16,064. Then for a hap like that, if there were 16 hundreds in it, the knitter would get only 2s. 8d. for the knitting?-Yes; but I think that for knitting borders they get a little more. It is for plain frocks that they say they get 2d. per hundred.
16,065. Are you always paid in goods for your work?-Mr. Sinclair always gave me what I asked. When I asked a little money I got it, and when I required goods for my family, such as soap, soda, or tea, I got them too.
16,066. But I suppose it was understood that you were to be paid in goods?-Yes, that was the custom of the place; but he always trusted me with anything I wanted, if I happened to be due him something at times.
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Lerwick, February 5, 1872, Mrs. ROSINA DUNCAN or SMITH, examined.
16,067. Do you live in Lerwick?-Yes.
16,068. Is your husband alive?-Yes. He is turning an old man now, but he was at the sea at one time.
16,069. Has he got a pension?-No.
16,070. Do you employ yourself in knitting?-I knit a little for my own family.
16,071. Have you given up knitting for other people-Yes.