/ / / f SELECT COMMITTEE ON FICTITIOUS VOTES, IRELAND. ,6, are let to lodgers, 3684. Are any of the rooms let ?— I believe some of them and it is that which makes it valuable. y° U SU! 6 that they are let t0 lodgers?— I am almost sure. lodgings y° U ^ the Hmn did 5 aUd hG t0ld me the* V were a11 let in 3687. Did he ever tell you at what rate ?— No. 3688. Did he tell you how many apartments he let ?— No. 3689. Did he tell you what income he had out of the house by letting lodging2 — in general terms, I think he told me he made a good deal over his rent & 3690. Have you a recollection of that?— I think I have, as well as I can charge my memory. 3691. Chairman.'] He did not state how much ?— No ; I have not it down. 3692. Mr. Serjeant Jackson.] Have you any memorandum that he spoke to you to that effect, that he made more than his rent by the lodgings ? No ; but I recollect it from the peculiar nature of the neighbourhood; ? t is a very bad neighbourhood and in bad repute, and the Quay round near it, and therefore I recollect the circumstance on that account. . 3693- Then you recollect the circumstance of his telling you that he did make a profit out of it beyond the rent, from the circumstance of its being a bad neigh- bourhood ?—- Yes. The corporation are about buying one side of the street to open a market there. 3694. How does the circumstance of its being a bad neighbourhood enable you to recollect that this man told you that he received a profit out of it beyond " the rent ?— It made that impression upon me that lodgings should be so valuable in a neighbourhood that was considered a very bad one; it came under the authorities frequently that there were houses of ill- fame in that part. 3695. Are there many houses of ill- fame in that neighbourhood?— There are in that neighbourhood. 3696. Of the most infamous kind?— Yes, there are; it is a very bad neighbour- hood ; we are trying to sweep it away. 3697. It is one of the worst parts of Cork?— Decidedly. 3698. Did you visit many other houses in that quarter?— I visited no house that was not a voter's. I can state how many I visited by referring to my book ; I visited but that one; that was the only house that was registered in the neigh- bourhood. 3699. Are the other houses near it of the same quality, or are they better or worse?— Some a good deal worse. 3700. Are there many better?— I do not think there is a better house in the street. 3701. That house of Foley's is the best house in the street, is it?— I think it was as good as any in the street. 3702. Are there others as good ?— I cannot bring to mind ; indeed my attention was only directed to this one house. 3703. - Is it in the middle of the street, or at the end of the street?— I think you go a short way down the street. T04. Are there no other houses between it and the Quay?— I cannot biing to or Mr. D. Meagher. 28 February 1838. my recollection now. . . 3705. You cannot recollect what part of the street it is in r— i\ o. 3706. Is it upon the right hand or the left?— I am almost sure it is upon the right, as you go from the Coal- quay. 0707. You are not sure whether it is in the middle of the street, or whether it is next to the Quay ?- I am not; I think it is mid- way, or a quarter down the ^ oS. And you think you do not pass any other houses to get to it?— I can- nOtq700 Mr Beamish. 1 Did you visit the house of Timothy Haly, in Bishop's- 3/ o9. mi. neamisn j _ y answer 226o?— I did ; this man pays aground- street, spoken to by Mr. Young, in ano..^. • - -— , - - - , rent of i / 185 - he built the house himself; his lodgers pay him 5 • 4*. the a pa r tme n ts in his own possession are worth 6 I.; and it is good value for 10 /. per annum. 3710. Did you examine those premises?— I did. _ And you saw the apartments that he occupied himself r— 1- did his tenants r— 1 37H- 3712. And also the portion of the house occupied by es. 3713- And