8907. Have your rents been raised lately?-No; they were raised a little about eight or nine years ago.
8908. Was there any different arrangement made at that time about the fishing?-No.
8909. Have you ever known any man in Fetlar who had to pay liberty money for freedom to sell his fish to another than the tacksman or factor?-No.
8910. And no man in your time has been put out of his ground for fishing to another?-No; I never heard of anything of the kind in Fetlar, either on Lord Zetland's or Lady Nicholson's ground.
Mid Yell, January 17, 1872, WILLIAM STEWART, examined.
8911. You are a tenant and fisherman at Seafield, Mid Yell?- Yes. Kirkabister is the town I live in.
8912. Who is your landlord?-Mrs. Budge.
8913. To whom do you sell your fish now?-I have sold them this year to Mr. Thomas Williamson.
8914. Who did you sell them to last year?-To Mr. Laurence Williamson, Linkshouse.
8915. Why did you leave him?-Because Mr. Sievwright, Mrs. Budge's factor, wished us to do it.