4530. Do you get an account when you settle with him?-Yes; I have got a copy of it for one year. [Produces it.]
4531. Do you get that as a matter of course when you are settling with Mr. Bruce?-I asked for it, and he did not refuse to give it to me.
4532. This account is for the settlement which took place in April last?-Yes.
4533. It shows-June 27, 1870, to cash for self, £1; Sept. 16, to cash for self, £1; Dec. 22, to amount to credit of Paul Smith: what does that mean?-It was a small sum I advanced a brother-in-law of mine to help him to pay his rent. It was entered from my account into his, and was the same as cash.
4534. Jan. 6, to cash for self, 10s.; to fine for swine, 2s. 6d.: what was that fine for?-The landlord has a law that if you allow your swine to go at large, and the officer for that purpose catches them outside your house loose, he imposes a fine of 2s. 6d. upon you for each offence.
4535. Is that law in the regulations of lease, or is it just an understood thing?-It is understood to be a law that he has made.
4536. But you are not a landholder?-No; but the swine belonged to me.
4537. Then there is, to a ticket and medal for 1871, 3s.: that is for the Fishermen's Society?-Yes.
4538. March 15, to account per Henry Gilbertson, 3s. 4d.: what was that?-That was a small balance that was advanced by him for me to the other Henry Gilbertson.
4539. To 11/2 bushels salt from Scatness, 1s. 6d., by amount from boat's account, £19, 4s. 31/2d.: that was the amount of your earnings?-Yes.