1034. Why did he have to pay it for his brother?-Because I think the father was not able, and Andrew had just to pay it.
1035. Were both the Laurensons living with their father?-No, Andrew was not living with him; he was married, and had gone away. But Robert was living with his father; and Andrew paid the money for the brother, because his father could not.
1036. Has there been any other case?-Yes; Peter Henry paid liberty money for himself about three years ago.
1037. Was Laurenson's money paid back?-Yes.
1038. After he had asked it?-I don't know if he asked it, but I know that it was paid back.
1039. Was Henry's paid back?-I don't know.
1040. Did these cases all occur about the same year?-Yes, all about the same time.
1041. Is it the case that at time you had several bad fishing seasons?-Yes.
1042. And is it the case that at that time Messrs. Hay were largely in advance to the fishermen in Burra?-Yes; for some years they were largely in advance.
1043. Did they want to get the young men to go to the Faroe fishing in order to get their parents out of debt: did they assign that as a reason for charging liberty money?-Yes, sometimes they did.