10,909. Is that property in the south side of the parish?-Yes; it is near Reawick.
10,910. Has Mr. Leask any station in that district?-No.
10,911. Then where do they fish for him?-They go in some of his vessels to the Faroe fishing. He has no home-fishing station in Sandsting.
10,912. Are they at liberty to go to the home fishing or to the Faroe fishing for anybody they like?-Yes. They are under no obligation to fish for Mr. Leask. They can go where they like, and they have always done so.
10,913. Do they hold their land as yearly tenants?-Yes.
10,912. What other property has Mr. Leask?-South Whiteness, to the north-west of Scalloway, in the parish of Tingwall. I think there are about seventeen or eighteen tenants on that property. They fish principally for Mr. Leask in the Faroe fishing, and in the spring fishing, which occupies about a month or a little more.
10,915. Then they are not generally engaged in the home fishing?-No; they are generally engaged in the Faroe fishing.
10,916. How many of them may have gone to that fishing last year?-There may have been above a dozen.
10,917. These men, I presume, have accounts at Mr. Leask's shop at Lerwick?-Yes.
10,918. Is there any stipulation made with them that they shall man his Faroe smacks?-None. They are not bound at all. They may go where they please and engage themselves with whoever they please.