SELECT COMMITTEE ON FICTITIOUS VOTES, IRELAND. 83 ^ 20 February 1838 < 97 / 1688. ( To Mr. Young.) Did you visit the house of Michael Kennv in fW M n v Britain- street, since Christmas ?— I did. Jvenny, m Great Mr . John Young. 1689. Did you value his house?— I did. 1690 What is the highest value you set upon it?— The people in the home informed me that they paid 6/. a year for it; { think it is thfXvle it is £ very bad repair. ' c m Mr- Colburn.) Do you find Michael Kenny registered ?- I find Michael Kenny, labourer, Great Britain- street; house and land, Great Briteki street; householder, 107.; registered 24th of November 1832." 1692 ( To Mr. Young.) Did you find any land annexed to the house > I have no recollection of any. 1693. Mr. Beamish^ There might be land annexed to the house in 183<> although not at present ?— There might. 1 (> 94. Mr. Serjeant Jackson.'] Did you inquire whether there were any further premises, besides the house occupied by that party ?— I did not. 1695. ( To Mr. Lane.) Is that person upon the valuation ?— No. 1696. ( To Mr. Young.) Did you visit the house of Denis Leary, of Bovce's- street?— I did. J 1697. What premises did you find Denis Leary in possession of ?— There was only a yard attached to the house. 1698. Did he occupy the whole of the house ?— No, he did not. • 1699. How much of the house did he occupy?— He occupied two rooms himself. 1700. How were the other rooms disposed of?— There are two rooms below stairs, on the ground floor, let for 10 d. per week each, and one room above stairs for \ 0d. a week; and the other two were occupied by himself and family. 1701. Did you value that house, and at how much?— I think the utmost value is 51.; it is very poor, and in very bad repair. 1702. ( To Mr. Colburn.) Do you find Denis Leary, of Boyce's- street, upon the register ?—" Denis Leary, yeoman, Boyce's- street, city of Cork; house and yard, Boyce's- street; householder, 10/.; registered 21st of November 1832." Voted in 1832, 1835, and 1837- 1703. ( To Mr. Young.) Could those premises have been worth 10?. a year in 1832? — They could never have been worth it; it is in a very out- of- the- way part of the city, and a very poor tenement. 1704. ( To Mr. Lane.) Has that man been valued?— He was valued in the supplementary valuation in 1833 at 51., and he appealed, and was struck out. 1705. ( To Mr. Young.) Did you visit the house of James Sullivan, in York- street?— I did. 1706. Did you value his premises since Christmas?— I did. 1707. What amount is the utmost value you put upon it ?— He told me that he paid five guineas a year for them; I was up stairs in the house. 1708. What do his premises consist of?— A house and yard ; the yard usual to such houses. I was seldom in so bad a house, in such bad repair. 1709. Was it originally a small tenement?— It was not small; but it was so ruinous, it was dangerous to go up the stairs; I went up stairs to see it; the partitions were all broken. . 1710. If he bad not told you that be paid five guineas a year tor it, should you have valued it at that ?— I do not think it is worth that. 1711 ( To Mr. Colburn.) Do you find James Sullivan upon the register ?— I find " James Sullivan, nailer, York- street, city of Cork; house and yard m York- street; householder, 10?.; registered 13th November 1832. He voted in 1832, 1835 and 1837. , _ in7 1712. ( To Mr. Young.) Could that tenement have been worth 10?., or any- thing like it, in 1832 ?— Nothing like it. nninn, io- h 1713. Mr. Beamish.] Is not it very extraordinary that that man, although in distressed circumstances, should continue to pay a rent of five guineas, and you say the house is not worth 51. ?— I cannot account lor it. > " 1714. Do not you think it is rather an extraordinary circumstance ?— I should think he could get a cheaper place; I was seldom m a worse house, I was afraid to go up stairs, but I was curious to see what it wasup stairs 1715. Are the people in that class of life generally so w^ tf that thJ ^ afford to pay a rent above the value ?- I cannot account foi it, I am only stating facts. ] y[ r. 0.46. M 2