1885 Queensland Colonial Treasurer’s Department Directory

HEAD OFFICE
Office, George and William Street

Hon. J. R. Dickson – Colonial Treasurer
Edward Boyd Cullen – Under Secretary
C. S. Miles – Receiver
H. St. J. Somerset – Paymaster
T. W. Connah – Account

 

CUSTOMS
Office, Queen Street, foot of Wharf Street

Chas. Mulhall King – Collector of Customs
W. G. Chancellor – Landing Surveyor
William Howe Irving – Chief Clerk
W. H. Mullin – Cashier
J. T. Honeyman – Inspector of Invoices
James Bartley – First Landing Waiter

 

MARINE BOARD
Office, near A.S.N. Co.’s Wharf

Commander G. P. Heath RN. – Chairman

Member:-
Hon. F. H. Hart
William Wilson
Francis Beattie
William Barwood Brown

A. J. Maznson – Secretary, Shipwright Surveyor and Shipping Master
H. Sawyer – Accountant
A. Morgan – Clerk
R. Stewart – Engineer, Surveyor, and Examiner in Steam
C. S. Fison – Examiner in Seamanship and Navigation, Shipping Inspector, and Inspector of Oyster Fisheries

 

DEPARTMENT OF PORTS AND HARBOURS

Commander G. P. Heath RN. – Port Master and Marine Surveyor
H. Wyborn – Harbour Master
Edwin Westaway – Clerk
E. Pethebridge – Clerk and Telegraph Operator
E. J. Westaway – Junior Clerk

 

HARBOURS AND RIVERS DEPARTMENT

Wm. D. Nisbet, M.I.C.E. – Engineer for Harbours
J. B. Stanley, A.M.I.C.E. – Assistant Engineer
A. W. Jardine, A.M.I.C.E. – Superintending Engineer Fitzroy River Works
C. D. Burns – Dock Master and Marine Superintendent of Dredge Plant
W. Weedon – Accountant

 

WATER SUPPLY BRANCH
J. B. Henderson, A.M.I.C.E. – Hydraulic Engineer
F. C. Lea – Clerk and Accountant

 

EXCISE OFFICE
George Street

F. O. Darvall, junr. – Chief Inspector Distilleries

 

STAMP OFFICE
Office, George Street

Commissioners:-
E. B. Cullen
William Bell
W. T. Blakeney

George Day – Officer in Charge

 

LITHOGRAPHIC DEPARTMENT

William Knight – Chief Engraver
George Wight – Officer in charge Securities
J. Costin – Overseer

 

GOVERNMENT SAVINGS BANK
TREASURY SQUARE
Office hours, 10 to 3; and Saturdays from 6 to 8.

E. B. Cullen – Under Secretary
T. W. Wells – Manager
A. Nightingale – Clerk in charge Queen St. Branch

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