28 February 1838. SELECT COMMITTEE ON FICTITIOUS VOTES, IRELAND. , ^ j / J / j 3958. And examined it ?— And examined it. Mr 3959• D"' you ascertain what rent the man paid ?- Indeed I cannot sav • Richard Gould vahfe for Wlth the value that I only J„ t down in the book" Good Indeed'l 1°!' C° nSidei' y° U ComPetent t0 Judge of the value of houses ?_ tiontl; HZeiT Se7Cd Up0n valuation juries ?- I have served upon a city valua- tion jury, and I have been commissioner under the Tithe Composition Act • 39f> 2. You conceive that, from your experience, you would be a competent judge of the value of houses in the city of Cork ?— I conceive I am 3903- You conceive this house to be of the full value of 10/ a year?— Cer tainly. J 3964. Mr. Serjeant Jackson.'] What kind of a house is it?— I do not know • 1 was satisfied that it was worth 10/. from rav observation of the house. 3965. Are not you aware that it is not sufficient to satisfy vou, but that the object is to satisfy the Committee upon this point?— That is my opinion of the value. 3966. Did not it occur to you that it would be satisfactory to the Committee to have the facts upon which your opinion was grounded ?— For the satisfaction of the Committee; but 1 was so well satisfied, that I only put down " Good value for 10/.;" when I had any doubt, I went into particulars. 3967. Cannot you state anything about that tenement?— I do not recollect the situation of the house sufficiently to state. 3968. Can you state what repair it was in?— I conccive it was in good repair. 3969. Can you give any grounds upon which you form that opinion?— I cannot, because I am not sufficiently acquainted with that part of the town; it is at the other end of the town that I live. 3970. Did not you know that you were coming here to give evidence?— I did. 3971. Did not it occur to you that you were likely to be interrogated as to the grounds upon which you estimated the value of those houses?— Mr. Meagher was with me; we satisfied ourselves that the place was worth 10/. 3972. Did not you know that it was to be your business to satisfy the Com- mittee ?— I dare say I did. I have the particulars of more doubtful houses, but that being so well worth 10/., I did not think it necessary. 3973. Why did you go to that house at all ?— We went into the houses of all the household voters in the street; we took them in streets, and we entered indiscriminately the houses in the most vulnerable parts ot Cork. 3974. When you say the most vulnerable parts of Cork, you mean the parts where houses are of the least value ?— Certainly. 3975. The most declining and worst parts of the city?— Yes. 3976. And this is one of the wo^ st parts of the town ?— I do not know that it is one of the worst, for I found a great deal of apparent comfort, and a good deal of business in this particular street. 3977. Is not it very remote, and skirting the town upon the suburbs?— Very- remote. 3978 In Cork especially, do not the houses decline very much in value as you " o out to the suburbs?— In some districts ; in others they do not. 1 3Q70. Is Fair- lane an improving part of the town ?— The upper part ot it I do not conceive to be an improving part; but the lower end of it, towards Blarney- lane, I consider to be a very stirring part of the town. 3080 But vou went to this because you thought it a declining and a poor part . — A poor street; we went to the house of every household voter in that street. 3081. How long were you at Cork?— It was with me it originated to go I heard that Mr. Young was out; and but for that, we would not I dare say have thought of going out m order to be able to sustain the value ot the places; 1 sug- gested to Mr. Meagher to go. " 3982. How long were you engaged in this occupation ?- I believe about a week; six or eight days. „ 3983. How many houses did you visit in the course of that week My number • r* 16 3984. Did you visit 460 in that time?- No; I have 46o names, but we did not visit those that were opposed to the liberal interest. 3985. How many did you visit ?— I cannot say; perhaps between aooand £> 0. z 3