995. Did you sign that document?-Yes.
996. So that, you are now under a written obligation not to sell tea?-Yes; a written obligation.
997. Have you heard anything of late years about that prohibition against selling tea?-No.
998. Is it common for a neighbour who has got more tea than he wants, to sell it to another?-No they don't do it now.
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999. Why?-I don't know, except just that they are afraid.
1000. Then, if you want tea or any other goods, must go direct to the store at Scalloway for them?-Yes, if we have not got money. If we had money, then we could go to any store we like, and buy what we want.
1001. Have the Burra people any complaints to make with regard to oysters?-I don't deal in them.
1002. You were engaged in the herring fishery. Was there any special complaint made in the memorial, or have you any special complaint to make just now, as to that fishery?-The herring fishery is carried on under the same restrictions as the ling,
1003. You are bound to hand over the fish to Messrs. Hay, and they are entered into the account the same as the others?-Yes.