I think the letters 'C.W.' are a private mark. It used to be I O U. The entry, 'To hat, 3s.' is an article I have got since, and there is therefore a balance of 10s. left on the line.
301. Have you any particular reason for preferring these lines to the old way of getting goods?-Yes; sometimes I can get the lines turned into cash.
302. You can turn them into money more readily?-Yes; through Miss Robertson taking them from me.
303. Are there many such lines given to people at shops?-Yes.
304. Do most of the people prefer the lines to being paid in goods?-Sometimes they don't perhaps require the articles at the time; but when they require them, they go with the lines and get them.
Lerwick, January 1, 1872, Mrs. ANDRINA SIMPSON, examined.
305. Are you a knitter in Lerwick?-Yes.
306. For whom do you knit?-For myself.
307. Have you always done so?-I have always done so for a good many years back.
308. Where do you purchase your wool?-I purchase it just from any person, and I spin it for myself.