15,806. On May 16, 1870, I see you are charged 8d. for oatmeal: how much was that for?-4 lbs.
15,807. Were you told at the time you got it what the price of it was to be?-No; I did not know at the time how much it was to be.
15,808. On June 27 you are charged 2s. for tea: how much was that?-Half a pound.
15,809. Do you buy 4s. tea at Lochend?-We have bought 5s. tea at Lochend, but that was in 1863.
15,810. Is it very fine tea that you get at 2s. per 1/2 lb.?-We ask for the best that is in the shop.
15,811. Are you quite content with the quality of it?-We must just take it as it is, because we have no means of going anywhere else. I have a sample of it here. [Produces sample of tea.]
15,812. Is that 4s. tea?-No, it is 4s. 4d. tea. That [producing line] is the line they gave us for the goods we got on the 22d of this month. [Witness produces line in the following form
s d
By hosiery 2 0
Tea 1 1
0 11
Rice 0 31/2
0 71/2
Sugar 0 21/2
0 5
s d
0 5
Soda 0 1
0 4
Soap 0 11/2
0 21/2
Cloves 0 1
0 11/2
Sugar and tobacco 0 11/2
15,813. Where do you say you got these goods?-At Lochend, from Mr. Laurenson.