4578. Do you deal in the same way?-Yes; but I deal very little there.
4579. Where do you get your goods?-I get them at different places, but my chief dealings are at Gavin Henderson's. I have also some dealings at Mr. Bruce's store at Boddam, kept by Henry Isbister, which is close beside where I live.
4580. Do you generally receive a large balance at the end of the year in cash?-Yes, I am always paid in cash.
4581. How much of a balance in cash did you get last year?-I cannot remember exactly; and I have no copy of my account.
4582. Was it £5 or £6, or more?-I think it was £5 or £6, and the rest of my earnings went to pay my land rent and shop accounts.
4583. Have you made any comparison as to the prices of goods at the Boddam shop and the prices at which you could get them elsewhere?-I have not made a strict comparison, but the Boddam shop and the other shops do not differ much in most things.
4584. Have you anything to add to what has been said by the other witnesses?-We would be very happy to have the liberty of curing our fish ourselves.
4585. Have you tried that?-Yes; I have tried it in former times before I was taken under Mr. Bruce.
4586. Where was that?-At the same place where I am fishing yet.
4587. You had your liberty then?-Yes.