ELECTION OF POOR-LAW AUDITOR.—The election of a Poor-Law auditor for the Hampshire and Sussex Audit District, in the room of the late Mr. Thomas Hoskins, of Gosport, took place recently. The power of appointment lay in the hands of the chairman and vice-chairman of the several Boards of Guardians within the audit district. The following is a list of the (40) candidates:— … William Targett Holdaway, attorney’s clerk, Petersfield, …, Frederick Vaughan Davis, surgeon, Bramshott, Hants.
After two Return of Votes John Chatfield Clarke, clerk to the Guardians of the Poor of the Isle of Wight, Newport, was duly elected auditor of the district