9848. Do you oil it and make it waterproof yourself?-Yes.
9849. Who do you pay your rent to?-To Spence & Co. They pay it to Mr. Edmonstone for me.
9850. Do you mean that it is put down in your account with them against you?-Yes.
9851. How do they pay it to Mr. Edmonstone?-In cash, I suppose; but I don't know anything about that.
9852. They don't give you a line to Mr. Edmonstone?-No.
9853. Do you get receipts for your rent?-Yes, if we ask for them.
9854. But you don't generally ask for them?-No.
9855. Have you generally a balance to get at the end of the year, or is the balance against you?-The balance is against me at present, and it has been against me since the first year of the company in consequence of bad fishings and bad crops.
9856. What boat hire do you pay?-£2, 14s. for the boat, or 9s. per man. I buy my own lines. I get them at fishing time, and they are marked into the account. The price is from 2s. 3d. to 3s. per line, according to the weight of the lines. I require ten ground lines and a line for a buoy rope.
9857. Does each man require that number?-Yes.