1847 DIRECTORY
For the
Town and District of Port Phillip.
| Ward | Aldermen | Retire |
| Bourke | William M. BELL | Nov 9th 1851 |
| Gipps | Henry CONDELL, J.P | Nov 9th 1848 |
| La Trobe | Andrew RUSSELL, J.P | Nov 9th 1848 |
| Lonsdale | Augustus F. GREEVES | Nov 9th 1851 |
| Ward | Councillors | Retire |
| Bourke | James Stewart JOHNSTONE | Nov 1st 1847 |
| " | Thomas McCOMBIE | Nov 1st 1849 |
| " | John Thomas SMITH | Nov 1st 1848 |
| Gipps | George BEAVER | Nov 1st 1847 |
| " | John BULLEN | Nov 1st 1849 |
| " | William H. CAMPBELL | Nov 1st 1848 |
| La Trobe | Michael CASHMORE | Nov 1st 1848 |
| " | William CLARKE | Nov 1st 1849 |
| " | John STEPHEN | Nov 1st 1847 |
| Lonsdale | Thomas ARMITSTEAD | Nov 1st 1847 |
| " | Henry MOOR | Nov 1st 1849 |
| " | James Frederick PALMER | Nov 1st 1848 |
| Officers of the Corporation | ||
| John Charles KING | Town Clerk | �240 |
| Charles JONES | Assisting Clerk | �100 |
| Joseph RICHARDSON | Town Treasurer | �150 |
| Charles LAING | Town Surveyor | �150 |
| Robert AINSLIE | Inspector of Cattle Market | �90 |
| Joseph IRVING | Keeper of Cattle Market | �90 |
| Daniel CUMMINS | Keeper of Hay Market | �40 |
| Michael GALLAGHER | Inspector of General Market | �72 |
| Edward PEARSE | Inspector of Slaughter Houses | �52 |
| Thomas DAVIS | Messenger | �62 |
| Auditors | ||
| S. GREGORY, Esq. & J. DINWOODIE, Esq. | ||
| Ward | Assessors | |
| Bourke | Robert FENNELL, Esq. | |
| " | William MORTIMER, Esq. | |
| Gipps | Samuel JACKSON, Esq. | |
| " | Richard DOWLING, Esq. | |
| La Trobe | John Werge HOWEY, Esq. | |
| " | William EASEY, Esq. | |
| Lonsdale | Frederick Lord CLAY, Esq. | |
| " | John WATSON, Esq. |