16,330. What do you mean by leaving your money along with him?-I get the same interest for my money when it is in his hands as I would get from the bank.
16,331. Then when you settle you don't always draw the whole balance that is due to you?-No.
16,332. You leave it in Mr. Leask's hands, and get interest allowed to you for it in your next account?-Yes.
16,333. Did you always have an account with him?-Yes.
16,334. Do all the men in the smacks keep accounts with the owner of the smack for their supplies?-Yes, so far as I know.
16,335. Do they all get money when they ask for it?-I never heard anything else. I never heard any man say that he had asked for money and did not get it.
16,336 Do they generally ask for much money?-I don't know. I suppose every man asks for what he requires, or according to what he has to get.
16,337. Are they not expected to get their supplies at the merchant's shop?-It is just as they like.
16,338. Of course it is just as they like, but are they not expected to get a part of their supplies in the shop?-I suppose so. They always do so.
16,339. Are there as many men to be had for the Faroe fishing as are wanted to man the smacks?-Yes. There has been no scarcity in time past.