You are hereby informed that after this notice no further call will be made, or intimation given, before legal proceedings are taken to enforce payment.
By order of the Council.
JAMES LEAH.
Collector, No.

2 District.
District Rate ..........................

L- 13 11 Special Rate ...........................

10 2 ________ L1 4 1 The second communication was dated from the office of the Assistant Overseer of the Poor.

It was also a Final Notice and was worded in almost exactly the same way as the other, the principal difference being that it was 'By order of the Overseers' instead of 'the Council'.
It demanded the sum of L1 1 5 1/2 for Poor Rate within fourteen days, and threatened legal proceedings in default.
Easton laid this down and began to read the third letter-- J.DIDLUM & CO LTD.
Complete House Furnishers QUALITY STREET, MUGSBOROUGH MR W.EASTON, SIR: We have to remind you that three monthly payments of four shillings each (12/- in all) became due on the first of this month, and we must request you to let us have this amount BY RETURN OF POST.
Under the terms of your agreement you guaranteed that the money should be paid on the Saturday of every fourth week.