… in 1828.
The Board of Inland Navigation in Ireland, 17 March 1828
| Names of officers | Salaries (IR£) | Remarks |
| Daniel Corneille, late Chairman | 800-00-00 | Died 12 August 1825 |
| James Saurin, Chairman | 800-00-00 | |
| John Armit, Director | 500-00-00 | |
| Henry R Paine, Director | 500-00-00 | |
| John Radcliff, Director | 500-00-00 | Appointed 3 September 1825 |
| Francis Trench, Secretary | 500-00-00 | |
| Martin Dillon Manning, Accountant | 270-00-00 | |
| William Searight, Clerk Min | 180-00-00 | |
| William Harding, Clerk | 120-00-00 | |
| Daniel Corneille, Clerk | 100-00-00 | |
| David J Lyster, Clerk | 100-00-00 | |
| Owen Fay, Messenger | 50-00-00 | |
| Thomas Russell, Porter | 30-00-00 | Dies 23 July 1823 |
| George Russell, Porter | 30-00-00 | |
| Mary Haulor, Housemaid | 30-00-00 | |
| John Brownrigg, Engineer | 568-15-00 | |
| John Killaly, Engineer | 568-15-00 | |
| Charles M Seymour, Assistant Engineer and Superintendent of the Northern Navigation | 300-00-00 |
The Board received £25,849/12/4 in parliamentary annual grants and £15,803/0/10¼ in tolls. It is thought that the current waterways authority’s income from tolls is rather less significant.
Irish waterways history 
The above Martin Dillon Manning was the son of Matthew Manning and Lady Helen Dillon daughter of the 10th Earl of Roscommon.
Thank you. Do you perchance know the political affiliations (whig or tory) of the Mannings of that time? bjg