9818. What rent do you pay?-£5.
9819. Are you bound to fish for any person in particular?- [Page 238] Not that I know of, but I fish for Spence & Co. I have fished for them since they commenced business, and before that to Mr. David Edmonstone, when he was carrying on business in that way.
9820. Have you fished for any other person in Unst?-Yes. I fished first for the late Mr. Thomas Edmonstone of Buness, and then for Mr. Samuel Hunter.
9821. Have you always been free to fish for any person you chose?-I don't think so. When I was a tenant to the late Mr. Edmonstone of Buness I fished for him, and when Mr. Hunter got a tack of the land I fished for him, but I could not tell exactly whether I was free to fish for any other person or not.
9822. You don't know what would have happened to you if you had sold your fish to anybody else?-I do not.
9823. But now you can fish for any person you please?-I believe I can.
9824. Is there any other person except Spence & Co. to whom you can sell your fish here?-There is no one in our quarter except Mr. John Johnston. He does a little in the fish way, but we don't sell any to him.
9825. Do most of the people hereabout fish for Spence & Co., and settle with them every winter?-Yes.
9826. Have you settled with them for last year?-Yes, I settled about 10th January at Haroldswick.
9827. Have you a pass-book?-No.