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CORPORATION OF WIGAN - CONTINUED.
BOROUGH OFFICERS
Recorder....................................................................................................................W. C. Gully, Q.C., M.P.
Returning Officer.......................................................................................................William Rogers.
Clerk of the Peace......................................................................................................Thomas Heald.
Clerk to the Justices...................................................................................................Thomas R. Ellis.
Coroner......................................................................................................................L. R. Rowbottom.
Town Clerk and Clerk to the Local Board of Health.................................................Ra. Darlington.
Borough Treasurer....................................................................................................Wm. T. Wanklyn.
Borough and Water Engineer.....................................................................................William Bolton.
Assistant ditto.............................................................................................................James Bolton.
Waterworks Superintendant.......................................................................................T. L. Hughes.
Burgess Auditors.............................................................................................G. J. Healy and W. A. Byrom.
Chief Constable...........................................................................................................F. T. Webb.
Gas Engineer...............................................................................................................J. Timmins.
Officer of Health..........................................................................................................W. C. Barnish.
Public Analyst..............................................................................................................Ralph Betley.
Surgeon to the Police Force.........................................................................................R. F. Woodcock.
Librarian......................................................................................................................H. T. Folkard.
Library Hall Keeper.....................................................................................................Thomas Whittle.
Canal Boat Inspector....................................................................................................T. L. Hughes.
Collector to the Local Board of Health.........................................................................John Yates.
Assistant ditto................................................................................................................Moses Fisher.
Park Superintendant......................................................................................................J. Pettitt.
Farm Bailiff...................................................................................................................W. J. Baul.
Market Superintendant..................................................................................................William Grime.
Inspector of Weights and Measures..............................................................................William Grime.
Assistant ditto.................................................................................................................John Maledy.
Inspector of Nuisances...................................................................................................James Ridge.
Assistant Inspector of Nuisances....................................................................................Henry Meadow.
Inspector of Hackney Carriages....................................................................................P. O'Brien.
Inspector of Fish and Flesh............................................................................................James Ridge.
Hall Keeper, Borough Courts........................................................................................Eli Storey.
Inspector of Pariors.......................................................................................................Richard Heaton.
Watermen................................................................................George Baron, Henry Foster, and Samuel Wyche.
Water Inspector..............................................................................................................Henry Foster.
Burleymen...................................................................................................Edward Ormsher and Elijah Prescott.
Mace Bearers.................................................................................................................Eli Storey and John Neve.
Halberd Bearers..............................................................................................Thomas Whittle and Patrick Rynn.
Sword Bearer and Bellman............................................................................................John Worswick.
Borough Police and Fire Brigade.
POLICE
Chief Constable, Fred. T. Webb ; Superintendant, P. O'Brien ; Chief Clerk, Inspector James Wilson ; Assistant Clerk, S. Bottomley ; Inspectors, W. Peers and W. Leyland ; Detective Inspector, W. Gorman ; Sergeants, Donald McIntosh, Wm. Williamson, J. Crawford, P. Matthews, R. W. Duncan, and R. Newcombe. 44 Constables. Total Police Force, 56.
FIRE BRIGADE.
Superintendant, the Chief Constable ; Inspector, Wm. Peers ; Engineers, Thomas Lowe and Thomas Richardson.
The Hand-reel and the Engines are kept at the Police Office, King Street.

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