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Bray Urban District Council, Town Hall, Bray 21st July 1916 Gentleman, Owing
to failing health I respectfully beg
to tender my resignation as Harbour Master to your
Board. I have been engaged at the harbour for twenty
five years, five years during its constructions, and
upwards of twenty years during its as Harbour Master,
that which a previous 25 years of a very strenuous
life I am not able to give the same attention as I
have have hitherto given. I have never spared
myself night or day, to make it as successful as I
could. I am glad to be able to say that the income
from the harbour has increased yearly. The first
year the total income was only £260. Last year
it reached £968.2.9. Trusting you will consider favourably
my past services. I am,
Gentlemen,
Your obedient servant, (sd) T.D. Scraggs. Harbour Master.
To the Chairman and Members,
Bray Urban District Council
A letter from Thomas D. Scragg to the Chairman and members of Bray Urban District
Council, tendering his resignation on the grounds of failing health. Scraggs cites
the twenty years service, as Harbour Master of Bray, he has given. He refers to the
strains of work as having a direct effect on his health. He points out how income
generated under his tenure has increased year on year. Scruggs asks that his service
record be considered favourably.Thomas D. Scragg, born in 1859, was the Harbour Master
for Bray.