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Fifty four. What was the old rent? The old rent of Meenaduff was 11s3d; of Magheralosk it was from that to 13s 6d; and the new rent of Meenaduff is £1 2s 6d. The old rent of the cow·s grass was 11s 3d to 13s 6d? Yes. The new rent is how much? £1 2s 6d; Magheralosk £1 5s Od. The rent is raised from 11 s 3d to 13s 6d, the old rent to £1 2s 6d up to £1 5s Od, the new rent? Yes. " 18 Leagadh na cfosanna arduithe seo ar gach baile fearainn sa phar6iste. CUTANNA URA In 1856 thosaigh Hill a chruthu cutanna ura. Ce go ndearna se fein riail nuair a bhf se ag athroinnt an talaimh nach raibh cead fo-roinnt ar bith a dheanamh, shocraigh se cutanna ura a dheanamh le talamh a thabhairt dona lanuineacha p6sta a bhf ina gc6naf lena muintir. Chruthaigh se na gabhaltais ura seo sa spas idir an talamh curafochta agus talamh fearach na gcnoc, sna "top-lands" n6 "outfield", an ait ar ghnath leis na tion6ntaithe m6in a bhaint n6 barr a chur n6 eallach a chur ar innilt. Ce nach raibh cfos ar bith le hioc ar na cutanna ura seo go ceann roinnt de bhlianta, ta go leor fianaise againn don chios ard a bhain Hill amach chomh luath agus a ghlac siad seilbh orthu. Chaithfeadh na tion6ntaithe ansin teach a th6gail ar a gconlan fein. Bhf an sagart Sean 0 Dochartaigh go m6r in eadan an athraithe seo: ,,,. . . because it is a means ofgenerating a class ofpaupers; I b,elieve that it will create pauperism, and that it will create poverty in the district, because the parties entering upon them have no means of cultivating them; they have no houses built upon them; the parties build a mud cabin, and they are thus accustomed to squalidness ,,,9 Dar nd6igh chiallaigh na cutanna ura seo go raibh an ceart slf a bhi ag na tion6ntaithe fhad le talamh fearach na gcnoc caillte acu. Cuis mh6r mhishasaimh do na daoine a bhi sna cutanna ura, suaracha seoo Cruatan na ndaoine de bharr athraithe a rinne se sa ch6ras, ardu cfosa agus na cutanna ura - sin iad na torthaf a bhi ar pholasaithe Hill, ach bhi nfos measa le theacht go f6ill. COGADH NA gCAORACH Nuair a d'athraigh Hill na gabhaltais i dtus na gceathrachaidf, choinnigh se 12,000 acra de thalamh fearach na gnoc do fein. B'ionann sin agus leath an eastait. Ce gur fhostaigh se fein beirt shreadaf agus ce go raibh na tion6ntaithe iontach mfshasta fan ghadafocht seo, is cosuil nach raibh aighneas faoi go lar na gcaogaidi. Lean na tion6naithe ag usaid an talaimh seo idir 1841 agus 1854 ce go raibh cfos ceithre pingne le hfoc ar gach 9