11,459. Do you sometimes buy lobsters?-Not many.
11,460. Are they all paid for in goods in the same manner, and to the same extent, that you have mentioned?-Yes, just in the same way as the others.
Scalloway, January 22, 1872, LAURENCE MONCRIEFF, examined.
11,461. You are a baker and provision merchant in Scalloway?-I am.
11,462. You are not a fish-merchant at all?-No.
11,463. Do you purchase hosiery to some extent?-I purchase fancy hosiery to a small extent,-principally veils and shawls, and things of that kind.
11,464. Do you usually pay for it in goods from your shop?-Yes.
11,465. Do you pay for it to any extent in money?-No. I never give money for hosiery.
11,466. Is it always understood that people selling hosiery at your shop are to take goods in exchange?-That is always understood.
11,467. Are you often asked for money?-No. It is always the understanding that they are to take goods but I have been asked once or twice for money.