'under Government', an Official Key to the Civil Service of the Crown

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1859 edition. Excerpt: ...3 Inspectors (including travelling expenses and con-tingencies) 1000 1 Inspector, who is also Inspector of Prisons for the Northern District, (including travelling expenses as Factory Inspector) 200 Allowance to one Inspector to cover travelling ex-penses attending the increased duties imposed upon him by the addition of Ireland to his district 100 FACTORIES AND MINES' INSPECTION. 87 6 Sub-Inspectors (with allowances for travelling and personal expenses) 350 10 ditto (with allowances for travelling and personal expenses) 300 1 Clerk of Factory Office 255 1 Messenger, ditto 70 Mining Department. Inspectors of Mines, &c. were first instituted in 1842, and are engaged in inspecting the various mines and collieries, and in ascertaining more particularly that the laws for the protection of life, and relating to the employment of women and children, are properly observed. Salaries. 1 Inspector 700 Allowance for travelling and incidental expenses 100 12 ditto 600 FRIENDLY SOCIETIES. ENGLAND. Salaries. 1 Registrar 1000 0' 1 First Clerk 300 0 2 Second Clerks 120 0 1 Messenger 75 0 2 Temporary Clerks, average.... 41 12 SCOTLAND. Salaries. 1 Registrar l50 Allowance for a Clerk.50 IRELAND. Salaries. 1 Registrar 2g0 Allowance for a Clerk 50 GENERAL REGISTER OFFICE, SOMERSET HOUSE, W.C. The Appointment of Registrar General is in the Gift of the Secretary of State for the Home Department. A11 other Appointments in the Gift of the Treasury. Parish Registers were first kept in England on the dissolution of the monasteries. In 1694 a Registration Act was passed for the purpose of imposing a War-tax on Marriages, Births, and Burials. Under the Registration Act of 1836 (6 & 7 Will. IV. c. 86), a Registrar General was first...