\ Mr. Patrick Flood. 94 MINUTES OF EVIDENCE TAKEN BEFORE THE 8 May 1838. 8507. At what time was he put upon the register?— In 1836. 8508 Was his rote struck off by the Committee in 183/ ?— It was. 8500 From your having viewed and valued his farm, would a solvent tenant, in your judgment, give him 10/. for it, above the rent which he pays ?— I believe he would give him 20/.; the lease in this case was made m 1/ 9/. 8600. For what term r— For lives and years. 8C01. Chairman.] What sort of land is it ?— Very good tillage land ; all those townlands that I have mentioned adjoin one another. 8602. What would you give for it?— I would give two guineas an acre for it; the man has lived in the house, I suppose, 30 years. 8603. Is the house much the same as it was ?— The house is a very excellent farm- house for a man of his description. 8604. Wliat would be the cost of building such a house as that r— I should think from 150/. to 200/. 8605. Mr. Curry. Has it offices ?— I did not go inside the house. 8605*. Chairman.] Is the land good or bad ?— The land is good. 8606. Not mountainous?— It is a hilly country; what they call Mount Granard is the highest point in the county, and it lets for 4 1. an acre. 8607. You mean to say that that is good land ?— I say it is. 8608. Then you put your judgment against Mr. Wiggins's ?— I do. 8609. Did not Mr. Wiggins swear that the land was bad; that the lands in that country are mountainous and bad ?—" Yes; but a land- agent went upon the land since, and he told me that he himself would give 2 /. an acre for that land to make a profit upon it himself. 8610. Mr. Curry.] Is Mr. Wiggins a land- agent himself?— He is agent to Mr. Blacker, one of the most active Conservatives in the county. 8611. Does he live in the county ?— He does ; he is very active in turning out the tenants latterly. 8612. Mr. Hogg.] Do you take him to have a pretty competent knowledge of the value of land ?— Mr. Blacker would not set his lands at that value, nor within 100 per cent, of it. 8613. Is it, or is it not, mountainous land?— It is a hilly country; it is within four miles of Granard. 8614. Does hilly or mountainous country, in that part of Ireland, let com- monly at two guineas an acre ?— Certainly; Mr. Greville has land let at 3 /. 10 s. not two miles from this. 8615. Chairman.] Is it of the same character?— No, it is of better quality; his land is let from two guineas to 3 /. 10 s. an acre ; I know a farm let lately at 2 /. 12 s. 6 d. without any houses, and I know land let at 3 /. 5 s. 8616. Mr. Curry7] Is this mountain land arable ground?— It is very good. 8617. Has Sheridan any cows upon his land ?— Certainly. 8618. Oats and potatoes, and grazing?— Yes. 8619. Is not this part of Longford a great grazing country, and a great country for making butter ?— It is ; the farmers generally make their rents out of their butter and pigs. 8620. Mr. Hogg.] Are you a landholder yourself ?— Yes; I hold only about five acres, for which I pay three guineas an acre; but I have set a good" deal of my own land in the adjoining county of Roscommon. 8621. Are you the proprietor of any land in this vicinity, or do you rent any land ?— I rent five acres, adjoining this county, upon the borders of it. 8622. For what purpose?— To till it for the use of my family. 8623. Then those five acres are a kind of town- farm ?— No; it is four miles from any town, and I pay three guineas an acre. I hold under a middle- land- lord, under Mr. Chapman, and he is only getting 13 s. an acre out of a good deal of the land adjoining. 8624. Mr. Curry.] Will you turn to any other case where the people were struck off, and where you viewed the land ?— James Beglin, of Rencoula. 862,5. What quantity of land does he hold ?— Fourteen Irish acres. 8626. At what rent?— It is about 2 /. Irish. 8627. Was his name struck off in 183/ ?— It was. 8628. In what year was he put upon the register ?— In 1832. 8629. And struck off by the Committee in 1837 ?— Yes. 8630. Did you view his farm, and inspect it at any time ?— I did. 8631. Chairman. J