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CSO/RP/1825/1701

Letter from Sir Edward Smith Lees, secretary, General Post Office, Howth, County Dublin, to the Chief Secretary’s Office, Dublin Castle, offering some reflections on the assimilation of the Irish money with the British, due for implementation under the Currency Act [6th of George IV, chapter 79] on 5th January 1826. Encloses memorandum with comparator of Irish and British currency values and proposals for a modified scale of postage charges for Ireland. Draws attention to the inconvenience of making an adjustment in ‘Fractions of a Penny’ and the utility of adopting a new scale of ‘reduced’ postage rates. Discusses the negative implications for post office revenue should the British copper not be put into circulation in Ireland.

29 Dec 1825-31 Dec 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1702

Petition of George Bradshaw, late of 5th regiment of dragoon guards, high constable of the barony of Clanwilliam, Pegsborough, near Tipperary, County Tipperary, to the Chief Secretary’s Office, Dublin Castle, requesting permission to have the assistance of the police constabulary to enforce collection of cess. States that three parishes out of a total of 22 under his jurisdiction resist payment of dues and despite serving notice and calling in person, he has not succeeded in obtaining dues. Remarks his predecessor was forced to distrain to collect outstanding cess and anticipates in pursuit of he duty he is ‘likely to meet resistance’.

18 Dec 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1703

Letter from James Corry, secretary, Linen Board, Kildare Street, Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, concerning a proposed increase in salaries for the county inspectors of the Linen Board of Ireland. Encloses copy letter from Peter La Touche Jr, Sir GF Hill, JC Beresford and George de la Poer Beresford [Bishop of Kilmore], trustees of the Linen Board, to the clerk of the Privy Council of Ireland, recommending an increase in remuneration for inspectors employed by the board. In accordance with the view of a committee of the House of Commons, they recommend 20 men of the ‘first class’ have their salaries raised from Ir£40 to Stg£50 and 15 of the following class have their salaries raised from Ir£40 to Stg£40.

9 Dec 1825-23 Dec 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1704

Letter from H Pakenham [probably Hercules Robert Pakenham, MP for County Westmeath], to the Chief Secretary’s Office, Dublin Castle, offering a recommendation for the appointment of Colonel Osborne to a post as county magistrate. Emphasises Osborne’s strengths as an individual and his fitness to serve in such a capacity.

8 Dec 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1705

Letter from Carew Smyth, barrister and recorder of Limerick, 46 Baggot Street, Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, acknowledging a mistake in his former letter over payment of poundage. Upon mature consideration, he admits, he discovered the payment was allowed by law to cess collectors. Encloses letter from Richard Adams, treasurer of the city of Galway, County Galway, to Smyth, reflecting on a determination of Thomas Burton Vandeleur, Irish circuit judge, concerning a court presentment for poundage. He expresses some doubt as to his entitlement to payment of poundage in addition to his salary.

26 Aug 1825-19 Dec 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1706

Letter from J Cotter, Bank of Ireland, Cork, County Cork, to John Leland Maquay, deputy governor, Bank of Ireland, [College Green], Dublin, seeking intervention with government for an extension of the period allowed to exchange the old bank tokens for new British silver [intended for completion by 5th January 1826 under the Currency Act]. Stresses the difficulties facing the bank agents on account of an undersupply of British silver in the locality and mentions public apprehension over a perceived loss of value on currency.

26 Dec 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1707

Letter from George Foster, magistrate, Dundalk, County Louth, to the Chief Secretary’s Office, Dublin Castle, seeking direction on the implementation of the act for the uniformity of weights and measures [5th of George IV, chapter 74]. Stresses he has received a number of queries over the issue and emphasises his anxiety to prevent fraud in the area under his jurisdiction.

26 Dec 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1708

Letter from Major Thomas N Edgeworth, commissioner for paving, [Corporation for Paving, Cleaning and Lighting the streets of Dublin], to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, requesting leave of absence for a period of one week. Remarks his short departure will not impede the work of for the commissioners of [fiscal] inquiry nor will any injury ensue to the public service.

31 Dec 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1709

Letter from Major William Reid, [of the Royal Engineers], superintendent of the Ordnance Survey of Ireland, Ordnance Survey Office, Phoenix Park, Dublin, to Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, requesting permission to consult the documents and statistics accumulated under the Population Act [census of 1821] now held in the Record Tower at Dublin Castle. Explains for the benefit of his work on the ordnance survey he will require ‘occasional access’ to the papers, as outlined by the report of the select committee of the House of Commons.

29 Dec 1825

1825

CSO/RP/1825/1710

Letter from John Connolly, [Caherfurvaus], County Galway, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, seeking to have an accurate survey made of the townland of Caherfurvaus for the purpose of securing a more equitable cess charge. Encloses memorial from the landholders of the townland of Caherfurvaus, parish of Killinan, barony of Dunkellin, County Galway, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting appointment of a suitable person or persons to make a survey of the townland of Caherfurvaus. Such an evaluation, they contend, will provide an accurate calculation of townland acreage and remove ambiguity and difference over cess or vestry charges. Memorial signed by Connolly and signed or marked by 22 other inhabitants of the parish. With annotation on base of letter by Henry Goulburn, Chief Secretary, pointing out in the context a surveyor is appointed for general purposes to act in a particular county; in such circumstances, their locality will receive attention in due course.

c24 Dec 1825

1825