SELECT COMMITTEE ON FICTITIOUS VOTES, IRELAND. 3 3 ^ be made out and printed, and given to any person that applies ?- I believe he Mr. Ja„, es L « n, the6 Act ° f the COpieS 80 Finted and circulated under the authority of 9 February i8.; 8. 630. Is there a number running through from beginning to end, or is each letter separately numbered ?— There is no number put by the clerk of the peace. 631. What is the number upon that register ?— 5,727. 632. Did you compare that with the valuation books which you have before you ?— I did, in several instances. 633. Can you state to this Committee the names of any persons who appear in that printed list of registered voters, but whose names do not appear upon the valuations of 1828 or 1832?— In striking them out, I made remarks of each description of persons registered. 634. As treasurer of the city of Cork, and having to look to the local taxation of Cork, and to levy the local taxes, did you feel it your duty to have recourse to the registry to see what persons might appear upon the registry as having tenements of the value of 10 /., but yet whose names did not appear on those valuations ?— That was the first object I had in view when I took up the book for that purpose. 635. \ ou thought it likely that you would be able to get some information that would be useful to you and to the grand jury, with reference to the local taxation ?— Exactly so. 636. And you did compare the printed list with the valuation?— I did. I had no political object in view at the time. It was merely for my own satis- faction, to see if I could get any information from it with reference to the local taxation. 637. Will you be good enough to state the names of any persons which appear in that printed list as occupying tenements of the value of 10 I., but whose names do not appear in either of the valuations ?— The first person I see in the first page is Joseph Ahern, victualler, a house and yard at Fair- lane ; he does not appear in the valuation. 638. Mr. Curry.] What is his qualification ?— A 10 /. householder; registered on 10th October 1832. 639. Chairman.'] Does his name appear in your valuation either before or subsequent to that ?— No. 640. When was the next valuation, subsequent to 10th October 1832 ?— The supplementary valuation was ordered at the summer assizes of 1832. 641. When was that supplementary valuation taken ?— It was decided on in April 1833. 642- 3. Ought that supplementary valuation to have been taken of this house, supposing it had been of the value of 5 I. ?— I should think so. 644. Mr. Beamish.] Do you think that the valuators did, in fact, go round with the view of seeing all houses that had not been taken in in the former valuation ?— I should think they did. 645. And not merely with the view of seeing what new houses had been built?— They certainly took in houses that were not valued before. 646. Mr. Serjeant Jackson.] Was it part of their duty, as prescribed by their appointment, and by their oath, that they should take in not only the new houses, but those that had been omitted in the valuation .'— Certainly; they valued a great number of houses at 5 L, for which, subsequently, applications were made, stating that they were not worth 5 I. 6AJ. Will vou proceed now to state the next that you find inserted in the register, and not appearing in the valuation ?— The next is Thomas Andrews, registered as wool- comber, in Cattle- lane, at 10 L, householder, 011 10th October 1832 648. Have you examined to see whether his name appears in any of the valua- tions?-! have, and it does not; nor is such a place as Cattle- lane at all 111 the Va64o!° D;> you know whether there is such a place ?- There is such a place, but there is not a tenement in it valued. 6.50. Is it a poor part of the town r— It is. 0.46. F