4637. I see here an entry of 11/2 lines, 3s. 5d.: are these lines for your fishings?-Yes.
4638. Is the price of lines there as moderate as at other places?- The lines differ in quality. Sometimes we have them as good there as in other places, and at other times not so good.
4639. But what about the price of them? Are they as cheap there as at other places?-If the quality is as good, they are. [Produces another pass-book.]
4640. Is this the book in which you enter the fish as they are delivered?-Yes.
4641. Who enters them there?-Myself. It is example of how we mark down the fish. That book contained an account which I had running with Gavin Henderson in 1867, and I afterwards used it as a fish book with Mr. Bruce.
4642. You enter the fish in this book, and Mr. Bruce's factor enters them in a book of his own besides?-Yes.
4643. Do all the boats' crews keep books in which they enter their fish in the same way?-So far as I know they do.
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4644. Is that the only way you have of checking the amount of fish you get?-Yes.
4645. At the end of the year you see the quantity you have delivered as it is entered in the landlord's book, and you see that you get credit for it in your account with Mr. Bruce?-Yes.