11,078. Was that a very successful year?-Yes; and the following year was somewhat similar to it.
11,079. What would be the amount of goods supplied to these men at starting, or to their families during their absence?-About £400 for the whole crew.
11,080. That would be about £9 apiece for the 42 men?-Yes, about that.
11,081. Would that be the average amount of a Greenlandman's account for the season?-No; it would be much more than the average. Less than the half of that would be nearer the average.
11,082. But the amount of receipts due upon that voyage was considerably above the average?-Yes; it was it very exceptional voyage.
11,083. Was it twice as much as usual?-Yes; perhaps about that.
11,084. Do you mean that £4 or £5 is the average amount of the account due by a seaman engaged in the whaling?-I never made any calculation about it but I should think it would be somewhere about that.
11,085. In what way are your accounts with these men kept? Is there an account kept in the name of each man?-Yes. [Produces book.] There [showing] is the account I have been referring to of the 'Camperdown.'
11,086. You have a ledger for each ship?-Yes.
11,087. And this account shows the whole transactions for 1865?-Yes.