17,010. How do you take it up to the north?-By sailing vessels.
17,011. What is the freight?-We have paid 9s., and as low as 7s. 6d.; but about 8s. is the general thing to Burntisland. It is brought from Liverpool round by the north of Scotland and up the Firth.
17,012. Do you think 10s. would be about the freight to Shetland?-I would suppose so; but we generally get the freights cheaper to Burntisland than they would be there, as it is going to a loading port. Perhaps about 12s. would be a fair freight to Lerwick, because the vessel has to come away in ballast again.
17,013. What allowance would you make for wastage, if you were calculating the cost of curing?-About 21/2 per cent. is the usual thing; if there is more waste than that, then we charge the captain.
17,014. Have you ever made any estimate of the cost of curing a ton of cod or ling?-No; but I would suppose that in Shetland it would cost about £1 per ton to split them and cure them and dry them. There is a great deal of work connected with it.
Edinburgh, April 18, 1872, CATHERINE BROWN, examined.
17,015. Have you been a knitter of Shetland goods for a long time?-Yes, for about fifteen years.
17,016. Did you live in Lerwick at one time?-Yes.
17,017. Were you employed to knit a shawl for the Princess of Wales?-Yes; a cloth or burnous.
17,018. Have you an appointment as knitter to Her Royal Highness?-Yes.