1 RCPI/2/3/2/13/245 1 13th July 17. To
The Right Hon. The Lord Chancellor of Ireland,
Four Courts, Dublin. My Lord, I am requested by the President and Fellows
of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland to
inform you that, owing to the resignation of Mr.T.
W. Kinahan, the post of Auditor of accounts of the
late Sir Patrick Dun's estate is now vacant. Under the terms of the School of Physic Act
(40Goo.III.,cap. 84., sec. XI.) this appointment rests
in the hands of the Visitors of this College (The
Lord Chancellor, The Lord Chief Justice and
The Lord Chief Baron), and the President and Fellows
will feel greatly obliged if your Lordship will at
your convenience nominate some competent person to 2 (2).
fill the vacancy. Herewith, I enclose a copy of hitherto
signed by the Visitors on making the appointment. Should the presence of the clerk to the Trust
Estate be required he will wait upon your Lordships
at such time and place as you desire. I have to the honour to be, My Lord, Your Lordship's obedient servant, Fellow & Registrar. 3 By an Act passed in the 40th year of the Reign of his
late Majesty GEORGE III. Chapter 84, Section XL.,
entitled : An Act for establishing a complete School
of Physic in this Kingdom(amongst other things) it
is enacted, That the President and Fellows of the
King and Queen's College of Physicians herein named
shall, once in every year, render a true, just and full account of the
receipts and disbursements expenditures of the issues and profits
of the real and personal estates of the said Sir Patrick Dunn,
and of the application of the appropriated and unappro-
priated surplus thoroof, before the said Visitors, or
any some two of them, or such person or personals as shall
be for that purpose appoint by the said Visitors, or any
two of them, by writing, signed by them, or any two of
them and after the said Account has been duly examined,
rectified, and settled by the said Visitors, or by any two
of them, or by the person of persons so to be appointed, as aforesaid,
it shall be signed and allowed by the said Visitors, or any
two of them, and entered or copied into the books of the
said College. Now we, The Right Honourable Sir Ignatius
John O'Brien, Bart., Lord Chancellor of Ireland, The
Right Honorable Sir James Henry Musson Campbell, Bart.,
Lord Chief of Justice of Ireland and The Right Honorable
Christopher Palles, Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer
in Ireland, the Visitors of the said College in pursu-
ance of the Powers vested in us under said Act, Do
hereby appoint
of the City of Dublin Esquire on our behalf and in our 4 RCPI/2/3/2/13/245 (a). (3). stead to examine, rectify and settle the Annual Accounts
relating to the aforesaid Estates with the President and
Fellows according to the provisions of said Act of 40th
Geo.III., and for that purpose we do hereby require the
proper officers of said College lay before the said copies of the yearly accounts of receipts
and disbursements of the said Estates, and also copies of the
yearly accounts of the Land Agents of the said Estates, as
exhibited by him to the said College, together with such
vouchers ads the said
shall deem requisite to verify the said Accounts, And we
also require the proper officers of the said College to give
to the said such information generally as
he shall deem necessary to enable him to make a full and
detailed report of the State of the said the Estates showing the
Balances of the several Accounts between the said Presi-
dent and Fellows and the said Estates as well as the Balances
remaining due by the tenants of the said Estates. ______
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