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Rh will be enforced in a still more striking manner. If it is true, as is asserted, that the emigration has "Have you found that those farms have been subdivided?—"No; I have looked very close after them to prevent it, but it requires a great deal of supervision on the part of the landlord and agent.

"You assisted them to emigrate?—Yes; and in other cases, where there were mountains attached to the farms, I gave them a part of the mountain, and they have been acting since as labourers to farmers on the estate. In other cases, I gave them sums of money to go away; but in no case did I ever turn a man out with harshness.

"What system did you adopt with respect to those who emigrated?—I paid their passage, and gave them a small sum of money in hand, and gave them a recommendation to some friend there. That has been done since I came home from Australia—since the year 1838.

"Has the course adopted by you been the course generally followed out in the district?—I believe, in many cases, it may have been adopted, and in others it may not. Hence arose the complaints."—''Dig. Dev. Com. p.'' 465.

James Galwey, Esq., Land Agent. "When I became agent to one of the properties, there was a good number of people put out at a particular place, where it was necessary they should be got rid of. They had not paid rent for years, and they got £3, and some of them £4 or £5, up to £7, and they went away."—''Ibid. p.'' 466.

"I have always given them a year's notice. I have said, 'I will not give you notice to quit, but the next year you must go.' It has been because they have been complained of as bad characters. The last year I was obliged to put out five tenants of Lord Cremorne's—two were bad characters, and the other three were put out because they were complained of by the rest of the tenants, who were respectable. I told them they must go, and I gave £8 to each of the five families to enable them to emigrate, and they went away quietly, and gave up without any trouble." ''Dig. Dev. Com. p.'' 467.