15,468. You have given your evidence in such a manner, that I cannot allow you any expenses for attending here.
Lerwick, January 30, 1872, ROBERT IRVINE, examined.
15,469. Are you a broker in Lerwick?-I am a general dealer. I deal in new as well as second-hand goods.
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15,470. Do you deal in provisions?-Very little; mostly in soft goods.
15,471. Do you make many purchases of soft goods and wearing apparel over your counter?-Of wearing apparel, but not of hosiery.
15,472. Do you sometimes purchase articles which are not made up, such as cotton?-Yes, and new articles too. If a man buys an article that does not fit him, and he comes back to me with it, I will take it from him and sell him another, or give him the cash.
15,473. Is this [showing] the book in which you enter all your transactions?-Yes.
15,474. Are women in the practice of selling goods to you which they have got in the shops?-There is very little of that done. I cannot say that I ever recollect a case of it.
15,475. Have you many transactions with women?-Very few. It is mostly men's apparel that I get.