[{"node":{"title":"Boyd038","Collections":"Boyd Letters","Contributor":"Boyd Estate","Coverage":"1963 Jan 17th","Creator":"Linen Hall Library","Date":"Wednesday, March 16, 2016","Format":"TIFF","Identifier":"Boyd038","Item Description":"Letter","Keywords":"Finance, Frank O'Connor","Language":"English","Path":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/boyd038","Publisher":"Linen Hall Library","Relation":"Linen Hall Library","Rights":"Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike CC BY-NC-SA","Scanned image":{"src":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/sites/default/files/Boyd038_3.jpg","alt":""},"Source":"LHL Archive","Transcript":"\ufeff\n\n17th January 1963.\n\nDear Michael:\n\nAbout expenditure on National Monuments and Staff etc. in\nNorthern Ireland. I have enquired about this and have been\ntold that all your friend has to do is to consult the publica-\ntion The Northern Ireland Government Estimates on Expenditure\nto find out the estimated expenditure. This Information is on\npage 43 of the Ministry of Finance estimates for 1962/63. On\npage 20 salary scales for the staff are listed. On page XV\n(Roman numerals) you will find the Archaeologists' salaries.\nNow, to find out how much the Government actually spent, the\nthing to do is to look up the Appropriation Accounts of the\nMinistry of Finance (another Government publicationj. This\nnormally comes out eighteen months after the estimates. These\npublications are freely available at the National Library and\nthere should be no difficulty at all in getting the information.\n\nI hope you and Hallie have recovered from your very tiring\ntime. It was very pleasant seeing you both and I am sure the\nprogrammes will turn out well. I listened to \u2019\u2019Interior Voices\u201d\non the Third on Sunday night and thought the programme very\neffective. I hear it is to be repeated on February 4th.\n\nFrances is quite willing to send down the Markey painting\nyou admired. .As it is very difficult to pack owing to its\nlength - and it is only cardboard, Frances suggests we wait for\na week or two in the hope that we may hear of some one going to\nDublin who would be willing to take it. I hope this will do.\n\nEver\n\n(John Boyd)\n\nFrank O'Connor Esq.,\n22 Court Flats,\nWilton Place,\nDUBLIN\n\nJB/FJ\n","Type":"Text"}}]