BEING EXTRACTS OF EVIDENCE RELATIVE TO THE CUSTOM OF TENANT-RIGHT IN THE NORTH OF IRELAND, TAKEN FROM THE REPORTS OF THE PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE OF 1844, ON TOWNLAND VALUATION OF IRELAND, AND OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF INQUIRY INTO THE OCCUPATION OF LAND IN IRELAND, 1845. BY JOHN O'CONNELL, M. P. Printed by order of the Loyal National Repeal Association of Ireland. DUBLIN: PRINTED BY J. BROWNE, 21, NASSAU-STREET. BEING EXTRACTS FROM EVIDENCE TAKEN BEFORE THE TOWNLAND VALUATION COMMITTEE OF 1844, AND THE LANDLORD AND TENANT COMMISSION OF LORD DEVON. TENANT RIGHT. CLASS No. I. VALUE OF THE TENANT RIGHT TO TENANT AND TO A. SENIOR, Esq. Esq. Valuation 1067. Chairman.] When you speak of the poor law A. Senior, valuation in the north of Ireland corresponding with the Townland rent, do you assume that the tenant-right co-exists with committee, those rents?-The tenant-right does exist in every part of Ulster, but it varies in every county, and in different parts of the same county. 1068. Do you consider the tenant right in the nature of a fine paid by the occupier for the use of the lands?—I do not consider it entirely of that nature, though it bears some relation to it. 1069. Are not rents lower in proportion to the amount of tenant-right which exists in any particular district ?—I am not prepared to admit that to its full extent. 1070. Supposing two farms of equal value to be let, would not a larger rent be assumed for that where there was no tenant-right to purchase out, the difference being a sum equivalent to the average amount of tenant-right which prevails in the district?-I think not. 1071. Mr. Colquhoun.] Perhaps you will state what your view of tenant-right is?-My view of tenant-right is, that it is the difference between the rent actually charged by the landlord according to the custom of the country, and the utmost competition value; therefore if the rent in a p. 82. |