IS MINUTES OF EVIDENCE TAKEN I5EFORE THE ^ Se means I had asee/ teini » S the va. ue, the Committee can judge of whether it is correct or not. 008 Chairman.] Is it not easier to form something like an accurate judg- ment of a house of that class by an exterior inspection than it is of a house of a very superior class '- From that class of houses I can give a very good account of the value by exterior observation. 0083 Houses of a superior class require to be inspected in the interior more accurately than houses of that class, in order to judge of their value Much more. This house could not by any possibility be in good order, when the outside was in such bad order. , . 0084 Supposing the house were in the best possible order mside, would you or would you not' believe that house to be of the value of 10 /.?— No, it was never worth it. . . 2085. Mr. Seijeant Jackson.] Even 111 good repair /— Even in good repair. 208( 3. Are all the houses in that locality, of a certain class, pretty much of the same description of value when in good repair ?—' They are. 2087. And they are pretty much of the same description when they get into disrepair ?— They are. 2088. And a person, then, familiar with houses of this class, can by external observation form a very good estimate of the value ?— Yes; I have known the house since I was a child. 2089. And you have no reason to distrust your judgment formed upon the spot ?— No reason whatever. 2090. Mr. Beamish.'] You say that you could form a very good estimate of the value of houses of that description from the outward appearance ; now sup- posing there were back premises to a house of that description, could you form an estimate of the value of the premises, including the back premises, from an outward inspection of the house ?— No, I could not. 2091. Mr. Serjeant Jackson.] You have heard from Mr. Colburn that this man registered out of a house, and not out of any appurtenances in addition t — I know this house so well, that there could be no appurtenances. 2092. Did you visit the house of Edmond Noonan, of the Backwater- course, since Christmas last ?— I did. 2093. What is the value you set upon it?— Six pounds per annum. 2094. ( To Mr. Colburn.) Do you find that person upon the register ?— I find " Edmond Noonan, weaver, Backwater- course, city of Cork; house and concerns at Backwater- course; householder, 10/.; registered 12th of October 1832." 209,5. When did he vote?— In 1835 only. 2096. ( To Mr. Lane.) Do you find him in the valuation ?— No. 2097. ( To Mr. Young.) Does Edmond Noonan inhabit the whole of that bouse r— He does not; the upper part consists of one room, he inhabits that place; the lower part consists of two rooms, one let for Is. a week, and the other for 10 ( I. a week. 2098. Could it have been of the value of 10/. in 1832 ?— It never could be ot the value of 10/. a year ; it is a very out of the way situation. hill?— I did1 y° U TiSk and ValUG thePremises of Florence McCarthy, of Eason's- house°.°' H€> lmS a h0USe mid gai'den ?~ A Sma11 piece of Sarden before the T did' Yt7? U+? tinftevthe Value ° f the house and that smaH P^ ce of ground ? 2102 T M ^ m both together worth 6/. a year, and no more. & 2102 ( 1 o Mr. Co burn.) Do you find him upon the register ?- I do • « Florence EaS° f- h; n' ?%° lCovk ^ house and garden at Eason's- 1835,^ d 1837 reglSterCd ° th of November 1832. He voted in 1832, 2I04 ( To Mr YLZ'\ ^^ it have been worth 10/. in 1832 ?- It could not. in 1828 at 5/ Lane.) Do you find that person registered?- He was valued 210.",. Has he paid his rates?— Yes value the house of joim Madden< ° f » 2107. What