SELECT COMMITTEE ON FICTITIOUS VOTES, IRELAND. ^ O \ J 3080. Chairman.] What was his father's name ?— I believe it was James 308,. Independent of tne premises, what is the house wo h?- The house would not be worth the monev without the premises. T i, be worth about 5 /. a year, bS^ TtttS" 5 ' ** h0USe 26 Februa" 3082. Is it in good repair ?— In good repair; it is small. 3083. Is it more than one story?— One story. 3084. Do. you mean to state that that house, consisting of only one storv and in that situation, was worth 5/. a year, without any premises ?— Yes. 3085. You were inside it?— I was. 3086. He voted at both the last elections ?— He did. 3087. Mr. Beamish.'] Did you visit the house of Jeremiah Mahony, spoken to by Mr. Young, in answer to question 1510?— I did, Jeremiah Mahony Raw- buck' s- lane. 3088. Did you examine his premises ?— I did; he pays a rent of nine guineas per annum; he is living there 14 years, and it is good value for 10?. 3089. Chairman.] Is the house in good repair ?— It is. 3090. Without a pane of glass broken ?— I cannot say as to that. 3091. Is it in good repair or not ?— For a house in that neighbourhood, which is a very poor one ; and the lane is a narrow one; but for a house in that neigh bourhood, it is in good repair. 4 3092. Is it, or is it not, in good repair?— It is in comfortable repair; there may be a glass broken, and a dilapidation of some part of the stairs; but con- sidering that the man pays nine guineas a year, and situation, I think it is worth 10/., though it may have a glass broken; glass is a very valuable article, and the poor people, though they may have good houses, have many of them broken windows. 3093. Is there more broken glass than glass that is whole in the house ?— I cannot recollect. 3094. Will you say that it is not so ?— No, I will not. 3095. Is that a better house than most of the others in that situation ?— The houses in that street are generally of a very poor description ; but it is the con- tiguity to the weigh- house that makes them valuable. 3096. Is the house a better or a worse house than most of the houses in that situation ?— Much about the same. 3097. Are all the houses in that situation, in your judgment, worth 10/. a year ?— Not all; there are houses in the neighbourhood you could not register in Rawbuck's- lane. 3098. Are there any houses there in a worse state of repair than the house you are speaking of ?— There are. 3099. Are there many better?— I do not think there are many better. 3100. But you have no recollection whether the windows are broken ?— No. 3101. And that makes no difference in your estimation as to the value of it? — Not where he pays nine guineas. 3102. Mr. Serjeant Jackson.] Did you go into that house ?— No, I looked at that house from the outside ; when I saw that there were nine guineas paid for it, and saw the general appearance of the neighbourhood, I concluded that it was valued for 10/. 3103. Chairman.] You considered that of that description of house you can form a fair opinion from the exterior ?— I do, of that neighbourhood. 3104. Mr. Beamish.] Do you mean to say, judging from the appearance of the house on the outside, or from knowing the rent the man pays, ?— I knew the rent that the man paid; and knowing that, I did not call upon him for so minute an inquiry as I otherwise should. . 3105. Supposing you did not know the rent, do you conceive it would be a proper investigation of the house merely to see the exterior of it?- I satisfied my mind from the exterior that it was value for 10/. _ . qio6 Then do you conceive an exterior observance is sufficient, without knowing the rent pJid ?- No, I do not; but, coupled with the rent, I concluded that it was 10/. value. . , . A fl 3107. Mr. Serjeant Jackson.] How many stories high is it.'- A ground floor and a story over it. . . ., T ntm_ nf „„„ 3108. Had it an upstairs ?— Without going mside, I cannot say. 3109. Cannot you tell from the outside ?- Not always. Yqu s 4 o •