10,414. How were the wages paid at these quarries when you were working at them?-Mr. Mouat was superintending then.
10,415. When did he cease to superintend?-I think it is only about a year back, or two years.
10,416. Was there a change in the company then?-Yes. There was a new company formed then, and new people to work the quarries.
10,417. Who was working the quarries when you were employed there?-There were different agents during the time I was there; but Mr. Mouat was superintendent.
10,418. You don't know who the company were?-I think the company were just the proprietors.
10,419. Were your wages paid to you in cash?-Yes; we got them in cash from the cashier, the late Mr. Charles Mouat,-not the present Mr. Mouat.
10,420. Where were they paid to you?-Sometimes at his house, and sometimes at the vestry, which was a public place.
10,421. But always in cash?-Yes, always in cash, since there was a cashier appointed.
10,422. Did you not sometimes get lines?-No; I never got lines. I cannot say for others, but I never got one.
10,423. Did you never see a line?-Not to my recollection.