936. Do they employ fishermen?-Charles Nicholson employs fishermen.
937. Do the fishermen who are employed by Nicholson and Tait supply their fish to them green or dry, as they like?-They only give them to them green, so far as I know.
938. But these merchants also buy cured fish from independent fishermen?-Yes.
939. With regard to your farm, do you sell any produce off your land?-We sell none.
940. What does it bear?-Oats and barley, or bere, and potatoes or turnips, and some cabbage.
941. Do you sell these things, or do you consume them yourselves?-We consume them either by ourselves, or by the stock on our farm. We have some cattle and sheep and pigs .
942. Do you sell your stock?-The cattle are generally sold to relieve the tenant's necessities, and in order to let him have a few shillings in money.
943. What is that money used for? Is it for things that you cannot buy in the store?-Yes; and sometimes for paying our rent.
944. I thought the rent was entered as part of your account with Messrs. Hay?-If our earnings are not sufficient to meet Messrs. Hay's account, or if we have overdrawn our account with them, then we sell an animal, and the price of it is put into the account.
945. Is there anything else for which you have to sell your cattle?-I am not aware of anything.