S E L E C T C O M M I T T E E ON F I C T I T I O U S V O T E S , I R E L A N D . 175 / / JJ 10096. Were there any office- houses?— I believe there was one office to it; Mr. Bryan Clogher, I know there was a very comfortable sitting- room to the house; I went into it. 10097. Chairman.'] Are you aware that Mr. Sherrard valued this land?— 16 May 1838. I have heard that he did; he was there before me ; I have heard that a gentleman from Dublin was there. 10098. Do you know Mr. Sherrard by reputation?— No, I do not. 10099. You do not know whether he was a very extensive tithe valuator em- ployed by the Government ?— I do not. 10100. But you are aware that his estimate of that farm was very different from yours ?— I do not know what his was. 10101. Are you aware whether or no it was or was not different ?— I am aware that he valued it, but as to the value I am not aware what it was. 10102. You do not know whether his valuation was more or less than yours?—• No. Veneris, 18° die Mail, 1838. MEMBERS PRESENT. Mr. Beamish. Mr. Curry. Mr. F. French. Mr. Milnes Gaskell. Mr. Serjeant Jackson. Mr. Lefroy. Mr. Litton. Lord Granville Somerset. LORD GRANVILLE SOMERSET, IN THE CHAIR. Mr. Bryan Clogher, called in ; and further Examined. 10103. Chairman.'] ARE you prepared to state the number of days which you Mr. Bryan Clogher. conceive Philip Brady must necessarily pass in cultivating his farm in any one year, supposing he had no other assistance ?— About 175 days' labour would do 18 May l838. the potatoes, and 264 the oats ; but it is not very usual to cultivate potatoes or oats without the aid of horses. 10104. There are 2 \ acres of good meadow, how many days will that require? — About 58. 10105. There are 3 acres of good meadow in the orchard?— No; there is 1 acre 3 roods of potatoes, 5 acres of oats, 2 \ acres of good meadow, and 3 roods of good meadow in the orchard. 10106. Then you allow 58 days for the 2 £ acres of good meadow?— Yes ; the cutting and saving would come to 25 s. 10107. Now tell me the number of days it would require for the 3 roods of good meadow in the orchard ?— I did not calculate that. 10108. Do you mean to state that .58 days' labour must be expended on the 2*| acres of good meadow, or any other quantity ?— No; upon the whole of the meadow land. 10109. H° vv much is the whole of the meadow land ?— Three acres one rood. 101 io. That makes 10 acres; what do you do with the rest of the farm to make the 21 acres?— It is under grazing. 10111. What labour is necessary for that?— There is no labour necessary for that. 1011 2. No labour at all?— No labour, but the attending to the cattle. 10113. Then you give no account of labour for the other 11 acres ?— No. 10114. How many days' labour then do you describe this man as necessarily expending upon the cultivation of his farm ?— About 496 ; it would be impossible to give an exact answer to that, because in turning out manure I calculate so many men would turn out the produce that would go upon one acre. 10115. Then you mean to state, with regard to the other 11 acres of land, you allow nothing at all for the labour ?— No; they do not generally pay anything in the country where I reside for the pasture. 10116. How much do you calculate the average rate of labour at per day for that 496 days ?— Ten- pence per day. 10117. What amount do you make that ?— What I had in the map was 20/. 14s. 11 d. 643. u 4 10118. How