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CSO/RP/1820/1544

Letter from William Gore and Edward Glascock, Commissioners of Stamps, Stamp Office, Dublin, to Charles Grant, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, indicated that an allegation from Henry Thomas O’Neil, respecting ‘gentlemen Killing Game in the vicinity of Kingscourt [County Cavan] without being duly Licensed’ is being investigated and it has been communicated to ‘O’Neil’ that he will receive remuneration in the event of any successful fines being applied; includes letter from Henry Thomas O’Neill, Mill Mount, Kingscourt, County Cavan, to Lord Sidmouth, complaining of unlicensed game hunting and relaying his response to Stamp Office offer of a monetary reward to assist with provision of information which might lead to a prosecution: ‘I would not become an informer if it were to make me, master of all the revenue arising from stamps’: continues ‘In the Co[unty] Monaghan there are only 16 persons who have taken out certificates, tho there are annually more that 70 on one mountain shouting, packs of hounds are Kept and no duty paid’; also includes memorial from O’Neill, Evy [Ivy] Cottage, to Earl Talbot, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, pleading that the issue of unlawful game killing be addressed and requesting that he be given ’authority, to fine such persons and force those who are entitled to take out license so to do’.

25 Sep 1820-4 Dec 1820

1820

CSO/RP/1820/1545

Letter from William Gore, John French and Edward Glascock, Commissioners of Stamps, Stamp Office, William Street, Dublin, to Charles Grant, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, in which they recommend that Bryan Forde, a stamper, be placed ‘at the bottom of the list of Stampers (by which he will lose five pounds a year) instead of being dismissed’ due to his arrival to work ‘in a state of intoxication’; includes memorial from Forde to the Commissioners of Stamp Duties, making appeal that they ‘will not deprive Him of the only source of His existence’, he having made the ‘most solemn resolution never again to Drink during, or previous, to the Hours of His Duty any description of intoxicating Liquore [sic]’; also includes letter from William Browne, supervisor of stampers, Stamp Office, to the Commissioners of Stamp Duties, in support of Forde, ‘always an attentive man to his duty’; also includes letter from Gore and Glascock to Grant, making recommendation for suspension of Forde and appointment of replacement.

2 Dec 1820-13 Dec 1820

1820

CSO/RP/1820/1546

Letter from Hugh Howard, William Gore and Edward Glascock, Commissioners of Stamps, Stamp Office, Dublin, to William H Gregory, Under Secretary of Ireland, Dublin Castle, declining application for monetary reward to John Gahan in relation to fraud on the Stamp Department, perpetrated by Richard Thornhill, clerk, Receiver General’s Stamp Office, asserts that the initial information leading to Thornhill’s detection came from ‘Stafford’; includes letter from Gahan, 25 Great Ship Street, Dublin, to Charles Grant, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, outlining his case for remuneration for information provided, he being prevented in making application earlier due to a period in prison.

11 Jul 1820-21 Aug 1820

1820

CSO/RP/1820/1547

Copy letter from Charles Grant, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, to the Commissioners of Stamp Duties, conveying some additional instruction concerning the operation and management of the Stamp department: refers to various matters including weekly payment of stampers and clerks, regulations for direction of distributor of stamps, arrangements connected with office of clerk of securities and lottery clerks, cost of furnishing the chairman’s apartment and remuneration of inspectors in charge of districts.

3 Oct 1820

1820

CSO/RP/1820/1548

Copy general account of stamp duties for year ending 5 January 1820: indicates, for example, income from ’Duty on Cards and Dice in Dublin’ and ‘Lottery Shares’ under the head ‘The Charge’; and payment of ‘Pensions and Allowances’ and ‘Coals and Candles’ under the head ‘The Discharge’, verified by Samuel Collins, Office of Public Accounts; also provides balance of account showing amount of cash due and stock in hand of individual distributors throughout the country and arrears owed by newspaper proprietors in Dublin.

23 Jan 1821

1821

CSO/RP/1820/1549

Copy letter from Charles Grant, Chief Secretary, Dublin Castle, to the Lords of the Treasury, conveying that Colonel Hugh Howard, a chairman with the Board of Stamp Duties, on an annual salary of £1,000, has decided to tender his resignation; quotes from minute on subject respecting payment of a retirement allowance.

10 Oct 1820

1820

CSO/RP/1820/1550

Account of disbursement of funds ‘granted for the Service of the year 1819’, showing details in columns under headings ‘Sums Granted’, ‘Sums Issued’ and ‘Remains’ of various items of government expenditure including medicine and surgical material for Irish land forces, payment to the Office of Ordinance in Ireland, and for sum provided for the Green Coat Hospital, in Cork, County Cork, signed by Thomas Haffield, treasurer, Exchequer Office, Ireland.

11 Mar 1820

1820

CSO/RP/1820/1551

Expenses account of Edward Martin for various items pertaining to interior cleaning and maintenance, such as brushes, mats, cloths and sponges, purchased for Chief Secretary’s civil office, for quarter year ending 25 December 1820.

26 Dec 1820

1820

CSO/RP/1820/1552

7 letters from Robert Jocelyn, Earl of Roden, Auditor General, Auditor General’s Office, Dublin, to Earl Talbot, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, providing notice in respect of civil list, of ‘King’s Plates’ race meetings and monetary prizes on offer at courses at Curragh, County Kildare, Downpatrick, County Down, Bellewstown, County Meath, and Londonderry, County Londonderry.

16 May 1820-7 Nov 1820

1820

CSO/RP/1820/1283

Abstract of the issue of £500,000 granted to the commissioners for relief of trade in Ireland, with table showing recipient of loan, date, county, amount, installments and period of repayments.

[4 Sep 1820]

1820