10,300. This account [showing] contains the total beach fees paid by you in 1869 and 1870, being £91, 12s. 8d. in 1869 and £115, 12s. 8d. in 1870?-Yes.
10,301. What are the entries on page 251?-That is a page which I am using as a cash-book in settling up with the men at the present settlement.
10,302. It shows the amount paid in cash to each man?-Yes.
10,303. The total is £162, 10s. 21/2d., which been paid to thirty-two men?-Yes.
10,304. That does not show the men whose balances were the other way?-No.
10,305. Would there be a larger number whose balances were the other way?-There would be great deal more money out, whether the number of men were larger or not.
10,306. Have you any dealings in hosiery at your shop?-We do very little in that way.
10,307. When you do deal with a woman for hosiery, do you open an account in her name?-Sometimes. Of course if she gets worsted from our shop we have to debit her with it, and see that she returns it.
10,308. Does she generally take out goods for the amount of her knitting?-Sometimes.
10 309. Have you a special book for these accounts?-No, not now.