13,574. They do not charge the actual cost, but make a slump charge for the whole work?-Yes.
13,575. There is also an allowance deducted of 10s. per ton to the master, and 2s. 6d. to the mate?-Yes.
13,576. And the agreement which you sign provides for a certain quantity of bread for each man?-Yes, 8 lbs. of bread per week; and there is an allowance of 9d. for score money. The score money is paid before the division is made, so that one half is paid by the owners and one half by the men themselves.
13,577. Is it also part of the bargain, that the fishermen are liable for breaking lines or spoiling any part of the vessel?-Yes.
13,578. On returning you put the vessel into dock and unbend the sails?-Yes.
13,579. There is a stipulation in the agreement against smuggling, is there not?-Yes.
13,580. Is there any smuggling carried on at Faroe-Not a great deal now.
13,581. Is there any arrangement about going farther north than Faroe if required?-Yes; if the master thinks it prudent to go to Iceland or elsewhere before a certain time, the men are taken bound to go, and in that case they are paid by wages, which are fixed in the agreement. They begin to run from the 13th or [Page 338] the middle of August, and continue till 1st October. But if we are going to Iceland during the summer, the men run their share of the fishing the same as they do at Faroe.
13,582. It is only for a late voyage to Iceland that they get wages?-Yes.
13,583. Do you often go upon these late voyages?-I have done so for the last few years.