12,624. What agreement?-That we were to deliver all our produce, fish, and every other thing, to him, and to no one else.
12,625. If you chose to fish for anybody else, what was the penalty to be?-That we were to be removed from our crofts.
12,626. Has any person been removed for fishing to another than Mr. Adie?-None, for there have been no offenders.
12,627. How many people are in these lands?-There are almost 130 of a population, old and young. There are six boats belonging to the islands that fish for Mr. Adie.
12,628. Do a number of people come there in the summer time from other places to fish?-Yes. They fish both to Mr. Adie and to Mr. Robertson. These are the only two who employ men there.
12,629. Has Mr. Robertson a station and a shop there?-Yes; he has a store for supplying his fishermen.
12,630. Is it open all the year round?-No, only during the fishing season.
12,631. Where do you get your supplies?-From Mr. Adie's shop at Skerries. It is open all the year round, and is kept by Robert Umphray.
12,632. Do you pay for your supplies at the time you get them, or do you settle for them at the end of the year?-Sometimes at the end of the year, and sometimes not for fifteen months.
12,633. How does it happen that you are sometimes fifteen months in settling?-We live in an isolated place, and Mr. Adie's people cannot sometimes get conveniently exactly at the twelvemonth's end, but they make arrangements to come when they please.