A guide to Belfast and the counties of Down & Antrim . The Most Hon. the Marquess of Londonderry, , elected ist March, 1900. (4) The Most Hon. the Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, elected ist March, 1900; died 12thFebruary, 1902. (5) General Sir George White, , , etc., elected nth May, 1900. (6) Field-Marshal the Right Hon. Earl Roberts, , , etc., elected 9th October, 1900. * In the Town Book of Belfast, under date 1640, there is an entryauthorizing the payment For Maces, Arnies, and the Towne Scale, for theTowne, 26 li. History arid Progress. 15 MUNICIPAL INSTITUTIONS, &c. K
A guide to Belfast and the counties of Down & Antrim . The Most Hon. the Marquess of Londonderry, , elected ist March, 1900. (4) The Most Hon. the Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, elected ist March, 1900; died 12thFebruary, 1902. (5) General Sir George White, , , etc., elected nth May, 1900. (6) Field-Marshal the Right Hon. Earl Roberts, , , etc., elected 9th October, 1900. * In the Town Book of Belfast, under date 1640, there is an entryauthorizing the payment For Maces, Arnies, and the Towne Scale, for theTowne, 26 li. History arid Progress. 15 MUNICIPAL INSTITUTIONS, &c. KEEPING pace with the civic changes already referredto, there have been formed at different periodsThe Board of the Belfast Harbour Commis-sioners, an elected body, who control great and importanttrusts (see page 5) ; The Belfast City and DistrictWater Commissioners, who control the water supply;The Chamber of Commerce, and various other publicbodies and institutions, such as were rendered necessaryby the ever-increasing requirements of the PRESENT TOWN The various departments of the municipality have theirhead(]uarters at the Town Hall in Victoria Street, not farfrom the Albert Memorial, while near at hand is the chiefFire Station, erected in 1893 (it is also the station of theAmbulance Corps), one of the most complete from everypoint of view in the United Kingdom ; while sub-stationsand alarm stations are placed in various parts of the city,and in telephonic communication with the head is admitted on all hands that the members of theFire Brigade are excelled by none in promptitude and Recorders Court and Police Courts are situated i6 Guide to Belfast. immediately behind the present Town Hall. The RoyalIrish Constabulary, who are the guardians of the peaceof the city, have a large and commodious barrack nominal strength of the force in Belfast, sergeants andconstables, on 31st January, 1901, was 933, at an actualcost to the city (
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