Description

Description:

This board was established in 1851 and amalgamated with the Corporation in 1876.

Minutes of the Board and its committees: the Board (minutes, draft minutes, attendance books) 1851-76; Bridge Accommodation Committee 1875; Burial Committee 1871; Clerks Duties Committee 1855-59; Clerks Salaries Committee 1851; Coal Committee 1865-76; Committee of the Board of Health 1851; Diseases Prevention Committee 1853; the Dock Company's Culverts Sub-Committee 1857; Docks and Parliamentary Committee 1858-61; Finance Committee 1851-76; Financial Officers Inquiry Committee 1857-8; Financial Reports Committee 1853; Fire Enquiry Committee 1867; Gas Inquiry Committee 1875-6; General Inquiry Committee 1853; Joint Financial Reports Committee 185460; Officers' Duties and Salaries Inquiry Committee 1853; The Park Committee 1860-76; Parliamentary Bill Co

mmittee 1853-4; Parliamentary Committee 1862-75; Printing Committee 1857-76; Public Loans Special Committee 1856; the Recreation Grounds Committee 1868-75; Sanitary Committee 1851-76; Sculcoates Gas Bill Committee 1857-8; Sculcoates Hall Committee 1860; Special Committee on the right of the Crown to Drypool Foreshore 1856; Special Fire Committee 1875; Standing Orders Committee 1869; Surveyors Enquiry Committee 1860; Town's Improvement Committee 185476; Tramways Committee 1851-73; Travis Land Inquiry Committee 1860; West District Drainage Committee 1858; Works Committee 1851-76; Travis Land SubCommittee 1859-60 (87 vols) list

Letters inwards 1815-75; outwards 1851-77; miscellaneous correspondence and petitions (1/z box, 38 vols) list

Committee papers 1851-76: Burial, Finance, Gas, Improvement, West District Drainage, Works (3½ boxes)

Deeds of property sold by the Board 1855-71 (2 bundles) Deeds of property leased by the Board 1857-71 (1 bundle)

Agreements for letting Board property 1852-71 (1 bundle)

Miscellaneous agreements as to rights, easements etc. 1852-76 (1 box) Bye laws 1852-71 (1 box)

Contracts 1851-76 (3 boxes)

Cases and Opinions and litigation papers 1856-75 (2 boxes)

Papers relating to applications to Parliament, and Government departments 185475 (4 boxes)

Financial records: periodic statements of accounts M.S. and printed 1852-76; ledgers--1859-77; journals 1852-77; notices of intention to levy rates 1853-61; accounts paid 1875-6; mortgages and loans 1853-76 (2 boxes and 10 vols)

Plans submitted for building bye law approval 1852-76 (54 boxes, 7 vols) list. This series was continued unbroken when the Board of Health was merged with the Corporation and carries TAB reference.