SELECT COMMITTEE ON FICTITIOUS VOTES, IRELAND. 111 c 8783. Over and above his rent?— Over and above the rent that the land is Mr. Patrick Flood subject to ; that is the testimony he gave himself. 8784. What lease has the man of it that holds it?— I do not suppose he has 11 M* y 1838. a lease at all. 8785. What is his name?— I have not the name. 8786. You know that he pays Glancy 51. a year, over and above his rent, for that acre and a rood?— The man proved it himself. 8787. Mr. Emerson Tennent.] Is there any building upon the acre and rood? — There is a house adjoining his own house. 8788. Mr. Lefroy.'] Does Glancy pay his rent punctually to his landlord?— He does, he is able to pay three years' rent; he is a wealthy man, he has another farm in the same county. 8789. Are no arrears due upon them ?— I should think not; he is a man that does not want to be in arrears. 8790. Does the other man, M'Gurk, pay his rent punctually?— He does ; I know his landlord; he is the same as my own landlord ; he is a man that will not let money be due to him long. 8791. Is that Mr. Greville ?— No, it is Mr. Kearnan ; he is landlord to Mr. Barber also; it adjoins Mr. Greville's estate. 8792. Mr. Serjeant Jackson.] How many barrels of oats does an acre in that county produce ?— A good acre of oats produces 20 barrels in a good dry season. 8793. What price do the oats produce per barrel ?— Various prices, they have been getting 10 s. this season for oats in our neighbourhood ; we are next to the Navan and Drogheda market. 8794. What does it cost in your county to till an acre of oats, to prepare it and have it ready?— The farmer himself will do it for 15 . v. or less; 1 get it done myself for 15 s. an acre. It is all potatoe tack ; there is 110 preparation wanted ; it is merely sowing and ploughing. 8795. Oats are sown after taking out the potatoe crop?— Yes; this land will give six or seven crops in succession, without any manure. 8796. Mr. Lefroy.] In answer to a question whether Glancy occupied the whole of this farm, you said something about 14 acres?— He has all the 20 acres in his own possession but about an acre and a rood. 8797. And continues to occupy it?— Lie does. 8798. He has parted with none of it ?— No : the man is very anxious to get more land : he has a farm adjoining. 8799. Was there nobody here that knew the circumstances of that farm in 1837, when he was struck off?— No ; I was here, and it was agreed, I believe, between Mr. Lefroy's agent and Mr. Fox, that while I would be in town, the barony of Granard would be the last case they would go into ; I remained for 12 days, and I was not examined. 8800. Do you state that as an agreement that you knew anything of yourself ? — I was told it by one of the parties over here upon Mr. Lefroy's side and Mr. Fox's. 8801. What is the man's name?— Stephenson. 8802. Was not it before that occasion that this map was taken, and this valua- tion made by Mr. Nesbitt?— No; these maps have been all taken for the last petition. I beg to remark, that for the adjoining farm to this, Mr. Barber pays 4/. an acre to the same landlord. 8803. Mr. Curry.] Turn to the name of another voter who was upon the registry, and who was struck off by the Committee of 1837?— James Reynolds, his case, is mentioned, page 79 of the Report of the Election Committee. 8804. Where does he live ?— In Robin's Town, just convenient to Granard, on Mr. Greville's estate. 8805. When was he registered?— In 1835. 8806. When was he struck off'?— In 1837. 8807. Did you value his farm?— I did. 8808. When? — A few days before the register, in April or June 1835. 8809. How many acres had he?— Ten acres, three roods, and 15 perches, Irish. 8810. What rent did he pay ?— I have his rent marked down 38 s. an acre, which I believe to be present currency. 8811. That would be about 20/. ?—- Yes. o 8812. What >