Mr Benjamin Scott, the late oity chamberlain, was the oldest officer of the Corporation of London. His service began sixty-four years ago, as a junior clerk in the office of whioh he ultimately became the head, and to whioh he hae been annually re-elected for thirty-three years. It is a testimony to the way in whioh business is managed in the oity that since the time of Charles 11. the chamberlain’s department baa been conducted without any loss, notwithstanding the large sums entrusted to its keeping. Mr Scott stated, not long before his death, that the accounts of the office, duly audited, have been preserved without a break for 258 years. Those of earlier date were destroyed by the great fire,
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Evening Star, Issue 8815, 3 May 1892, Page 4
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