Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-06-02 00:00:00

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ceedings of the health committee, he wis

Mr. Dover

that u allusion had been
of a very old and valuable
who, for forty years, had been a servant of the council, during
which time he was found to be a very industrious, honest,
and a most respectable man. He might mention that for
some time he had been unable to perform' his duties, and

servant, Mr. Wo,

he was so much respected by the Wier officers that, during
that time, they performed the duties for him gratuitously.
He did not know that it would be quite in order to say
anything more on the subject, but he thought what he had
said was due to his memory. (Hear, hear.)

The proceedings were then cenfirnied.
Mr. Earle said he had a resolution to move, and he hoped
there would be no objection to it, and it was to, the following
effect :—" That the health committee be required to lay
before the council, at its next meeting, a tabular statement
of the registration of lodging•houses for the past five
year, and the number registered in each year. He
hoped that nobody would object to that, as
there was no •doubt that there had been bad work with
regard to them, and he was sure if the resolution was passed
they would have some light thrown on it.
Mr. Steains seconded the motion. _

Mr. Sheil said he could .not see any objection to the
resolution, but he thought Mr. Earle should not pre-judge
the conduct of any one. . _

Mr. Earle said: he did not want Mr. Sheil to tell Lim
what he was to do. _ _

The motion was then agreed to

IWARKETS COMMITTET

The following is a short abstract from the report of the
treasurer to the committee, as read before the council :
" That many of the subsidiary books have either been
destroyed or cannot be found. This applies to the whole of
the records of the weekly collections, excepting some of the
collector's cash-books, in which are entered the totals of the
amounts paid over to Mr. Luya. From the books found in
the office, the treasurer said, that it would be seen that,
the investigation as to St. John's Market was necessarily
imperfect as to a period of two and a-half years ; and
furthermore, in consequence of the cash journal, previous
to March, 1853. Also, a cursory examination of any of the
hooks, would demonstrate that so much deliberate falsifica-
tion existed, or the errors were so frequent, that in many
respects, an attempt at comparison or the tracing out of a
tenancy was almost impossible, and further, to add to the diffi-
culty, an alteration was made in the market as to the stalls in
1854, on which occasion a re-distribution of many of them was
Made. These facts have all tended to make the result, as
undershown, generally uncertain, but most frequently in

fa,iour of Mr. Luya, many doubts arising, of Iv
cases the -benefit has 'been given to- him.-
investigation of :the 1" -

.itch is all
1. As to the
ish-market accounts, although the
!ct, the other points above-mentioned
and omissions, and, deliberate
.ostract herewith, it is shown that. the
.b.nount appropriated by Mr. Luya, from
)f the shops and stalls and cellars, in St. John's-
`, appears to amount to £1,710 14s Bd, and from
'ource in the Fish-market £1,012 19s, making
`L,723 13s Bd. The treasurer further reported
,lination of the accounts and books of the
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chief books a

exist— frequent

errors

falsifications. By the

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