Lerwick, January 24, 1872, LEWIS F.U. GARRIOCK, examined.
12,293. You are a partner of the firm of Garriock & Co., general merchants and fish-curers at Reawick?-I am.
12,294. You have prepared a statement which you wish to appear as part of your evidence?-Yes.
12,295. Is that statement correct?-It is, to the best of my knowledge.
[The witness then handed in the following statement:-]
'I am a partner of the firm of Garriock & Co. general merchants and fish-curers at Reawick.
'Mr. Umphray, the senior of the firm, and myself, are proprietors of land. Mr. Umphray, my younger brother, and I, are joint factors on the estate of Dr. Scott of Melby.
'I am trustee for the proprietors of the Burra Isles.
'Our general store for all sorts of goods is at Reawick. We have, besides, two small shops or general stores, one in the Island of Foula where there are about forty families, and the other at Sandness, where there are about seventy-five families.
'We engage our fishermen and servants from the district of
country comprising the parishes of Weisdale, Aithsting, Sandsting,
Walls, Sandness, and Foula, with a few from districts beyond
Tingwall, Burra, etc.