16,082. Could you get money for the tea?-I did not sell it; I kept it for my own use.
16,083. Did you ever sell anything that you got for hosiery?-No. I always required anything I got for my own family.
Lerwick, February 5, 1872, GRACE SLATER, examined.
16,084. Are you a knitter in Lerwick?-Yes.
16,085. Do you do anything else?-I keep lodgers. They are generally workmen, such as masons.
16,086. Do you knit a good deal?-No; all that I do in that way is very trifling. It is generally fine veils that I knit.
16,087. Who do you sell them to?-Mr. Sinclair; I work for him; he gives me the worsted. It is Scotch worsted that I get, but I don't know the quality of it, nor the price.
16,088. Have you got any of these veils in hand just now?-Yes, I have a few that I am knitting.
16,089. Do you knit with your own wool at all?-No, I only work for him.
16,090. How much do you get for knitting one of these veils?- From 16d. to 1s., according to the quality as it is coarse or fine.