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               <p>A request for a form to be sent to be used by Medical Practitioners to approximate their annual petrol usage.</p>
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              Midleton <lb/>Co.Cork   15.4.16   Sir    I would feel <lb/>obliged if you would <lb/>kindly forward <lb/>me one of the forms <lb/>supplied to medical <lb/>practitioners, re <lb/>approximate annual <lb/>consumption of petrol <lb/>&amp;c. as I have not <lb/>received one yet.  <seg type="closer"> I am <lb/>Sir <lb/>Yours faithfully   M.R. Desmond. </seg>
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