13,113. Was John Mouat one of them?-Yes. He had money in Robert Mouat's hands by the fishing.
13,114. Was he not able to get his money at the settlement of 1870?-No. I know that he could not get it.
13,115. Do you know anything about that except that he could not get it?-No.
13,116. You have another document in your hands: what is it?-It is a copy of our account from Mr. Smith for the fishing.
13,117. Do you get a copy of your accounts from Mr. Smith at every settlement?-Yes. I have only settled with him one year.
13,118. This is an account for two men; and it shows the prices you got in 1871,-ling 8s. 9d., cod 7s., tusk 7s., and saith 4s. 3d.?-Yes.
13,119. Did you get all that in cash?-Yes, except what I had received in cash before. I had received a little cash in the course of the summer. I had got no advances from him in goods, because his shop was so far from where I lived.
13,120. Why are the two men's accounts in the same slip of paper?-Because there are five of us who go in one boat; and three men agreed to fish for Mr. John Robertson, jun. and two for Mr. James Smith.
13,121. Whose boat was it?-James Gilbertson was the skipper; and the boat belonged to the men.
13,122. Is it a usual arrangement, that part of the crew fish to one merchant and part to another?-No.