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               <p>A letter from John Nevin to the Longford Urban District Council concerning the collection of rent in Longford.John Nevin (b. 1866) was Town Sergeant from Longford. The Longford Urban District Council was the towns local authority and was renamed the Longford Town Council in 2002.</p>
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               Mr Chairman &amp; Gentlemen   I beg to report that I have collected rent <lb/>for the past month, to the amount of Â£35.1.10 <lb/>which I lodged to credit of Council as follows:- <lb/>Rent Â£29.9.2 and rates Â£5.13.8.  The lamps were lighted from the 1<hi rend="superscript">st</hi> to the 7<hi rend="superscript">th</hi><lb/>and from the 27<hi rend="superscript">th</hi> to the 30<hi rend="superscript">th</hi>, on the 12<hi rend="superscript">th</hi> there <lb/>were 54 lamps out wing to the storm. <seg type="closer"> Your obdt. Servant  John Nevin </seg> 
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