SELECT COMMITTEE ON FICTITIOUS VOTES, IRELAND. > 2.5 7067. Mr. Lefroy.] What is the nature of the land ?— It is a miserable holding-, what we call a mountain tract. 7068. Mr. O'Connell.] Is any of it tilled ?— There is. 7069. Is the entire of it tilled ?— No, not the entire of it. 7070. How much of it is tilled ?— There is a good deal of it tilled, turned up with the spade. 7071. How much will you say of this eight acres and a half is under tillage?— It is nearly all tilled, such as it is. 7072. Can you state positively that a portion of it is not under tillage ?— I can. 7073. IIow much ?•— I should say there was three parts of it tilled. 7074. Cultivated with potatoes ?— The last time I saw it there was nothing in it. 7075. At what time of the year was this tillage that had nothing in it?— It was land that had been tilled, and that the crop had been taken out of; potatoes very likely. 7076. At what time of the year?— In January last. 7077. Mr. Hogg.] According to your knowledge of land in that county, what do you think that farm was worth per acre, without reference to the rent it was actually let at ?— I think the very highest rent that one could ask for it would be 105. per acre or 125. per acre, say 125. an acre. There is a great deal of that sort of land in the county of Longford, mountainy land, as it is called, and a great deal of bog. 7078. Chairman.] Are you, as agent for any parties, acquainted with the value of land of that description ?— I know some land not much better than that, of which I received the rents. 7079. In an equally favourable situation ?— I think it is rather more so. 7080. But at all events not worse than that situation ?— Not worse, not so bad land. 7081. What is the rent you receive for it?— 8s. and not beyond 16s. 7082. Has that been let lately?— Let in the year 1825. 7083. Is that a fair representation of the value of the land in the year 1838? — 1 think it is. 7084. Land of similar quality was let in the year 1825 for 8s. an acre?— Some of it as low as 7 s., and I say that it is rather of a better quality. 7085. Under a lease for how many years ?— Under a lease for lives. 7086. If the land was let over again, would you be content to take 8s. an acre for it, supposing a life dropped r— I think it might be worth a little more now. 7087. How much?— A couple of shillings an acre, I suppose. 7088. You mean to say that if a life dropped, you would be content to take 22s. an acre for the land of which you have been speaking ?— Yes. 7089. Mr. O'Connell Did you know that land in 1825?— I did not; but I have got the leases, and I receive the rent of it now. 7090. You were not the agent in 1825 ?— No, I was not. 7091. You were about 15, probably, at that time?— I was more than 15; my first connexion with the county of Longford commenced in 1830. 7092. Upon what estate is that?— It is upon the Countess of Ross's estate, in the barony of Granard. 7093. What is the man's name that pays 8s. an acre?— There are a great many of them; I could furnish a list of them. 7094. Are any of them registered?— There are two or three, or four. 7095. What quantity of land has each of those three or four?— Some of them have 30 acres or 20 acres, and some, I think, as high as 50 acres. 7096. Do you mean this kind of land at 8s. an acre ?— Yes, exactly this kind of land. 7097. The question relates to the 8s. an acre land?— None of the persons I have mentioned to the Chairman are registered voters. 7098. Has this Gilleesy a house upon those eight acres which he occupies?— He has. 7099. Does he live near a town?— Not very far from the village of Ardagh. 7100. How near the village of Ardagh?— A couple of miles. 7101. Is there any market in the village of Ardagh ?— There is. 7102. Are they two miles Irish ?— It is not two Irish miles. 7103. is the house a good one?— It is not. E 4 7104. Do