§ Mr. O'SHAUGHNESSYasked how the pension officer estimated the income of John Potter, of Rhinetalla, Adare, county Limerick, under which he only receives 2s. a week pension, having regard to the fact that he has only 13½ acres of land, half of which is waste, and for which he pays £5 2s. annually under purchase agreement, which will be less when the sale is completed, and also having regard to the fact that he has no cattle, that last year he made £2 7s. of wheat, £6 13s. of oats, and £5 of turnips and mangolds, and that he has no other income; and why from these facts his pension was reduced from 5s. to 2s. a week, although the Rathkeale Sub-committee granted him the full pension?
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§ Mr. BIRRELLIn August last the Local Government Board upheld the appeal of the pension officer in this case as John Potter's means appeared to exceed £26 5s. per annum. The pension officer made his calculation upon a careful estimate of the means derived from Potter's holding of twenty-one statute acres, which included other items in addition to those mentioned in the question.