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Finance Committee Report I have checked balances in Bank books
with balances on other side and certify
same to be correct. The Note Collection has lodged since
last meeting £202.4.3. together with
£95 odd lodged first days of August and is
in a position to lodge to-morrow £30 odd —
which he collected this evening. — This
will leave the balance uncollected about
£11.00 which is still high. The collector is
however working hard to get in money. Signed James P. Farrell Augt. 8th. 1916
A letter from James P Farrell MP to the Longford Urban District Council on the 8 August
1916. In the letter Farrell reports to the council on financial matters.James Patrick
Farrell (1865-1921) was an MP in West Cavan after the 1895 by-election and then North
Longford from 1900 until 1918 general elections. Farrell was also founder, owner and
editor of the Longford Leader newspaper. He also served on the Longford Urban District
Council and acted as its chairman in 1916.The Longford Urban District Council was
the local authority and was renamed the Longford Town Council in 2002.