1794. Are you paid for them at the time?-Yes.
1795. Will the merchant send you a large consignment of shawls at a time to be dressed?-Yes; sometimes he may send a good lot.
1796. And you return the lot you have got when they are finished, and get paid for them when you return them?-Yes; in money.
1797. There is nothing entered in any book between you about that?-No.
1798. Are you the largest dresser in Lerwick?-I don't know that I am.
1799. Are there any others in the business?-Yes; there are a good many.
1800. Do they live mostly at the Docks?-No; there are one or two dressers who live at the Docks. They don't do so much as I do, but Mr. Sinclair has dressers of his own who do more than I.
1801. Does he pay them day's wages?-No; I think he pays them just as they work for him. The veils, neckties, and scarfs go by dozens.
1802. Is that the way you charge for these things?-I charge 11s. 6d. for a dozen veils, and the same for a dozen neckties or scarfs. I charge 6d. for every shawl, sometimes 3d. or 4d. if it is small, or 1s. if it is a very fine one.
1803. Have you ever sold shawls to any people except merchants?-I have.