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DERMOT C. CLARKE,

DERMOT C. CLARKE,

Madam, - Are receipts becoming a thing of the past, at least for mail transactions?

More and more are they being ignored by money recipients. Even county councils do not issue a receipt for bin charges. It appears now to be standard practice to demand a stamped-addressed envelope if you want a receipt.

Surely it is a legality to supply a receipt as proof that an account has been settled. It should not be up to the payee to pay the expense of issuing one. - Yours, etc.,

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DERMOT C. CLARKE,

Wilson Road,

Mount Merrion,

Co Dublin.