Voices of the People

Nova Scotia House of Assembly Petitions and Correspondence

30 June 1804

Petition of Donald Grant, Joseph Towler and Isaac Mullins, waiters at the Impost and Excise Office, asking some compensation for the days they are unemployed (when not engaged in supervising the lading and unlading of cargo). Enclosed. Schedule of number of days employed and unemployed in first quarter of 1804. Overleaf. Report of committee recommending that the extra waiters be paid ten shillings per day during the time they are not employed. Signed.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 11 number 18