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13th May, 1916 Dear Lord Basil Blackwood, In reply to your letter of the
7th instant i was informed by the Paymaster's General's Office
that the payments to you on account of salary as Private
Secretary from the Vote for the Household of the Lord
Lieutenant during the year 1915-6 amounted to £773:2:6
(gross) and that the tax deducted amounted to £70:4:2. The
tax was at the rate of 1s.6d. in the £ plus 20%. When
taxing your salary for the current quarter the assessor
will make allowance for the excess tax deducted amounting
to 12s.7d. Yours sincerely, (Sd) J.J. Taylor
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1915—6
gross
Order No Month Amount
86/1 April 50:15:-
143/1 May 50:7:16
200/1 June 72:-:-
335 July 50:7:6
384/1 Aug. 50:7:6
441/1 Sept. 72:-:-
507/1 Oct 50:7:6
547 Nov. 34:8:6
584/1 " 57:10:-
677/1 Dec. 78:12:1
790 Jan 61:2:-
835/1 Feb. 62:-:-
955/1 March 83:5:1
773:2:6
This is a letter from John J Taylor (b. 1860), Principle Clerk for the Chief Secretary's
Office, to Lord Basil Blackwood (1870-1917), a British Lawyer and Civil Servant who
died a the battle of Ypres in 1917. The letter discusses the payment of Blackwood
for his work as Private Secretary to the household of Ivor Guest (1873-1939), the
Lord Lieutenant. It goes on to discuss the amount he is to be paid and the tax deducted.
Enclosed is an account of his payment.