3590. Was more asked for them from the merchants in the south than was paid for them to the knitters in Lerwick?-No; we were always very thankful to get what we had given in goods for them.
3591. But if a cash price was paid for an article, was a higher price put upon it when it was sold south?-Yes; if we paid cash, we required a little more than we had paid. We could not have carried on the business without having a little profit on it.
3592. You do not give out any knitting at all?-Scarcely any. I think I have only two girls knitting for me at present.
3593. Do they get any part of their payment in cash?-Yes, whenever they ask it.
3594. But is it not the understanding that they shall be paid in goods?-Yes; it is generally understood that they shall get anything they want.
3595. How much are they in use to ask for in cash?-Probably a shilling now and then.
3596. Do they live by their knitting, or have they other means of support?-There is one party that does something for me who lives exclusively, or almost exclusively, by knitting; but almost all the girls have something else to do besides that.
3597. What is the name of the girl who lives almost exclusively by knitting?-I think one of them is Catherine Borthwick.
3598. Tea is one of the most common articles you give in exchange for the knitting?-Yes.
3599. Have you ever known of the goods you gave being exchanged for necessaries after you gave them?-No.