SIR FENTON AYLMER AND MR A. HENRY 



taken to instruct a clerk or secretary, and from the 

 way the numerous engagements or debts of the Hunt 

 have all been discharged. ... I have the satisfaction 

 to observe that if all this continues to be uniformly 

 and urgently pursued, it cannot fail to afford to the 

 Hunt a certain and most handsome establishment, 

 and such a one as must be highly gratifying and 

 animating to its views and purposes. 



This appears to have been a very satisfactory 

 state of things, but it is significant of the way in 

 which the excellent Mr Kilbee kept his records 

 that there is no hint of the source from which the 

 club drew its revenue except the mention of the 

 five guinea entrance fee already recorded. Of 

 regular subscription there is no mention at all, 

 though it is plain that such must have been in 

 force, and it would appear that the collection of 

 cap money was abandoned by the resolution as to 

 the tenpenny pieces I have quoted above. 



Sir Fenton Aylmer's letter in reply worthily 

 places upon record the eminent services of Mr 

 Kildare Borrowes. 



My Dear Sir, 



I most fully participate in the regret expressed 

 yesterday by the Members of the Kildare Hunt 

 (whose sentiments I am directed to communicate) 

 on reading the letter you authorized me to lay 

 before them resigning your situation as Treasurer 



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