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Original incoming and copy outgoing letters relating to management of the Charleville estate. Matters referred to include: lodgement of Power of Attorney granted to Ernest Browne by Charles Bury for dealings with the Charleville Estate and Land Commission; Charles Bury consideration to appeal a decision by inland revenue to the House of Lords and ultimate decision to not appeal; information on the Mechanical Transport Section of the ASC [Army Service Corps] under the War Office; income tax deducted by Messrs Stapleton for the Tore and Belvedere Estate; sale of the Three Blacks, Athlone; attempt to resist a tenant's application to redeem the rent of La Mancha, Mullingar and contentions that this holding should not be affected by the Land Act.

Includes letter from Captain Charles Bury to E White "Browne will have written to you I expect about the Appeal. My opinion is that under existing circumstances we ought not to carry it on to the House of Lords and I know that Lord Lansdowne agrees with me. If it had not been for the war and the growing scarcity of money, I should have liked very much to go on with it and I daresay we might proved successful, but at present the risk is too great. My present chauffeur is very anxious to join the Irish Motor Transport. Can he do this and what steps must he take? He is a good driver and mechanic and comes from Geashill; his name is Donaldson. (12 December 1915)

Series of daily rent books. Arranged by date of payment and recording townland, tenant's name, observations, arrears and gale day payments.

9 Land Commission Schedule of Tenancies for the estate of Lady Emily Howard Bury for 1920-1923. Ordered by number and records tenants name, postal address, townland, nature of tenure, annual rent, gale days, half-yearly rents due, payments made by tenant, balance due, compounded arrears of rent and date of receipt.

Series of Detailed Rental books. Arranged by townland and then by tenant's name, recording observations, charges, arrears and gale day payments.

Tenement valuation of Charleville estates ordered by townland and OS map coordinate. Records reference to map, occupier, immediate lessors, description of tenement, area, land, buildings, half rents, total and observations. Indexed alphabetically by townlands and streets from Cloncollog to Water Lane at the front of volume.