12,138. Do the men who deal with you upon accounts generally keep pass-books?-Some of them do.
12,139. Do you find any irregularity or difficulty in settling their accounts, in consequence of the want of pass-books?-I find none; but, of course, if a man understands accounts, and keeps a pass-book, I find it more agreeable to settle with him. The more ignorant a man is, the more trouble you have in settling with him.
12,140. Are there any other buyers of dried fish in that district than Garriock & Co.?-There is no other person who buys them in large quantities.
12,141. There may be small buyers, but I suppose they don't have much chance in the circumstances you have already described?- No; they don't have a chance.
12,142. How do these small buyers get any fish all?-There are very few who buy dried fish, and who have the chance of getting much. They might get few tons in some years, but not as a regular thing.
12,143. Is there any public-house in the parish of Walls?-No.
12,144. Or any one who has a grocer's licence?-No, there has not been one for some years.
12,145. You don't hold a grocer's licence for the sale of spirits?- No.
12,146. Where do people in that parish get their supplies of liquor?-There are two licensed houses in the next parish of Sandsting-one at Tresta, and one the Bridge of Walls, on the Sandsting side.
12,147. Have the people to go there for all their supplies of that kind?-Yes.