15,563. Were you offered the goods?-No, I was never offered them until I asked for them.
15,564. Did you say anything about not getting your money to the agent or any of his people?-No, I did not say anything.
15,565. Are you sure there was £4 due to you at that time?- There was £4, 10s. due when we left home from the owners, and 30s. from the Shipwrecked Mariners' Fund, because we were shipwrecked.
15,566. Then there was no oil-money that year?-None.
15,567. Did you not get the payment from the Shipwrecked Mariners' Fund in cash?-No.
15,568. Did you apply for it in cash?-Yes; I applied at the shop for it, and I got a very little cash, perhaps about £1 at one time and another-not all at once.
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15,569. Have you ever taken part of your earnings in goods since then?-Yes, I have done so almost every year that I have been out.
15,570. But that was just in the account which you opened when you went away?-Yes.
15,571. Did your people get any advances when you were absent from the agent with whom you shipped?-Yes; a little.