3531. From merchants or from people?-Generally from country people.
3532. Do you always pay money for it?-Yes.
3533. Have you bought it from merchants too?-Yes.
3534. Do you always pay them money for it?-I have seen Mr. Sinclair sometimes supply me with some of it on work, although it was a money article and I felt obliged to him for it, because I sometimes could not get it from the country as well as he could.
3535. That was given you to work into things for yourself?-Yes.
3536. But the price was the same, in both cases?-Yes; of the Shetland worsted.
3537. And when you got it from the shop in that way, it was as a favour that you got it?-Yes.
3538. What would be the value of the Shetland worsted in a shawl that was worth 20s.?-I generally deal with Mr. John White in shawls that are worth more than that. I do not send many to him now.
3539. Do you get a high price for them from him?-No; I can get as much for them in Lerwick.
3540. What price do you get for these shawls?-From 28s. to 30s.; and I can go in with the same shawl to any of the shops in Lerwick and get the same price, only in goods. I don't say that Mr. White will give us any more for our shawls than the merchants here will give us in goods.