SELECT COMMITTEE ON FICTITIOUS VOTES, IRELAND. , ^ j / J / j spoken to by Mr. Young in answer to question 1520?— Yes, I did- he mvs n ground rent of 3 I. 13,.; he has it for 36 years, and it is nit of the va ue 0f 10 L, m my estimation. 3139- ( To Mr. Colburn.) Did he vote at the last election ?- He doe* not appear to have voted. < gher.) Did you visit the house of John O'Leary Bailey's . Young in answer 1543 ?— As this man did not vote since , . him> because I confined my visits to voters of the last election. 3141- Did you visit the house of Edward Ryan, Quarry- road, mentioned in answer 1550 ?— For the same reason, I did not visit him ; he did not vote since 1832. 3142. Did you visit the house of Thomas Canty, Barry's- lane, mentioned in answer 1559 ?— For the same reason, as he did not vote, I did not visit him. 3143. Did you visit the house of Job Keyburn, Cross Gun- lane, mentioned in answer 1566 ?— This man is a Conservative ; he always supported that interest, and is not value. 3144. Did you visit his premises ?— I did. 314,5. You did not conceive them worth 10 a year ?— Certainly not; they are the worst value of all I saw. 3146. Did you visit the house of Edward Flin, Great Britain- street, mentioned in answer 15/ 5 ?— Yes; Edward Flin, Great Britain- street, tailor; he has been living there 18 years; he pays 5/. Irish; he lets the upper part for 5 l, and the lower part, which he holds in his own possession, with a garden, is value for 10/. 3147. ( To Mr. Does that man appear in your rate- books?— He was valued in the supplementary valuation, and appealed, and was struck out. 3148. Mr. Serjeant Jackson, to Mr. Meagher.] Have you a recollection of that house ?— I have. 3149. What kind of house is it ?— A small low house; the better part of the house is the garden at the rear of it. 3150. You do not reckon a garden part of a house?— As an appendage, part and parcel; it is the garden that makes it valuable. 31,51. What extent is this piece of ground?— It is a long strip of ground, about a quarter of an acre. 3152. Is it the breadth of the house?— It is more than the breadth of the house, and runs in a strip back, and it is considered in that part of the city very valuable. 31,53. Is this a house in a street?— It is in Great Britain- street, and it is the rear of it that runs to the Watercourse, and it is a very pretty garden. 3154. Has he some of the back ground of his neighbour's houses ?— No ; but he has a greater garden than his neighbours. It frequently happens that in the rear of a house there is a strip 011 each side of the next houses; some of the gardens are better than others. • 3155. Are there houses in juxtaposition with his house on both sides.-— Yes. " • 31 56. It is then a house built in an ordinary street .'— It is. 3157. Is there behind his house more than the breadth of lus own house, and has he part of the rear of other houses in his garden ?— He has ; it extends a little on the two adjoining houses. 31,58. How many feet may the garden be in breadth?— I suppose about 20 or 25. 50. How long is it in depth ?— I suppose / 0 to 80 teet. , u 3160. At what would you value that garden, separate from the house I should think a garden in that neighbourhood, growing fruit or flowers, would Wh^ do yoauyv6le the house at ?- From 7 /. to 8 L ; the house would ^ G3i6^! 1Theirth^^ ouse^ and6garden would be worth 14, or 15/. a y^ r?- Yes, if you had the house and garden at that rate; but the house itself, without the garden, would not be of the value. ej ioiiited them way ; uul muu — - , , 5 J J , ( i4. Chairman.] Have the lodgers in the house any right in the garden . ^ Mr. D. Meagher. O 26 February 1838. e oe 01 uie vaiuc. , , f di 3163. You say that each of them are worth about ^ ar, It you. w inted tliem in that way; but what makes the house valuable thff ™ ^- j1