140 91,124.'
I mean the number of firkins brought in by the f armers to sell in the first instance here?—There
is about one third weighted with me and two thirds go to the stores.
21.125.
That is bought from the farmers and not at the adjoining markets P—They bring it into the stores during the week.
21.126.
From what districts is the butter brought here P —Within a radius of four or five miles.
21.127.
Have you any rules or regulations erected in the square for the observance of buyers and sellers P—No.
21.128.
Have the buyers any rules p—There was a rule that they were not to buy at the stores on Fridays; they were to buy in the market.
21.129.
Is that observed P—I think it is fairly.
21.130.
Are the buyers who frequent the market square f.nly
local buyers?—They
are buyers from Limerick, too, and Tipperary.
21.131.
The rule was made by the local buyers that they should not buy at their own stores p—It was generally done for the benefit of the market.
21.132.
That is the only commodity on which you receive any charge ?—That
is all.
21.133.
You have receipts from no other source?—Ex¬
cept the weighing.
21.134.
What scales have you for weighing the butter?
—The ordinary beam and scales.
21.135.
Is the one sufficient for the purpose ?—-We
get two, if necessary.
21.136.
You have got an ouncil ?—Yes.
21,137-What commodities do you weigh on that ouncil P —Hay and straw principally; mangolds and turnips.
21.138.
Is there another ouncil in the town P—I do nou think there is.
21.139.
Any load the weight of which it was desired to ascertain must come to your ouncil P—Yes.
Mr.
Walsh of the railway station has weighed; he weighs privately, but does not chaige; he weighs hay and straw.
21.140.
What is your charge for weighing a load P—Ad.
a load.
21.141.
Irrespective of the commodity the load contains ?
-Yes.
21.142.
Must the weight of hay and straw be always ascertained before it is delivered to the buyer?—It
is generally bought by the ton.
21.143.
Is it bought before it is weighed P—It is.
21.144.
Where is the hay and straw exposed for sale P— Ic it bought generally at the farms There is no market.
The seller might come in from the country and sell it one day and then deliver it.
21.145.
They never stand on the streets with hay P—No.
21.146.
You weigh straw the same way P—Yes.
21,147-The same observations apply to that P—Yes.
21.148.
And the turnips ?—-The
same.
21.149.
They never stand on the street and expose them ?—No.
21.150.
Neither the hay, straw, turnips, mangolds, nor carrots are exposed in loads ?—No.
is the -7 cwt.
21.160.
What 'weigh down to ?
21.161.
It must be 7 cwt.
or nothing P
customary smallest weight you
Yes.
21,151.
In weighing the load, do you always ascertain the tare of the cart P—Yes.
21.152.
Supposing a farmer whom you knew weighed •
-his load to-day and came to-morrow with another load, would you ascertain the tare of the cart P—Yes.
21.153.
You never go by estimation or recollection of the former weight of the cart P—No; it is always weighed.
21.154.
You never found any frauds committed by changing the wheels or substituting the entire cart?
Never.
21.155.
Or such complaints have never been made to you ?—I
never heard of any.
21.156.
Would that 4c?.
be charged for a donkey load if-it came in P—Yes.
21.157.
What is the lowest weight you weigh down to in • a load ?—Any
weight at all they wish to weigh.
21.158.
I do not mean the smallest load, but the lowest weight you weigh down to ?—Down
to 7 lbs.
21.159.
Do you weigh down to 7 lbs, in weighing a load of hay P—No,
Mr.
Thomas Barrett examined 21.162.
You have another beam and scales P—Yes 21.163.
What commodities do you weigh on it?
— Potatoes.
21.164.
Do you weigh corn in adelition to potatoes p— Yes.
21.165.
Anything else P—Nothing else.
21.166.
Are the potatoes always weighed at your beam and scales P—Yes.
21.167.
What is your charge P—Id.
per bag.
21.168.
Is the bag of potatoes always sold before you weigh it P—Yes.
21.169.
They never ascertain the weight of it before they sell it P—No.
21.170.
Have you got any square similar to Mr.
O.
Sulli¬ van's or any market place P—I have a little place that holds a few bags of potatoes.
21,171-Do they expose them there for sale P—They expose them in the street and sell them, and then I weigh them.
21.172.
Do you always weigh the empty bag P—There is a general allowance for them.
21.173.
What is it P—Four pounds and five pounds.
21.174.
How would you know whether it would be four pounds or five pounds ?—There
might be an idle bag, and then they throw one into the scale and weigh it.
21.175.
Would that estimated tare be the same on a wet day as on a dry day P—If the bag is wet they take that into consideration.
21.176.
I take it if there was a dispute between the buyer and seller as to the weight of an empty bag they would weigh it P—They never dispute.
21,177-Supposing it was a very wet day and a bag was brought in, whether corn or potatoes, and it got completely saturated with wet, what would be the weight of the hag or what would be allowed for it P—It would be 10 pounds if the day was wet.
I often saw a bag 10 pounds and often saw a bag one.
21.178.
What is your charge for weighing the corn P— Id.
a bag.
21.179.
What is the estimated tare of a bag in that case p—Four pounds or five.
21.180.
The same as potatoes P—Yes.
21.181.
Could you give me your receipts from thisP— Yes, perhaps.
21.182.
What are they in the year P—I could not say.
21.183.
Do you make 21.
P—Yes, that is the most, and I would not make that same, only I buy a handful of " potatoes myself when they have no one to buy for them.
21.184.
You deal in these commodities yourself-P—Yes.
21.185.
Do you use the pound weight when weighing?
—I do sometimes.
21.186.
What do you usually weigh down to P—Four pounds, and often two.
21.187.
And in corn P—Down to a pound in corn.
Mr.
George D.
Cahill examined.
21.188.
There is no other person or trader in the town haying any beam and scales to weigh the different commo¬ dities than what has been mentioned P—No.
21.189.
Have you heard from the people of the town that these are quite sufficient for the purpose ?—-One
is quite sufficient.
Mr.
O.
Sullivan's one is quite sufficient; in fact, it does not get quarter enough to do.
21.190.
Did you ever hear the people here in the town discussing the advisability of having a general market for all marketable commodities P—Certainly, I think it is very necessary.
21.191.
Have they ever discussed that ?—The
fair com¬ mittee have discussed it.
21.192.
The establishment .of
a market as well as fairs P —Yes.
