MS 12581 Newport Union Minute Book of Board of Guardians Jan to Aug 1885.

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Copy of Minutes of the Proceedings of the Board of Guardians 8th of May.

In the Chair: Mr Patrick Moran

Other Guardians Hugh Dever

Thomas O’Boyle

Name of each collector

Electoral Divisions arranged in Collection Districts

Annual Collected and Lodged

Total

Remaining

Total

£

s

d

£

s

D

£

s

D

£

s

d

JAMES CONWAY

ACHILL

171

8

2

BALLYCROY NORTH

196

10

5

BALLYCROY SOUTH

349

3

10

CORRAUN, ACHILL

229

14

7

DOOEGA

263

14

9

SLIEVEMORE

245

3

2

TOTAL

1455

14

11

R.J. WALSH

DERRYLOUGHAN

203

15

7

GLENHEST

129

9

5

NEWPORT EAST

509

16

2

NEWPORT WEST

111

0

6

SRAHMORE

73

18

0

TOTAL

1017

18

0

Cost of provisions and necessities received £9 10s 11d

Cost of provisions and necessities consumed £11 8s 5d

Average cost of inmate 2s 6d

Average cost in infirmary 3s 0d

640 lbs Bread at 5d per 4lb.

408 qts milk at 9d per gallon

44 lbs mutton at 5 ¾ per lb

6 lbs tea at 1s 8d per lb

28 lbs sugar at 1 ¾ per lb

4 lbs Mould candles at 6d per lb

2 pot Beef extract 1/9 per pot

The abstract of the Outdoor relief lists was produced by the Clerk having been duly entered up by him for the last week ended Saturday the 2 nd day of May 1885 whereby it appeared that in that week the total expenditure in outdoor relief was

£ s d

In money - - -

In kind 1 18 0

On the requisition of the Master the following articles were ordered.

Order No 87 Brushes at 12s 4d

Read letter from Local Government Board No. 16,624 dated 7 th May 1885 relating to the disposal of the sum of £30 refunded by the Clerk of the Union.

“Read”

Circular letter from Local Government Board relative to the Representation of the People Act 1884

“Read”

Read letter from the Town Clerk , Castlebar forwarding copy of a resolution in reference to the acceleration of the Mails to the West of Ireland.

“Adopted” Clerk to send copy to Messrs Parnell, Sexton and Healy.

Resolved: That the attention of the Poor Rate Collectors be called to the backward state of their collection and to the fact that more than half the period allowed for completion thereof has expired and yet there is little more than £100 collected out of £2597.

Number of provisional admissions to workhouse confirmed was 4

Number admitted to workhouse was 2

Number of applicants in which relief was continued by Guardians was 6

Minutes 8 th May 1885 Supplemental sheet

In Chair: Patrick Moran

Other Guardians: Hugh Dever

Thomas O’Boyle

Newport Dispensary District

329 Mrs M Mullen for rent vacc station £1

330 John Gibbons for rent vacc station £1

Ballycroy Dr Smith Health of District good

Newport Dr Davis Health of District good

Next meeting Guardians to be held Friday 15 th May 1885

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