be directly affected by the tyranny and injustice of the landed proprietor—it must necessarily follow
"Have you had oceasion to remove many tenants?—Yes, when I first came; from one property.
"What class were they?—The very small pauperized class of tenantry living near the bog, in the county of Limerick. They were removed, and the land set in large holdings."What system did you pursue in removing these people?—I distrained them. They were very badly off, and in a miserable state; their mode of living was by stealing turf and selling it in Tipperary. They nominally had paid rent for the land, but they were greatly in arrear, and I gave them money to emigrate, and they went to America without any trouble. From about eighty acres of land there were 290 men, women, and children sent away.
"Can you recollect the largest size of the holdings of any of those you removed?—I should think in one case as far as eight or nine acres; no holding was over ten, and many of them two, or three, or one."—Dig. Dev. Com. p. 467.
William Hamilton, Esq., Land Agent.
Rev. Robert Sargeant, Land Agent.