"40. Is it recognised by the landlord?--It is recognised by the agent. If there is a poor fellow who wishes to go to America, he gets £8 or £10 for his plot of ground, and he will let him go off if he gets a better tenant. "41. Do they generally ask the agent's permission?--Sometimes, and sometimes not." The Rev. William Minchin.--"73. Is the sale of the good-will of farms prevalent in the district, and recognised by the landlords?--Yes; it is quite recognised. "74. Is the value of it increasing or diminishing?--I do not see any thing to make land decrease, though of course the purchase of the good-will will bear a proportion to the rent that the land bears. "75. Suppose the landlord requires the land for himself, to add to his demesne, does he pay the usual price?--Yes, in general he does. "76. Has there been any consolidation of farms?--No, not in the neighbourhood; nothing to any extent worth speaking of." George Heenan, Esq., after stating the existence of the practice, is asked--"88. Does it take place in reference to lands held at will?--Yes; and for lands held at will the sum is altogether disproportioned to the apparent value of the interest given. "89. Does a man purchase without knowing whether he will be recognised as the tenant?--Yes; I have known many instances of that. "90. In case of a landlord taking land himself from a tenant, would he be expected to pay him for the possession of it?--Certainly, provided the rent of it was clear and the land was taken up, it would be expected he should pay him liberally for it;" and he further says, "in confirmation of the correctness of a former part of my evidence relating to the sale of the good-will of the land, I beg to produce a document which has recently come into my hands. The farm in question consists of fourteen acres Irish, which but three years ago was set by me to a tenant from year to year. The purchase to which the document refers, was effected without the consent of the proprietor, or of his agent. [_The witness delivered in the following paper_:--] "Received from Michael Scully, £34 for all my land in Ballywilliam, containing fourteen acres, with all my wheat, dung, manure, &c.; and Michael Scully pledges himself to pay Ford Ross one half-year's rent of the said lands, now due--amount, £5:11:8. Given under our hands, at Ballywilliam, this 11th day of March 1843. "£34. his "JOHN X HORAN. mark. her "CATHERINE X HORAN. mark. "Present, PATRICK SCULLY." "Received from Michael Scully, the sum of £10 sterling, being the consideration for one and one-half acre of the lands of Ballywilliam, for seven years, commencing 1st November last 1842, and ending 1st November 1849. Dated this 19th December 1842. "£10. his "JOHN X HORAN. mark. her "CATHERINE X HORAN. mark.