14,227. That means that he had all his money to hand over to you except £1?-Yes.
14,228. Did you speak to him on the subject?-I did. I asked him if he meant to swindle us out of the money for the outfit that he got to enable him to go to Greenland.
14,229. Was it at the Custom House you said that to him?-No, it was at the office after he had come down. He said no, but that he required money to pay for a boat or to buy a boat, or something of that kind.
14,230. Did that happen on the day of settlement?-Yes.
14,231. Had you understood before that he was intending to go away without paying your account?-No, I had no idea of it.
14,232. Then how did you happen to ask him that question?-He came back to the office after he came out from the Custom House, and he was going to give back part of the money, but he wanted to keep more than he actually had to get after paying Mr. Leask's account.
14,233. But how did you know that he required persuasion to induce him to come back and pay his account?-I recollect the other lads telling me that they had induced him to come back.
14,234. Had they told you about that before Grains came down?- I scarcely think so. I think there were several of them there along with him when I came down.
14,235. Did he come down from the Custom House along with you?-No.
14,236. Was he at the office when you came down from the Custom House?-I am not quite sure whether he was actually there when I came down, but most of that crew were discharged that day. They had been landed the day before, and most of them were discharged on the day after they landed.