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Box containing bundles of weekly returns of income and expenditure (mainly on labour) for Birr Castle, gardens, pleasure grounds, forestry, farm, etc, [sampled from a vast quantity of similar material in order to show how the accounting system then in operation worked.]

Four envelopes of tradesmen’s accounts to the 5th Earl, including a few to Lady Rosse, from London, Dublin and Birr tradesmen (primarily the first) for all manner of goods (among them a pendant brooch supplied by C. Faberge,
1910), but excluding accounts for major items connected with Birr Castle and gardens [for which see M/25 and 33 respectively], 1910-18; together with 7 volumes of Birr Castle house-keeping books kept by Lady Rosse/de Vesci and (in one case) her sister, Countess de la Feld, 1910-30. [See also T/30. Not in chronological order.]

Box of conacre, grazing, weekly, monthly, yearly or caretaker proposals/agreements.

Box of conacre, grazing, weekly, monthly, yearly or caretaker proposals/agreements.

Box of conacre, grazing, weekly, monthly, yearly or caretaker proposals/agreements.

Box of conacre, grazing, weekly, monthly, yearly or caretaker proposals/agreements.

Box of conacre, grazing, weekly, monthly, yearly or caretaker proposals/agreements.

Box of conacre, grazing, weekly, monthly, yearly or caretaker proposals/agreements.

Box of conacre, grazing, weekly, monthly, yearly or caretaker proposals/agreements.

Probate (1919) of the will (1918) of the 5th Earl, together with legal papers and costs in connection with the will and later accounts relating to the cost of repairing his memorial in St Brendan’s Church in Birr, and much later (2005-6) correspondence and accounts about having the memorial photographed in connection with the War Memorial Projects.