2665. Is there anything else you wish to say?-I don't think there is anything else.
Lerwick, January 4, 1872, ROBERT LINKLATER, examined.
2666. You carry on business as a merchant in Lerwick?-Yes.
2667. You purchase hosiery, and you keep a stock of drapery goods, and tea, and other articles?-Yes. Tea is the only thing in the grocery line which I keep.
2668. Have you heard the evidence of the preceding witnesses?- Only of the last witness.
2669. Is the manner of conducting business in your establishment similar to that which has been described as being carried on in Mr. Sinclair's?-Very similar; there are some differences.
2670. You deal with knitters of two kinds-women who knit with your wool, and those who sell to you?-Yes.
2671. In both cases are the settlements usually made by means of goods which they take from you?-Yes, principally.
2672. In what proportion is money paid to women who knit with your wool?-I cannot say what the proportion may be.
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