4o MINUTES OF EVIDENCE TAKEN BEFORE THE Mr. . James Lane. 9 February 1838. I have two; I have the one of 1828 for the of 1832 for the supplementary valuation. signed by the foreman and the is by the members of the grand jury general valuation, and 1 have the one ot 1832 548. Is it signed by the foreman?— It 1 members of the g prescribed^ tC Store read the same as follows , . c ,1 „] intv tlio citv of Cork assembled and sworn at a Whereas, the grand jury 0" the co> of he cUy ^ ^ ^ ^ general assizes held at the Guildhall in ana ior me tu J . J( w , • v of March 1828 did make a presentment to the import following .— We tne grand jury ot thecounty of the city of Cork, assembled and sworn at a general assizes he Id at the Guild- hallTandfor the county of the city of Cork, the 28th day of March 828, in pursuance and or the purpose of an Act passed in the 53d year of his late Majesty's reign, for the more equal ELment of money presented to be raised by the grand j ury of the county of the city of Cork, and for a new valuation of the said city and survey of the liberties hereof, and for other purposes relative to grand juries, and ol one other Act passed m the 55th year of the said reign, intituled An Act to explain and amend an Act of his present Majesty, for the more equal assessment of money presented to be raised by the grand jury of the county of the city of Cork, and for a new valuation of the said city and survey of the liberties thereof, and for other purposes relative to grand juries, do hereby order and direct a new valuation to be forthwith made of the whole of the city of Cork and suburbs thereof, by valuing, revaluing, and ascertaining as distinctly and separately as the same may conve- niently be done, the yearly value of each and every house, dwellinghouse, outhouse, office, store, cellar, stable, yard, and linney, within the said city of Cork and the suburbs thereof, according to the said* Acts, but excepting always such houses, premises, or buildings, as by the said Acts or either of them are excepted." And whereas, the said grand jury or the majority of them met pursuant to summons at the grand jury room of the said city on Monday the 28th day of April last, for the purpose of carrying said direction into effect, and did ad j ourn from day to day to this day, having found i t necessary so to do. Now we, the majority of the said grand jurv, having on this day and at this place attended pursuant to such adjournments, do hereby appoint James Wherland and William Smith, two of the inhabitants of the parish of the Holy Trinity, otherwise called Christ Church ; James Davies and John Reardan, two of the inhabitants of the parish of St. Peter; John Cahill and William Hidings, two of the inhabitants of the parish of St. Paul; Thomas Toohy and Richard Towell, two of the inhabitants of the parish of St. Mary Shandon; James Connell and Thomas Gonnell, two of the inhabitants of the parish of St. Ann; Croker Barrington and Andrew Drinan, two of the inhabitants of the St. Finbarrys ; and Richard Goold and Robert Millikin, two of the inhabitants of the parish of St. Nicholas all within the county of the city of Cork, to be valuators for the whole of the said city and suburbs, in manner as herein is recited, and for the purposes by said respective Acts directed and provided. Dated under our hands at the grand jury room of the said city, the 2d day of May 1828. J 550. Then that is the authority, and it precisely follows the direction of the Act ?— Yes. 551. You have there the valuation that was made by the gentlemen appointed as valuators by the grand jury upon that occasion ?— I have, ratified by the " rand jury. 552. Will you now produce the appointment of the year 1832 ? [ The Witness produced the same.] 553- Chairman.] Is it a copy of the other mutatis mutandis ?— It is very much the same, only being done by different persons. OJ5j54" SerJeant Jackson.] What is the date of that appointment The 2tl day of November 1832. wT,° U Cal1 that tllC summer assizes of the year 1832 ?— Yes vabmLr ! J° U tu ™ ' jn that second appointment, to the clause directing the valuation and see whether it does not say that they are to value the premises not I will nnd tho Irf ^ \ Cen inclllded in the ^ valuation ?- ta7n as d£ tfe Atn? whlf WC dil> ect to value and ascer- sav O V , } 1 nd seP. arat, ely as the same may conveniently be done that is to pro^ sions of an Act pa^ ed in t SS" dh « — . 557- I hen it would appear from that tl. it ^ ,,-/\ iJr ^ — - lncrcly to ^ alue premises ,£ t mediately