2< py SELECT COMMITTEE ON FICTITIOUS VOTES, IRELAND 283 ' 6218. The clerk of the Crown is Mr. Johnson?— He is • 621?; iAre1thi° Ser 1| StS.? 0rrect c° Pies of the originals which are in the posses- sion of the clerk of the Crown ?— They are. p es 6220. One of them is headed « A list of waste and poor in the parish of St Ann; Joseph Dunbar, collector, July 1837" ?- Yes, that is made by one of the churchwardens of the parish. 6221. At the foot of it there appears to be, " I, Rowland Long, one of the churchwardens of the parish of St. Ann Shandon, do solemnly declare that the foregoing return is fair and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief - declared before me this 22d day of July 183/. Signed, Rowland C. Long, and cer- tified James Lane, treasurer." Do you know Mr. Lane's handwriting ?— I do. 6222. Was his handwriting to the original of this ?— I am sure it was. 6223. The next list is headed " A list of waste and poor in the parish of St. Mary Shandon ; Joseph Dunbar, collector, July 1837 ;" and then at the foot is this certificate, " I, Henry George Wise, one of the churchwardens of the parish of St. Mary Shandon, do solemnly declare that the foregoing return is fair and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief. Declared before me this 22d July 1837. James Lane, treasurer; and signed George H. Wise." Was that in like manner signed by Mr. Lane ?— It is. 6224. There is likewise another list of the waste and poor in the parish of St. Peter, Joseph Dunbar, collector; and that appears to have the certificate, " I, Rowland Davies, one of the churchwardens of the parish of St. Peter, do solemnly declare that the foregoing return is true and correct in every particular to the best of my knowledge and. belief, certified by Mr. Lane, and signed by Rowland Davies" ?— I know that the name " Rowland Davies" was to it, and the certificate of Mr. Lane. 6225. There is another list of the poor and waste in the parish of St. Nicholas, Joseph Dunbar, collector, and that appears to have a similar certificate at the foot of it, 22d July 183/ ?— Yes. 6226. And the remaining list is a list of the poor allowed by the grand jury, July 183/?— Yes. 6227. This is a different description of list from the others ?— Quite different. 6228. What is the total amount that is remitted by the fifth list?—£. 126. 5 s. 6229. How much is remitted in the churchwardens' return for St. Ann's ?— £. 75. 10s. O230. How much upon the churchwardens' return of St. Mary's ?—£. 42. 6231 • How much for St. Peter's ?—£. 47. 1 s. 623 2. How much for St. Nicholas ?—£. 5C. 10 s. 6233. The whole is 355/. 14s.?— Yes. 6 ? 34_ Chairman. J Will you state how many persons upon that list appear to be excused in St. Ann's ?— There are 70 in the parish of St. Ann upon the churchwardens' return. 6235. Including females as well as males ?— All the names. 6236. Will you state the number in St. Mary Shandon ?— Forty- six. 6237. How many in St. Peter's parish ?— Thirty- three. 6238. How many in St. Nicholas?— Fifty- three. C239 Mr. Serjeant Jackson.] The fifth list is a list of persons, independently of those contained in the other four lists returned by the churchwardens ?- I is 60ao Have you made out a list of persons whom you find to have ™ ted at the last' election, whose names are to be found in the fifth list of persons excused by6trcSTwS' number do you find upon that list ?- Twenty- nine Pe62° 4n2S: Those are all extracted by you from the fifth list of by the grand jury to be exempt from rates, and whose names you find upon name! are in the other lists you have Vffig^ Jg^ J^ L* I think there are some that are registered that have not voieu, excused from the rates. g244 Mr. 0.46.