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Annual Report 1898

Annual report, accounts and rental for year ending June 1898, reporting an unchanged rental situation. Notes the condition of the estate as quite satisfactory and rents have been paid despite continued low prices for nearly all agricultural produce.

Loughton drainage and sanitation.

  • IE OCL P131/4/2/2
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  • 2 February 1896-25 May 1916
  • Part of Loughton Papers

File of plans showing the drainage and sanitation of Loughton House.

Included in the file are items such as a plan showing drainage system drawn up by The London Sanitary Protection Association, 4 Queen Anne's Gate, Westminster, London and a sanitary report of Loughton dated 25 May 1916.

Loughton Estate summary account book

Summary account book containing information regarding cattle sheep dividends, poor rates, repairs and maintenance, sundry expenses, milk record and service fees.

Account Book

Farm account book devised for use by agricultural schools and model farms. Includes labour accounts for each week, indicating casual labourers hired for the farm and the house. Also includes cash accounts, valuations and inventory. Heavily annotated throughout with memoranda columns used on occasion to note local births, marriages and deaths up until 1912.

Some of the labourers hired as servants show outgoings in cash to purchase boots, clothes or to give to parents.

Account Book

Partially used farm account book including labour accounts, cash accounts, valuation and inventory. Mainly used to record hiring of casual labour for the farm and the house. Annotated in parts with local births, marriages and deaths.

Folder relating to lands at Bunsallagh

Receipts and documents relating to the lands at Bunsallagh, including:

1) receipt issued for rent paid to the Earl of Charleville (1854-1855) and signed by agent, Francis Berry.
2) schedule of lands relating to the proposed railway line through land occupied by Ann Kelly, 1886
3) return for the townlands of Bunsallagh to the Commissioner for Valuation, 1910

Folder of bills relating to farm management

Bills of account and receipts issued by T. P. & R. Goodbody, Tullamore; Michael Berrill, draper, Tullamore; P. & A. Foy & Sons, cattle salesmen, Tullamore; Gas Purification & Chemical Company. Also includes receipts for paying poor rate, license for a sheep dog and forms of declaration for sheep-dipping.

Newspaper clippings Irish Farmers Union, Banagher

Notebook containing newspaper clippings of minutes of Banagher Branch of the Irish Farmers Union. Deals with such matters as setting of Fair days, fixing a price for barley. With memo from Offaly County Council acknowledging application for Relief Grant Scheme and encouragement of trade in the towns of Banagher and Birr.

J. F. Mahon - land for applicants

Typed letter from J. F. Mahon, Secretary, Offaly County Board of Health stating that it is not possible to send down a man to search for suitable land for allotments.

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