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i1wratitudu, he has stuck to his subject \'lith a
dcl'J:Ji nation that only professional zeal could sustain.
Parlbmcnt ) in a cheeseparing-fit some years ago, struck
off the paltry alloHance made him, and thereby also
dcpivcd hin1 of any official position or authority, so
that he could only point out evi ls he was poHerless to
TC1ncdy. 9
llall 's appointment as City Health Officer at a salary of £100
a year Has confirmed on November 15;
his appointment as Officer of Health
for the three neighbouring towns , also at a salary of £100 plus travelling
expenses, was not approved by the Government until January 10, 1876,
although he '"as requested to make an immediate survey of the three towns
for an additional payment .
These two appointments, together with the
£50 he received annually for attendance on the Police Force, gave him the
largest income, £250, Hhich he had ever received.
Generally they \'/ere
\-Iell received;
only one correspondent , usani tas u, obj ected kindly that
Hall's many years of meritorious service to the community deserved a
retiring allm.,rance rather than an arduous office, to \oJhich the Mercury
ilJ'I.mediately objected that his mental pm