Minutes of Queenstown Town Commissioners
TitreMinutes of Queenstown Town Commissioners
RéférenceTC/CQ/M/002
Date
6 Nov 1865 - 12 Mar 1890
CréateurCobh Town Council
Date 1865 - 1890
Etendue et contenuIncludes (for example):
- 5 Feb 1866, lists the individual value of rates in the 13 districts of the town, and remarks upon the rate cost for sewerage and need for a town waterworks in periods of 'dry weather'
- 7 May 1866, commissioners deny preventing the Cork Harbour Commissioners building a quay in the town; consideration is also given to open negotiation on the requirement of a hospital ship for Queenstown
- 4 Jun 1866, commissioners agree that the matter of the town burial grounds be considered by the churchwardens of the town
- 19 Apr 1869, lists ratepayer 'applications for presentments', being costed road or pavement improvements in the town, proposed by James Seymour, Michael Hayes, John Ahern (town surveyor), and others, including work to add a water closet to the town hall
- 7 Jun 1869, resolution passed for £250 loan to purchase a fire engine and fire hydrant
- 20 Sep 1869, copy address to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, John Poyntz Spencer, on the event of the inauguration of the 'Government Docks at Haulbowline', and address to the Lord Commissioners of the Admiralty, expressing the gratitude of the 'entire Irish people' for completing the docks
- 3 Mar 1873, copy letter to A.H. Smith Barry requesting transfer of market tolls to the town commissioners
- 18 Sep 1874, first meeting of the Town Commissioners in their capacity a sanitary board under the Public Health Act 1874
- 2 Nov 1874, Sanitary Officer, Dr Townsend, reports on poor lodging conditions; A.H. Smith Barry transfers market tolls to the town commissioners for a term of fourteen years
- 1 Aug 1881, commissioners agree the town bridewell should be 'removed from its present objectionable site in front of the cathedral'
- 5 Sep 1881, records the town commissioner's agreement to investigate the cost of installing electric lighting in the town
- 1 Jun 1885, commissioners denounce the discharge of workers aged over 60 at Haulbowline, 'considering the very large amounts being now expended in yards of the same kind in England to which the rate payers of Ireland here to contribute largely'
- 3 Mar 1890, includes correspondence from the Town Clerk, Limerick, regarding 'Cruel Treatment of Irish Prisoners in England', in respect of the case of John Daly, held in Chatham Prison
[Note: rear cover inscription to J.H. Campbell Esq. Town Clerk, Queenstown.]
- 5 Feb 1866, lists the individual value of rates in the 13 districts of the town, and remarks upon the rate cost for sewerage and need for a town waterworks in periods of 'dry weather'
- 7 May 1866, commissioners deny preventing the Cork Harbour Commissioners building a quay in the town; consideration is also given to open negotiation on the requirement of a hospital ship for Queenstown
- 4 Jun 1866, commissioners agree that the matter of the town burial grounds be considered by the churchwardens of the town
- 19 Apr 1869, lists ratepayer 'applications for presentments', being costed road or pavement improvements in the town, proposed by James Seymour, Michael Hayes, John Ahern (town surveyor), and others, including work to add a water closet to the town hall
- 7 Jun 1869, resolution passed for £250 loan to purchase a fire engine and fire hydrant
- 20 Sep 1869, copy address to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, John Poyntz Spencer, on the event of the inauguration of the 'Government Docks at Haulbowline', and address to the Lord Commissioners of the Admiralty, expressing the gratitude of the 'entire Irish people' for completing the docks
- 3 Mar 1873, copy letter to A.H. Smith Barry requesting transfer of market tolls to the town commissioners
- 18 Sep 1874, first meeting of the Town Commissioners in their capacity a sanitary board under the Public Health Act 1874
- 2 Nov 1874, Sanitary Officer, Dr Townsend, reports on poor lodging conditions; A.H. Smith Barry transfers market tolls to the town commissioners for a term of fourteen years
- 1 Aug 1881, commissioners agree the town bridewell should be 'removed from its present objectionable site in front of the cathedral'
- 5 Sep 1881, records the town commissioner's agreement to investigate the cost of installing electric lighting in the town
- 1 Jun 1885, commissioners denounce the discharge of workers aged over 60 at Haulbowline, 'considering the very large amounts being now expended in yards of the same kind in England to which the rate payers of Ireland here to contribute largely'
- 3 Mar 1890, includes correspondence from the Town Clerk, Limerick, regarding 'Cruel Treatment of Irish Prisoners in England', in respect of the case of John Daly, held in Chatham Prison
[Note: rear cover inscription to J.H. Campbell Esq. Town Clerk, Queenstown.]
Etendue1 vol (c.700 pp)
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