The Plan of Campaign was then most unjustly adopted on the estate,
    and you refused to pay your rents.

Thomas Moroney was elected as a test case to try the legality of the sale and removal of your property to avoid payment of your rent.  His tenancy was a mixed holding of house property in the village of Herbertstown, the tolls of the fairs, and 37 acres of land, at a rent of L85, and a Poor-Law valuation of L73, 5s., made as follows:—­

Land valued at L42 5 0
Tolls of fair at 17 0 0
Public house and yard at 11 0 0
Five small houses and forge at 3 0 0
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L73 5 0

I always was led to believe the tolls of the fair averaged from L50 to L60 a year, there being four fairs in the year; and I believe his reason for refusing to allow Mr. E. Moroney to value his holding, or to go into court, was that he should disclose the amount of the tolls, and in consequence I never considered he was entitled to any abatement; but still I gave it to him, and was prepared to do so.  The result of his case was that his conduct in making away with his property was unjustifiable, and his farm and holding was sold out for the benefit of his creditors, and he is no longer a tenant on the estate.

I subsequently took proceedings against six other tenants, who refused payment of rent, and removed their cattle off the land to avoid payment, and having got judgment against them, the Sheriff sold out four of their farms, and writs of possession on the title were taken out against them, and are now lodged with the Sheriff for execution.  I have also got judgments for possession against two other tenants for non-payment of rent, also lodged with the Sheriff.  One the widow of Patrick Hogan, who got his rent fixed in the County Court, and the other Mrs. Denis Ryan, whose farm on her marriage I assented to be put in settlement for her protection, Mr. Shine, my agent, consenting to act as one of her trustees, whose name, with his co-trustee, Mr. Thomas FitzGerald, appear as defendants, they having signed her judicial agreement.

    The following are the names of the above tenants, the extent of
    their holdings, the rent, the Poor-Law valuation, and the average
    rent per Irish acre:—­

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|                  | Acreage in |  Judicial   |  Rent   |           |
|     TENANT.      |   Irish    | Rent Less 20|  per    | Poor Law  |
|                  |  Measure.  |   per cent. |  acre[A]| Valuation |
+------------------+------------+-------------+---------+---

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|                  |  A.  R. P. |   L   s. d. |         | L   s. d. |
|John Carroll,     |  87  3 38  |  132  4  0  |  30/-   | 127 10  0 |
|Honora Crimmins,  |  35  0 27  |   64  5  6  |  36/6   |  52 15  0 |
|James Baggott,    |  18  0  0  |   37 16 10  |  42/-   |  22  5  0 |