714 P A R L I A M E N T A R Y [ ^ F i c t i t i o u s votes, Reports, 1837- 8— continued. Population. Difference in the description of the population inhabiting the rural districts in the liberties, and those within the suburbs and the city of Cork, Deeble 554- 2- 5546. See also King's County. Tullamore. Possession. Mr. Gibson never allowed a person to register who had not been six months in possession of the property out of which he claimed, either under the instrument he produced at the registry, or under an equitable agreement for such an instrument, Daly 15144- 15151. 15238, 15- 39- See also Affidavits of Registry. Potatoes. Supposed value of a crop of potatoes per acre when ready for digging, Hood 8452- 8454 Difference in the value of a crop of potatoes 011 the conacre system, and to a person planting for his own use, Flood 9480- 9485. 9492- 9507. 9524- 9528 Expense of manual labour of putting in potatoes after the ground is cleared in Longford, Clogher 10063 Good land in the county of Meath would, upon an average, produce two thousand stone of potatoes, Battersby 13746. Potter, Robert. Servant, Hughes- lane, Cork; registered for Cork in 1832; no trace of him in the valuation, Lane 894^ Rent paid by him, 5/. 5s.; that is the full value of the house, Young 1580- 1583 Premises were never worth 10/., Young 1586, Meagher 3185 Does not appear in any of the valuations, Lane 1584- Registered in 1832 ; voted in 1832, 1835, and 1837, Colburn 1585. Power, William. Architect, Dean- street, Cork; registered as a ten- pound householder for Cork ; his name does not appear in the valuation, Lane 894. Prayer Book. The prayer- book was stolen from one of the polling- booths at the last election for Cork ; length of time wasted in procuring another, Meagher 3906- 3908. Profits of Farms. Many farms which witness valued were not set in conacre, and when the tenant labours it himself he makes more profit, Flood 9125. 9133- 9135. 9221- 9224. Property ( Cork). The value of property in the liberties of Cork has varied much since 1822, Lane 508, 509 There has been an immense quantity of building of late years on the Glanmire side of Cork, and consequently a great change in the value of premises there, Lane 518- 522. Property Qualification. See Magistrates. PROTESTANT CLERGYMEN: In Longford.— Only one voted on the Liberal side, Ternan 11112- 11114 They are equally as active on the one side as the Roman- catholic clergy are on the other; no instance, however, of a Protestant clergyman going in procession with his pa- rishioners to vote at elections, M'Gaver 12350- 12383 They invariably register lor, and vote with, the Conservatives in Longford, M'Gaver 12369- 12371 They have not the same influence over their parishioners as the Catholic clergymen, therefore their interference would not be so useful at elections, M'Gaver 12733- 12739. See also Clergy. Protestants. Opinion amongst the lower order of Protestants, that unless a man is an Orangeman he is not a thorough going Protestant, Courtenay 7326- 7329 Where the Catholic tenantry have been turned out of their farms and Protestants substituted, the Protestants have received no injury, M'Gaver 12143. See also Oranveism. O Pulvertaft, Thomas. Brush- maker, Great Britain- street, Cork ; registered for Cork in November 1832 ; no trace of his name in the valuation, Lane 894. Purcell, James. Stonecutter, Douglas- street, Cork ; registered as a ten- pound householder in 1832 ; he is valued in the supplementary valuation at 5/.; appealed, and was exempted, Lane 894. Purcell, Pierce. Of Castle View, Cork; admitted a freeman in 1832, Meagher 4783 Admitted. as the eldest son of a freeman, Besnard 4784. Q. QUALIFICA TION : 1. In Cork. 2. In Longford. 1. In Cork : Persons having the same name, belonging to the same townland, & c., render it very difficult to ascertain the genuineness of the qualification of an individual, Besnard 65- 67—— Many persons are on the register who are not included in the city ( Cork) va- luation as having houses of the value of 5/., Besnard 122- 134 Many forty- shilling tree holders have been improperly admitted to the register, not bein « - possessed of 405! above