16,222. From what agents have you got your engagement?-From Mr. Joseph Leask, Mr. George Reid Tait, and Messrs. Laurenson & Co.
16,223. How long have you been doing that?-Since 1854. I have been in Greenland almost every year since then.
16,224. Did you always get your outfit from the agent with whom you were engaged?-Always.
16,225. And some supplies for your family besides?-Yes.
16,226. Did you keep an account in the agent's shop, from which your family got what they wanted during your absence?-Yes.
16,227. Did your wife get all her supplies from Lerwick?-No; she got most of them from shops in our own neighbourhood, because it was a long distance to come to Lerwick; but sometimes she sent here, and sometimes not.
16,228. Why did she send here for them?-Sometimes she had to send here for money when she could not get money from her neighbours.
16,229. Did she get money here whenever she wanted it?-Yes, so far as ever I knew.
16,230. Did she have allotment notes?-Yes, towards the end of the time, but not at first.
16,231. Did you always take allotment notes for her use while you were absent?-I have done so lately.