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 |
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£ |
s |
d |
£ |
s |
D |
£ |
s |
D |
£ |
s |
d |
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JAMES CONWAY |
ACHILL |
171 |
8 |
2 |
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BALLYCROY NORTH |
196 |
10 |
5 |
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BALLYCROY SOUTH |
349 |
3 |
10 |
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CORRAUN, ACHILL |
229 |
14 |
7 |
||||||||||
DOOEGA |
263 |
14 |
9 |
||||||||||
SLIEVEMORE |
245 |
3 |
2 |
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TOTAL |
1455 |
14 |
11 |
||||||||||
R.J. WALSH |
DERRYLOUGHAN |
203 |
15 |
7 |
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GLENHEST |
129 |
9 |
5 |
||||||||||
NEWPORT EAST |
509 |
16 |
2 |
||||||||||
NEWPORT WEST |
111 |
0 |
6 |
||||||||||
SRAHMORE |
73 |
18 |
0 |
||||||||||
TOTAL |
1017 |
18 |
0 |
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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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