I don't want to carry you through a long examination, Mr.Ponsonby, but I see typical cases here, about which I should like to ask a question or two.

Here, is Callaghan Flavin, for instance, described by Canon Keller as one of eight tenants who "had to retreat before the crowbar brigade," and who "deserved a better fate." Canon Keller says he is assured by a competent judge that Flavin's improvements, "full value for L341, 10s.," are now "the landlord's property." What are the facts about Mr.Flavin?
_A_.

Mr.Flavin's farm was held by his cousin, Ellen Flavin of Gilmore, who, on the 7th of February 1872, surrendered it to the landlord on receiving from me a sum of L172, 10s.6d.I obtained a charging order under section 27 of the Land Act, entitling me to an annuity of L8, 12s.
6d.

for thirty-five years from July 3, 1872.

It was let to Callaghan Flavin in preference to other applicants, July 3, 1872; and in 1873, at his request, I obtained a loan from the Board of Works for the thorough draining of a portion of the farm.