IS MINUTES OF EVIDENCE TAKEN I5EFORE THE Mr. John Young. 2029. Was she aware of your object in coming there ?- I do not think she 2o February 1838. ™ o, D Do yon think if she had been, she would have been inclined to give vou satisfactory information ?- She was a poor ignorant woman y ooTuv. Serjeant Jackson, to Mr. Colburn.] Do you find that person upon the register ? — I find " Thomas Regan, labourer, Hughes s- lane, city of Cork; house 111 Hughes's- lane ; householder, 10?.; registered 5th of November 1832." 2032 To M^ Young.) Could his premises have been worth 10/. m 1832?- I do not think they could. 2033. To Mr. Lane.'] Do you find him on the valuation ?— He was valued in the supplementary valuation at 6 /. 20S4 Mr Beamish, to Mr. Young.] According to the proportion at which those valuations are struck, ought not that man's house to be worth more than < 3 / ? The only way I can account for it is, that it is five years since he was valued, and his house might be in better repair then, and no doubt was, than it is now. . 203 3. You were concerned in the supplementary valuation t — 1 was. 2036.' Do you remember seeing that man's house?— I do not remember seeing that particular house. 2037. Mr. Serjeant Jackson.] Supposing that was a fair valuation when it was made, the most it would come to, adding 25 per cent., would be 8 /. ? — Yes. 2038. Mr. Beamish.] Are there not many houses in Cork, where there is a considerably greater difference than that between the rent obtained and the value set down in the valuator's books; are there not many houses set down at 6 /. that are bringing nearer 10 /. rent ?— I do not know that there are any; if there are any, it must be very few. 2039. But you do not know to the contrary ?— Nor to the contrary. 2040. So that there may be houses valued in the grand jury books at 6 I., and yet bringing a rent of 10 /. ?•— Yes. 2041. Chairman.] Do you believe that unless the houses have been improved by some circumstance or other since the valuation, houses valued in 1828 or in 1833 at 6/., do in any case bring 10/. rent?— I do not think they do, unless they have been improved. 2042. Mr. Serjeant Jackson.] Supposing a house to be valued, either in 1828 or 1833, at 6 /., and to remain in statu quo, or to go on suffering deterioration by wear and tear, do you think it is at all probable that it would afterwards bring a rent of 10 Z ?— Not at all probable. 2043. Mr. Beamish.] May there not be houses in the valuation of 1828, or in the supplementary valuation, at 6/., that are actually paying a rent of 9/. or 10 /. a year ?— There might. 2044. Mr. Serjeant Jackson.] That is a possible case, but not a probable case ?— I do not know such a case. 2045. In your judgment, it is an improbable case to occur ?— I think it is improbable. 2046. Did you visit and value the premises of Edmond Riordan, in Bandon- road, since Christmas last ?— I did. 2047. What do they consist of ?— It is a house consisting of four rooms ; it is a very poor house, 111 very bad repair; two of the rooms are let at 1 per week each; the other two and the lower part, are occupied by the elector himself. 204S. Dia you observe whether there was a shop ?- No ; he had a good mao7 r^ Sh0TakT' ; lt work' and { t was a11 devoted to that purpose. thZtZ Z , might\ b? considered a shoemaker's workshop ?- A workshop, tneie is no counter or shelves in it I find5FdnlTRP°? Mm-] D° ym\ find £ dm0nd Riorda* the register ?- shon Bin ^ t11' h, r° Suemak7' Bandon- road, eity of Cork; house and 10/- 5 » ed24th of November 1832. He 1820,1. At what elections did he vote ?- At the elections of 1832, 1835, and 205" S° o you Mt eouU y° U SeVUp° n that >~ Six pounds, it could. * iaVe b6en W° rth 10/- in lg32 ?- I do not think io. 54. To Mr. Lane.] Is he upon the valuation ?— No. 2055. Did