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Reference Number496.5 BA9360/E1/Box 4/1 - 2
Hierarchy Browser Number8001/1/2/34/4
TitleWatch and Lighting Committee
DescriptionHandwritten minutes of the committee. Volume 1 covers 1889 to 1893; volume 2 covers 1893 to 1896. Matters discussed include: sub-committees; appointment, promotion and resignation of police constables; uniforms; provision and lighting of street lamps; commendations and complaints against police constables; bills; extra policing for events, visits of important people etc; pay and superannuation; fires, firefighting equipment and ambulance duties; gratuities to police; legislation regarding prevention of cruelty to children and animals; electricity provision; sale of newspapers (by children); theatrical licenses; tramways overcrowding; and Hackney carriages.

With alphabetical index in the front of the volumes. Leather bindings are scuffed and torn.
Date1889-1896
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