Mr. Smyth had been appointed Surgeon to the Gaol in the place of Mr. H. Worship deceased.
1855.
Jan. 6th.—There had been a high tide and heavy flood; 130 yards of the rails between Yarmouth and Reedham had been carried away by the latter.
The following gentlemen had been chosen as the Library Committee.—The Mayor (C. J. Palmer, Esq.), Rev. J. B. Bampton, Rev. H. Squire, and Messrs. B. Fenn, R. R. B. Norman, J. Bayly, and S. C. Burton.
It was considered too cold to drill the Militia on the South-denes.
Jan. 13th.—The following quantity of fish had been forwarded from Yarmouth during the preceding year:—
| Packages. | Tons. | Cwt. | |
| From Jan. to Sep. | 282,441 | 10,591 | 10 |
| ,, Oct. to Dec. | 250,981 | 9,411 | 15 |
| Total | 533,422 | 20,003 | 5 |
During the week 20 men of the East Norfolk Militia had volunteered for the line.
At the Tract Lenders’ Festival 400 persons had partaken of tea at the Priory. They were addressed by the Rev. G. Hills, Rev. G. W. Grogan and other friends.
Jan. 17th.—The Norfolk Artillery Militia had received an order to be permanently embodied from the 23rd inst.