s e l e c t c o m m i t t e e o n f i c t i t i o u s v o t e s , i r e l a n d . , ^ j / J / j 2629 Did you see any person when you were there?— No • there w person there at the time. 2630. Did ^ as not any John young r r ,. y° r Se? any ? ne at the next door ?— I inquired at the next where Cornelius Kelly hved and the woman went out and showed me that place « - r. Beamshl You dld not see this man himself?— No, I did not 2032. 1 hen you do not know out of what property this 40 s. freeholder registered r— Being a 405. freeholder, I presume it must be where he resided 2533. * ou do not know that he registered out of the house that you saw?- I do not know that he did. - ' 2634. Then freeholder ?- 22 February 1838. was all you know was, that he appeared upon the registry as a 40 s - Yes, in Brandy- lane; and on going to Brandy- lane, on inquiring ^ where Cornelius Kelly lived, I was directed to this place. 2635. But you neither saw Kelly nor any person that could give you informa- tion as to what premises he registered out of?— The woman next door showed me that house, and said that that was Cornelius Kelly's house. 2636. But she did not tell you that that was the house out of which he regis- tered ?— No. 0 2637. Mr. Serjeant Jackson.'] Did she tell you that that was the house that he resided in ?— Yes. 2638. ( To Mr. Colburn.) Do you find Cornelius Kelly upon the register?— I find " Cornelius Kelly, slater and plasterer, Brandy- lane,' city of Cork ; house at Brandv- lane; freeholder, 40 s.; registered 26th October 1832." I find that Cornelius Kelly voted in 1832, 1835, and in 1837. 2639. ( To Mr- Young.) With respect to the weekly lettings, do you think that the sums that are produced by those weekly lettings are a fair criterion of the annual value ?— By no means. 2640. Are not the persons that inhabit those miserable apartments, persons that occupy only for short periods, oftentimes ?— They are continually changing. 2641. Therefore the owner of a house that is let out to room- keepers, must have part of his premises continually unoccupied ?— Yes ; people leaving his pre- mises, and the loss he sustains by the tenants going away without paying him the rent; I should think he gets very little more than half; perhaps two- thirds is the outside. 2642. That is to say, if an apartment in a house were let at 1 s. a week, you think the 6 d. or 7 d. would be the outside that would be realised by the owner for the year?— 1 think so. 2643. You have a great deal of experience in these matters?— A great deal of experience. 2644. you think that would be a liberal allowance, taking one room with another, and considering the class of persons that occupy those rooms ?— I think so. 2645. Have you any houses that are let out in portions in that way?— I have a great many in different parts of Cork. 2646. Chairman.] You have houses yourself in the city of Cork which you yourself let out in lodgings to weekly tenants ?— I have; and I would be very glad to take a third off the weekly rent to let them by the year to a solvent tenant. 2647. That is to say, suppose a house to be let, in portions, to weekly tenants at sums amounting altogether to 10 a year, you would gladly let it at 7 a year to a yearly tenant, presuming it was a solvent tenant ?— I would. 2648. Mr. Beamish.] Have not you a great number of houses let out in that way?— I have. . 2649. Then if you find it so bad a mode of letting, why do not you resort to the other mode ?— I do not think it a bad mode of letting ; by minding the tenants and attending to them, I find it more profitable ; and besides, I find it impossible to get solvent tenants for an entire house. 2650. Then, in fact, you would rather have them as they are now, than let them to a solvent tenant for two- thirds of the money ?- I would be very glad to calculate the rent of all my houses by the week in an annual sum, and to take one- third ott to let them by the year to solvent tenants, 2651. Mr-. Litton.] To let the middleman bear the losses and roub e - Ye . 2652. Sir Robert Ferguson.] Where the person is resident in the house 1 here the same loss as with you who are not resident upon the Pauses ?- Ido no think there is the same loss, because they are upon the spot to ^ not being upon the spot, cannot watch them when they are run.,'" g ^ y ^ rn5 2653 Are not the people upon the spot often in the habit of m^'^^ em^ ay Q 2