12,225. Have you heard the evidence which has been given by Mr. Georgeson to-day?-Yes.
12,226. Is your business and that of your father similar in character to Mr. Georgeson's?-Yes, it is just the same only we have a spirit licence in addition. My father has a public-house licence, and I have a grocer's licence.
12,227. Then you supply what spirits may be wanted in the parishes of Walls and Sandsting?-Yes. I suppose we supply the principal part of them; but the people may go to Lerwick or any other place for them if they choose.
12,228. Your dealings in that way, I suppose, are always settled for in cash?-Yes, always in cash.
12,229. Is the bulk of your other transactions paid for in cash too?-No; there is a good deal of credit given.
12,230. To what class of customers do you give credit?-To the fishermen.
12,231. Have you any fishermen who are employed in your own boats?-We have no boats fishing to us.
12,232. Do you buy cured fish or green fish from the fishermen?- No, we don't buy any. My father has one vessel of his own that goes to the Faroe fishing. He had three about five or six years ago.
12,233. Where do you get the men for these Faroe vessels?-They are very much scattered. Sometimes, we get part from Walls, and sometimes part from Sandsting.
12,234. Do these men take supplies for themselves and their families during the summer from your father's shops?-Yes.