15,438. Have you no pass-book?-No.
15,439. Did Mr. Greig actually say to you that you must take your payment in truck?-He said we must take part of it in truck, and that he would not pay it all in money.
15,440. Did he use the word truck?-Yes.
15,441. Did he not say that you were to take part of it in goods?- Goods were the same as truck, and he meant that we were to take meal or tea, or anything, out of his shop.
15,442. But what did he actually say?-He said we must take goods out of his shop for part of the money, because he could not pay it all in money. He said that the first time I went to him.
15,443. When did he say it again?-He said it very often.
15,444. When did he say it last?-This winter.
15,445. Where did he say it?-In his shop at North Roe.
15,446. Were you asking for money at that time?-Yes. I asked him then for the 13s. which came for the pauper from Lerwick, and he said he would give me that, but that he need not have the trouble of paying it all down in money.
15,447. Had you not got a lot of supplies at that time?-No.