13,017. Have you two prices for them, as they are paid in goods or in cash?-No. If the people did want cash I would not like to give them so much in cash as in goods, because it is cash that I look for in return.
13,018. But I suppose you are never asked for cash payment for eggs?-Very seldom.
13,019. What is the price of meal at your shop just now?-I think Scotch meal is about 5s. a quarter, or 20s. a boll.
13,020. What was it in the summer of 1870?-I don't remember.
13,021. What was it last summer?-I think it was about 5s. or 6s. up or down, according to the market.
Boddam, Dunrossness, January 26, 1872, JAMES SMITH, examined.
13,022. You are a merchant and fish-curer at Hill Cottage, Sandwick?-I am.
13,023. Your shop is near that of Mr. Tulloch?-Yes, next door.
13,024. You have heard his evidence?-Yes.
13,025. Do you conduct your business in the same way?-The very same.