188 MlNX JTES OF E V I D E N C E T A K E N B E F O R E T HE Mr. Bryan Clogher. was 44 feet 6 inches long, 18 feet wide, and 8 feet high from the surface; three rooms and a kitchen, and two fire- places. 16 May 1838. 10011. What are the offices?— A barn, a carhouse, a stable, a cowhouse, and a pighouse, all in good repair. . . . 1S012. Did you measure them?— I do not think I did ; it is within five miles of Ballymahon, and three of the canal. . ,.. 10013. Chairman..] What do you say about the land ?— In my note on the field, I said it was of superior quality for fattening, meadow, or tillage. 10014. Is there no bad land upon it?— I did not observe any. 1001 5. Is there any low wet land ?— No ; there is 110 wet land, there is some moor at the end of it, which is very good tillage. 10016. How much do vou value that at?— I estimate it all at 2 I. 125. an acre. 10017. Do you estimate that moor land at 2l.\ 2s. an acre?— The average; I put it all together. 10018. What do you rate the moor land at.'— I would not make much difference for the moor land Thave seen upon his farm, for I have seen very excellent crops upon it. 10019. You mean to say that that moor land is worth 2 /. 12 s. !— l take it at the average. 10020. Would you recommend a landlord to ask 2 I. 12 an acre for that land ? — Not without the" addition of the other land. 10021. Would you stake your reputation as a surveyor upon that value ?— Not for that alone ; but there is part of that land worth 3 I. an acre. 10022. What would you put that moor land at, upon your reputation as a sur- veyor, supposing the landlord wanted to let that land to a solvent tenant? — I should think about 40 s. 10023. You mean to state, upon your reputation as a surveyor, that you would value that land at 40^ an acre, if you were employed by a landlord wishing to let it to a tenant ?— I would. 10024. You state that this was a very good farmhouse?— Yes, I do ; it ap- peared to me to be a good farmhouse for that description of farm. 10025. And that it is a good house?— It is. 10026. Is it slated ?— No, thatched. 10027. What would you put that house at in point of value in building?— I should think about 40/., from the dimensions. 10028. Estimating the materials at what ?— Taking all into consideration, I think about 40 £ 10029. What would you put the masonry at?— The general price of that is is. a perch. 10030. And the materials?— The materials come in some parts of the country higher than in others ; I do not consider that the quarry is so convenient to that as in other parts of the country. 10031. Do you know a man of the name of Robert Wallace, who lives in that part of the world ?— I do not. 10032. Do you know Mr. Bracken ?— I have heard of him; I do not know him. 10033. You state that the land is worth about 2l. 12s. an acre; was it worth more or less in October last than it was in the spring preceding?— I do not see that there could be any difference during that time. 10034. Are you aware that Robert Wallace was examined in 1837, on behalf of the validity of this individual's vote ?— Yes. 10035. Have you also seen that he valued the average of those farms at 2/. 65. to 21. 85. ?— I believe I have. 10036. But your opinion is that it is worth 21. 12^.?— It is. 10037. You are also aware that other witnesses on the other side swore posi- tively, many of them, that the farm was not worth more than 1/. 12*. 6d. per acre !— I believe I have seen it. 10038. Then your judgment goes counter both to Mr. Wallace's, and also to the other witnesses, on the part of the persons impugning that vote?— I had no reference to that evidence when I put down this 21. 12 s. 10039. Bm all those witnesses are persons intimately acquainted with that dis- trict of country ?— I do not know that. • oo4o. Did not you see that in the proceedings of the Committee?-! believe they stated so j but I do not know whether they are. > v • Mi, .„;: 10041. And