Unique IDPE-003988SurnameClarkeGiven namesFrancis (Senior)Biographical abstractDates of employment: 1849-1854Biographical noteBiographical details:
Levels allegedly incorrect in William, Princes & Margaret Streets and South Head Road. Article “The Corporation, its Officers, their Salaries and Family Compacts” [ref: Empire (Sydney) 16 April 1862, p4]
Details from contemporary sources:
1849 £300 pa - appointed 19 March [ref: 27/4/49/143]
1849 Appointed 19 March 1849 [ref: 7/4/462]
1849 Surety bond - £900 - May - John Hosking & Thomas Woolley [ref: 65/0005]
1850 £300 pa - Estimates for 1850 [ref: 27/5/50/102]
1851 £300 pa - Estimates for 1851 [ref: 27/6/51/7]
1852 £300 pa - Estimates for 1852 [ref: 27/6/52/11]
1852 Received £5-5-0 - fees/perquisites in 1851 - resolution February - Town Clerk memo May [ref: 27/6/52/143]
1853 £400 pa - Estimates for 1853 [ref: 27/7/53/26]
1854 Subordinate to City Engineer - February [ref: City Commissioners' Meeting 1 February 1854]
1854 Gratuity £60 - March - for Lachlan Swamp 1853 [ref: City Commissioners' Meeting 27 March 1854]
1854 Requests increase - September [ref: 26/12/841]
1854 Letter of resignation 10 November 1854 - stood over [ref: City Commissioners' Meeting 10 November 1854]
1854 Resignation 10 November 1854 [ref: 26/12/1003]
1854 Query re receipt of money for services - November [ref: City Commissioners' Meeting 13 February 18541]
1854 Incorrect levels in various streets - November - City Solicitor to advise on action [ref: City Commissioners' Meeting 15 February 18541]
1854 Resignation accepted 24 November 1854 [ref: 7/7/532]
1855 Letter from City Solicitor stating if Commissioners could prove that the City Surveyor, Francis Clarke, "had knowingly and wilfully committed errors" then they had "good grounds for an action" [ref: 7/8; Council Meeting 5 January 1855]GenderMaleSource system IDTPER-000790
