2236. ( To Mr. Lane.) Do you find him in the valuation ?— No 2237. Mr. Beamish.'] You examined those premises ?— I did 2238. Were you in them ?— I was. 2239. Were you up stairs?— No. not24°" D° > 0U lm° W anything about the rent that the man Pays?— No, I do 2241. Mr. Serjeant Jackson, to Mr. Colburn.] When did that man vote-— In 1832 only. 2242. ( To Mr. Young.) Did you visit and value the house of John Hickson of Denroche's Cross, since Christmas ?— I did. 2243. What value do you set upon his house ?— He has left it; and the per- son that owned it told me that he paid 6 /. a year for it; I think it a very fair value for it; it is empty at present; I saw a bill upon it, and I went and inquired of the landlady, and she told me that Hickson had paid her G I. a year for it. 2244. ( To Mr. Colburn.) Do you find that person upon the register?— I find " John Hickson, corn broker, Denroche's Cross, city of Cork; house and pre- mises at Denroche's Cross; householder, 10/.; registered 24th of November 1832." 2245. Did he vote at any and what elections?— He voted in 1832, 1835, and 1837. 2246. Mr. Beamish, to Mr. Young.] Did you examine those premises ?— They were shut up when I went. 2247. Could you judge from the outside what the value of the premises was ? — The means I took was to inquire from the landlady, and she told me that he paid 61. a year. 2248. Did you inquire whether he might have paid a fine, or whether he might have built the house ?— It did not strike me to ask that question, because the ground that it occupied could not be worth anything like 6 /. a year. 2249. Did you see the ground that the entire premises occupy ?— There are 110 premises that I saw, but the house. 2250. Might there not have been premises occupying ground in addition to the house, amounting to the value of 10/., for aught you know ?— Not when his landlady told me that he paid but C /. a year. 2251. You did not ask her whether he paid any fine, or whether he had expended money to improve the house, or laid out money upon it ?— She had it to let. 2252. But she did not tell you whether he had paid a fine for the house, or expended money in improving the house ?— No ; nor did I ask that. 2253. Then you did not take the natural means to ascertain the value of the premises?— I thought the means 1 took were the most natural means, to inquire of the person that received the rent. 2254. Suppose the man paid but 6/. a year rent, might he not have laid out so much upon it in improving it as to make it worth 10/. a year ?— Yes; but it would be likely in that case that he would have the premises to let, and not the landlady. 2255. But suppose his circumstances became so bad, that he would be glad to give them up to his landlady ?— It might be so. ... oo56 Has not it often happened that a man has laid out money in improving premises, and afterwards been glad to give them up in consequence of some reverse in his circumstances ?— Yes. . , . , . 2257. Mr. Serjeant Jackson,] Do you believe that such facts existed m tins instance ?— I do not. . T J. J 0058 Did you make observation upon the exterior of the premises r— 1 ma. ooaj Did your judgment upon the exterior of the premises coincide with the amount of rent which this lady told you she received from this man ?- Perfectly. I think it a very fair and reasonable rent. 2260 Did you visit and value the house of Timothy Healy, of Bishop- street, since Christmas ?— I did. 2261. At what amount did you value it:— At 6/. per annum. o 3 / Of Mr. John Young. 10 February 1838. 2262. What 2234- ( To Mr. Colburn.) Do you find him upon the register ? Thomas Healy, mason, Philip's lane, city of Cork; house in Philip's lane