10,221. Where do you deal in your ready-money transactions?- Chiefly with Spence & Co. at Balta Sound.
10,222. What do you pay there for meal?-I am not, in the way of buying meal. I get it from my own farm.
10,223. What do you pay there for soft goods?-I have not had any lately.
10,224. Do you go to Lerwick for them?-No; but sometimes I send to Lerwick for some tea and other articles.
10,225. Why do you not get your tea from Spence & Co?-I get it sometimes from them, and sometimes from others.
10,226. Why do you send so far as Lerwick for it?-Because we might get it a little cheaper there. We can get very good tea at Lerwick for 2s. 6d. a lb., while the cheapest here is about 3s. or 2s. 8d.
10,227. Is the 2s. 6d. tea that you get in Lerwick as good as the 3s. tea which you get here, or better?-I think it is much about the same.
10,228. Is there anything else you send to Lerwick for?-No.
10,229. What else do you get from Spence & Co.?-Any small thing I require-principally tobacco. I get twist tobacco for 31/2d. an ounce.
10,230. What else do you get?-Nothing worth mentioning.