2906. Is the business which you carry on similar to that of Mr. Laurenson?-No. I don't give out wool for people to knit. I only purchase a little over the counter, and I do very little of any kind in the fancy line.
2907. You do more in the coarser hosiery?-Yes.
2908. Do you deal largely in that business?-No, I don't do much in hosiery at all.
2909. What is your business?-Selling drapery goods.
2910. Do you sell them in the ordinary way for cash?-Yes, and I take a little hosiery when it is offered in exchange.
2911. But the bulk of your transactions are in cash?-Yes.
2912. Are you engaged in any other business?-No.
2913. Do you concur generally in the evidence which Mr. Laurenson gave, so far as the hosiery business is concerned?-I do. I think he gave a very fair statement of it.
2914. You do not wish to add anything to it?-No, for it is not much that I do in that line. I may say that I don't do any in fancy goods at all, I am not much acquainted with them.
2915. But you have a considerable trade in drapery goods and tea for cash?-Yes, or in exchange for goods. It is principally with country people that I deal.