8771. Do you remember how much it was invoiced at?-No. It was not a fixed thing for the whole season; it varies.
8772. When did you get your supplies of meal last summer?-It comes from Aberdeen almost weekly or fortnightly during the time the fishing continues.
8773. You do not sell much meal in Fetlar after the fishing is over?-No; the people then have their crops to depend upon.
8774. When do you begin to sell the greatest quantity of goods at your store?-About April; we begin to be much busier then. From September until April the people are depending for the most part upon their own crop, but sometimes they do take a little meal from us.
8775. Was 5s. 3d. per quarter-boll the selling price for meal during the whole season?-No; it differs greatly. Sometimes you will see it is more, and sometimes less.
8776. I see that it is 5s. 3d. in September, and 5s. 9d. in July?- Yes; I expect that would be about the dearest time.
8777. I see an entry of oatmeal, 22s. 8d., in August?-That would be for a boll.
8778. Do you sell a boll at the same price, proportionally, as a quarter-boll?-Just the same.
8779. You do not make a difference for the retail?-None whatever.
8780. Do Messrs. Hay hold Fetlar, or any part of it, under tack?- Not so far as I am aware.