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£2 per acre. It is very good land, witli town 

 manure near, and letting freely to townspeople for 

 £4 per acre up to £6 per acre. It runs towards the 

 sea, where a bank of calcareous sand is very advan- 

 tageous for manure. 



Hayes, who is mentioned as oppressed, was a 

 butter-dealer on a large scale. His mother was so 

 before him, and made money by it. She built a large 

 store for butter, and for working it, and raised the 

 old clay -mortar walls of the dwelling-house, and 

 slated it. Hayes did the same for a cow-house. The 

 old walls built with clay -mortar can still be seen. 

 Hayes's brother also dealt in butter, and had a farm 

 from me on the same land. He died of smallpox, 

 leaving his widow £3000, made wholly whilst my 

 tenant from the business. Hayes's land would let for 

 much more rent than he pays to persons in Clonakilty 

 as accommodation land. 



White, who is also complained of, has very good 

 land with southern aspect, adjoining Hayes's. It, too, 

 has much advantage from seaweed and calcareous 

 sand as manure. The farm next White's, which does 

 not belong to me, let last year to a well-off shopkeeper 

 at 45s. 6d. per acre. It is not as good land as White's. 

 I believe White's land is well worth the rent of £2 

 per acre, and assert that land near a town has a fair 



