weights and measures; outbreak of contagious animal diseases; inspectors and constables; railway crossing the cattle market; complaints and prosecutions; committee reports; other schemes that affect access to land surrounding the markets. Includes some copies of letters received and newspaper reports.

With lists of appointees per year. Only the last volume is hard-bound.
Date1839-1882
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