698. Do you not know the price of the goods at the end?-We hear it read over as fast perhaps as it can be read.
699. Do you not get a copy of it?-Not of the shop account.
700. Have you ever asked for one?-No.
701. I thought you told me that you had a copy for some years?- Yes; from Mr. Bruce, but not from Mr. Irvine, for the store. I have had a copy of my account from Mr. Bruce for the whole thing, and it contained a sum for the goods got from the store; but it was all one sum.
702. It is a slump sum, and does not show the different articles?- Yes; that is the account which I promised to send.
703. You say you have asked for a pass-book, and have been refused it?-Yes; I had one, and Mr. Irvine threw it back again, and said he would not be bothered with it.
704. When was that?-I think about two years ago.
705. You brought a pass-book and handed it to Mr. Irvine, and asked him to put your account into it as the articles were furnished, and he refused to do so?-Yes; I wished to have a knowledge of how I was going on.
706. When does the annual settlement take place?-Generally in February or March.
707. Where do you meet for the purpose of settling?-At Sumburgh, at Mr. Bruce's office.