Note 464 — 1844.

Discharged with a pension of 1s. 10d. a-day, in April, 1848, and obtained from the Surveyor-General of Prisons the appointment of foreman over the contractors, on the part of the Government, at 5s. a-day. Subsequently he was removed by promotion to be foreman of works in the convict establishment at Woolwich, which embrace the supervision of the convicts working both in the arsenal and dock-yard. His salary, with rent and rations, exceeded 130l. a-year. He now fills a similar situation at Chatham, with a more lucrative recompense.