9207. Was that advance given to you in cash?-No, I got my first month's advance in cash, and then I got that advance in goods.
9208. Was that for your own outfit, or for your family?-I think it was for my own outfit.
9209. Have you got payments of that kind frequently from the agents who have engaged you?-No; that was the only one.
9210. Did you get your first month's advance in addition to this?- Yes.
9211. Did you get it in cash or in goods?-I got it in a line to be cashed a day or two after we sailed. I gave the line to Mr. Leask's man, and got the principal part of it in money. Then they drew the money from the shipowner after I left.
9212. You took your first month's advance partly in money and partly in goods?-Yes, I think that was the way of it.
9213. And you got £1, 5s. 3d. in goods in addition to that?-Yes.
9214. Why did you want that amount of goods?-I have wanted three times that amount, according to circumstances. For one voyage I would require that amount, if I had not a good stock.
9215. Why did you not get the whole of your first month's advance in goods when you say you were requiring them?-Perhaps I was requiring money for some other purpose. I had perhaps to send part of it home.
9216. Why did you not take the whole of your month's advance in goods, and then get that advance in cash?-Perhaps I got more than that in cash. That advance was only 25s., and I had £2, 10s. per month.