SELECT COMMITTEE ON FICTITIOUS VOTES, IRELAND. 111 c the next year ?— They would not make more manure than would he sufficient for one acre of land. 8163. You say that the manure to be made by those two cows, and the straw of two acres of oats, would not make more than manure for one acre of land ? — No, it wrould not. 8164. Then what is to manure the other two acres ?— After manuring that acre, and taking potatoes from it that season, that will give oats the next sea- son, and then you manure another acre of land. 8165. What will become of the other two acres that are not manured?— If he has tilled all that he is able to manure, he must either fallow it that season, 01* lay it down for grazing. 8166. Mr. Currie.] With respect to the hay for feeding the cows in the win- ter, did not you set apart an acre of meadow upon his farm for the purpose of feeding the cows during the winter ?— Yes. 8167. Mr. Lefroy.] From your knowledge of the county of Longford, is there one small farm in 20 upon which they can get an acre of meadow ?— Very rarely. 8168. Mr. M. J. O'Connell] What is the nature of the soil of Mulvey's farm? •— The upland of it is of tolerably good quality ; it is a fair class of land; it runs in a sloping direction to the southern side ; the upland of it is a deepish clay. 8169. And the lower a light soil ?— The lower is inclining to moor. Mr. G. Gardiner. 30 March 1838. 1 frill' Mart is, 30 die Aprilis, 1838. Mr. O'Connell. Mr. Curry. Mr. Hogg. MEMBERS PRESENT. if i Mr. Lefroy. Lord Granville Somerset. Mr. Emmerson Tennent. LORD GRANVILLE SOMERSET, IN THE CHAIR. Thomas Courtenay, Esq., called in; and further Examined. 8170. Mr. O'Connell.'] ARE you now able to produce the leases which you Thos Courtena were reqested to produce?— They are not yet come; but I hope to be able to Esq. ' deliver them in to- morrow. 8171. Is there any clause to enable the landlord to resume possession by 3 April 1838. giving a particular notice?— Not in the leases referred to. 8172. In what leases is such a clause contained?— There is a clause entitling the landlord to take possession, and enabling the tenant to surrender the pos- session, in some leases of Mr. Anthony Lefroy. 8173. He is the eldest son of Dr. Lefroy ?— Yes. 8174. Have any persons been registered under those leases?— There have. 8175. The only leases wanted are the leases of the persons upon the Lefroy estate, whether of the father or of the son, upon which voters were registered; will von be able to- morrow to produce all those ?— No ; I have not written for those ; I thought it was the particular leases that Judge Torrens had admitted upon the appeals that were wanted ; but I was not desired to write for the others. If it had been required I should have done so. 8176. Is there any difference between Mr. Anthony Lefroy's leases and Dr. Lefroy's leases?— There is. 8177. Do Lady Ross's leases run to the same effect with Mr. Anthony Lefroy's leases?— Not that I know ; but to- morrow I expect to be able to hand in five that were registered by Judge Torrens ; I wrote to desire the tenants to produce them, that I might produce the tenant's part, that being the part that was marked at the time of the registry. 8178. You have spoken of the Election Committees; how often were you successful ?— Twice. 8179. How often were you defeated ?— Once. L o 8180. Upon