pom 23 8 MINUTES OF EVIDENCE TAKEN BEFORE TIIE ^ 17. .1 Mt„ rnc .. pre made of " poor," was there any investigation as Mr james laneos^ v.° « usr m « ^ .6=^ 38. theT were found not to be correct, and in others they were: those returns that 1 sneak from have never been investigated. 1031. In reference to all that were returned to you before the applotment there was no investigation ?— No. . , „ „ v , - 10L You acted upon the return of the parish officers P- Yes; the return of r poor is by the parish constable, the churchwardens are not included in making the return of poor. , . . . 1033. What do they authenticate ?—' They only authenticate the waste premises ™ ' Those cases which you have been deposing to hitherto are cases of " poor" and not " waste"?— Exactly so. 1035 And they are returned by the parish constables ?— Iliey are. 1036. Will you turn to the parish of St. Ann Shandon, to number 725 ; do you find a person named James Sullivan there ?— I do, J. Sullivan. 1037. Was he valued in 1828?— Yes, valued at 7/. 1038. What was valued ?— Dwelling- house. 1039. Was he rated in consequence?— He was. 1040. Did he pay rates in 1829?— He paid rates in spring 1829, not in sum- mer; he paid rates in spring 1830, and he was then returned " waste" till spring 1832, and then he was returned " poor." 1041. How was he in summer 1832 ; did he become rich again ?— In summer 1832, he was returned " rateable," in spring 1833 was returned " poor," in summer 1833, and in spring 1834, he was returned " waste," and in summer 1834 " rateable." 1042. Will you turn to the printed list of the registered voters in Cork, No. 3945 ?— James Sullivan, nailer, York- street, city of Cork ; house and yard in York- street ; 10/. householder, registered the 13th of November 1832. 1043. He having been returned " poor" in spring 1832, and " rateable" in summer 1832 ?— Exactly so. 1044. In the same parish again, will you look to No. 992, St. Ann's Shandon ? — John Stanton, a dwelling- house, value 5 /. 1045. Is that the valuation of 1828 ?— It is. 1046. Was he rated, in consequence, in 1829?— He was rated in spring 1829, and returned " poor" in summer 1829; he was returned " poor" in spring 1830, and rated in summer 1830 ; in 1831 he was returned " poor" both spring and summer; in spring 1832 he was returned " waste." 1047- How is he in the critical summer of 1832?— Returned " rateable;" in the subsequent spring he is returned " poor," and in the summer " poor;" in the spring of 1834, and summer of 1834, " poor ;" in short, always " poor" since. 1048. Will you refer to the printed register, No. 3767 ?— John Stanton, gentleman, Clarence street; house at Clarence- street; 10/. householder, regis- tered the 25th of October 1832. 1049. Where is Clarence- street?— Down below Blackpool; below the Heio- ht of Newgate. 0 10,50. Will you refer to St. Peter's parish, No. 183; do you find a person named Patrick Foohy there ?— I do. 1051. Ilow is he described there ?— Dwelling- house, valued 5 I 1052. W here is it situated ?— The south side of Francis- street 1053. What was he valued at ?—£. 5 in the valuation of 1828. 10.54. Was he rated accordingly in 1829 ?- He was not rated till we come to the spring of 1832, and the summer of 1832, and he is returned " poor" all