9033. What are these pages which you have turned down in your ledger?-They contain the account of William Stewart, who has just been examined.
9034. I see that for 1869 the balance of his account carried forward was £10, 0s. 41/2d., the total of his out-takes at the end of 1869, including that balance was £17, 8s. 11d. The balance due by him then was £6, 19s., after allowing £10, 9s. 11d. for his fish, which was reduced by half of skipper's fee £1, being a balance of £5, 19s. carried to the year 1870?-Yes.
9035. Then in 1870 there is an entry of 13s. 11/2d. account at North Yell: what does that mean?-That is for some small things he got there. We cure our fish there.
9036. The amount of his account at the settlement of 1870 was £17, 6s. 01/2d., and the amount of his fishing was £14, 18s. 41/2d., leaving a balance of £2, 7s. 8d. There is it deduction of 17s. 6d.: what was that for?-It was for a man who went off for Stewart.
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9037. Then there is it check for 19s.?-That was a check he gave me for that sum.
9038. The balance which is left is £2, 6s. 2d.?-Yes.
9039. On January 4, 1871, there are-spirits 2s. 21/2d., and on November 18 and November 29 there are additional supplies to the amount of 11s. 6d., making the balance now due £2, 19s. 101/2d?-Yes.
9040. Are these all the supplies that you have given him since he ceased to fish for you?-Yes. These are all that have been entered in the book.
9041. But he may have got others and paid for them in cash?- Yes.