13,452. Have you bought any tobacco at Hay & Co.'s?-Yes. I found it to be of ordinary quality. I think [Page 335] the price was 4s. 4d. per lb., as far as I can recollect but I am not quite sure, because I never bought much there. I could have got tobacco of about the same quality at Mr. Henderson's for 3s. 6d. I now produce a piece of Mr. Henderson's very good tobacco.,
13,453. Have you bought tobacco at Grutness also?-Only very little. I don't like the sort of tobacco that is kept there. There are two kinds kept at Grutness: but the best quality is too small in twist for smoking, and I don't care about teasing it up.
Boddam, Dunrossness, January 26, 1872, LAWRENCE GARRIOCK, examined.
13,454. Are you a fisherman at Scatness?-I am.
13,455. Are you bound to fish for anybody?-No. I have always been at liberty. I am on the property of Mr. Bruce of Simbister, and I generally fish for Hay & Co.
13,456. They are the factors on the estate?-Yes.
13,457. Do you deal at their shop?-Yes, occasionally, when I like.
13,458. Do you pay your rent to Mr. Irvine, of Hay & Co.?-Yes.
13,459. Does he come down to settle at Dunrossness every year?- Yes. He settles in a room above the shop at Laighness.
13,460. Do you go through the shop to it?-Yes.