1620. Do you not get part of the price in money?-No; I have never any money from Mr. Sinclair, except perhaps 5s., for the whole fourteen years I have wrought for him.
1621. Do you get money from other dealers you have mentioned?-I have got a little money from Mr. Thomas Nicholson; but it is not long since he began business for himself.
1622. Do you often go into the shops with articles worth about 10s?-Yes.
1623. How much of that do you get in money?-I have never got any money from Mr. Sinclair at all. It is about seven years since I asked him for 1s., and he would not give it me, and I have not asked since.
1624. Can you only get dry goods and tea at the shops?-I can get tea, and soap, and soda, and blue, and starch, and the like of that.
1625. How do you get your food?-I have a father, who buys it for me.
1626. You live with your father, and get your food with the family?-Yes; what his wages can bring in.
1627. Is that the only way you have of getting a living?-No; sometimes I have to take things out of the shop and sell them for money.
1628. To whom do you sell them?-To any neighbour or any person who requires them.
1629. Do you do that often?-No; I have not done it for the last two years, because some of the ladies in the town have employed me to knit for money.