15,553. When did you not?-The first year I was out.
15,554. Was there something due to you that year?-Yes,
15,555. Did you ask for it to be paid to you?-Yes, at different times; but I did not get it. I was told that the agent had not got it himself, and that therefore I could not get it.
15,556. When did you return that year?-On 1st October.
15,557. How long was it after that before you got your money paid?-I never got it paid at all. I had to take goods for it out of Mr. Leask's shop.
15,558. Were you told to take goods?-No, he did not tell me to take them; but I had to take them when I could not get the money. I was in need of them.
15,559. Did you want the goods?-Yes, I was requiring things, and I got them there.
15,560. Did he say that you had better take goods, as the money had not come?-No, he did not say that. He only said it was not come every time I came and asked for it, and as I could not wait longer I just took the things I had to get.
15,561. How long was it after you returned before you began to take the goods?-About a month or five weeks.
15,562. How often had you asked for the money within that time?-Three or four times.