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
Source: Slater’s Queensland Almanac, Directory & Gazetteer for 1885; Gordon & Gotch, Brisbane