12,495. Is it only recently that that practice has been introduced?- I think so. I have not heard of it until lately; but I believe it is now done in consequence of larger boats being used than were in use at one time.
12,496. What is the amount of the poor-rate in the parish of Sandsting?-It is 2s. 4d. on the landlord, and the same on the tenant.
12,497. Is not that rather above the average?-It is. In Walls it is 1s. 10d. Alexander Wallace is the inspector in Sandsting, and Mr. Umphray is the chairman of the Board.
12,498. Does Wallace live in Sandsting?-Yes; on the Walls road.
12,499. How long has he been inspector?-I could not say. I think six or eight years, or more than that.
12,500. Where does he pay the paupers' allowances?-I think he used to go to the parish church at one time, but latterly, I believe, he has paid them at his own house.
12,501. Who is the inspector in Walls?-James Georgeson.
12,502. Does he also pay the paupers at his own house?-Yes, so far as I know.
12,503. Has there ever been a practice of paying them at Reawick?-There are a few, I think five or six, in that district whom our shopman has been in the habit of paying. Wallace sends their pay to him, as they live five or six miles from his (Wallace's) house.
12,504. Are these paupers always paid in cash?-Yes.