11,349. There are other parties who buy fish in the same way, and some other parties who employ boats of their own for the summer fishing?-There are a few, but not many.
11,350. Mr. Nicholson has some?-Yes.
11,351. And Mr. Tait has one?-I suppose he has but he does not do much in that way.
11,352. Is the amount you have stated the ordinary amount which you purchase during the same period each year?-It is sometimes more and sometimes less. It just depends on the success of the fishing.
11,353. How much of that would be purchased in the summer and autumn?-Not much in the summer. The greater part will be purchased in winter.
11,354. In summer the men are delivering their fish at Burra, so that less fish are brought to you at that time?-Yes.
11,355. Are your supplies of goods got from Lerwick from Messrs. Hay?-Some come from Lerwick, and some come direct from the south.
11,356. Are they invoiced to you at wholesale price, or at the price at which you are expected to sell them?-They are invoiced at the wholesale price and I fix the retail price myself.
11,357 What price do you pay for fish to the neutral man who brings them to you in that way?-It is not always the same; sometimes it is more and sometimes less.
11,358. What has been the price this season?-It depends upon the size of the fish we get. For ling and large cod I paid 6s. a cwt up to the commencement of this year, and since then I have paid 7s.