4770. When will you be going back to it?-Not until the month of April, or the 1st of May.
Lerwick, January 9, 1872, ROBERT MALCOLMSON, examined.
4771. You are a fisherman and tenant on Mr. Bruce's lands at Northtown of Exnaboe?-I am.
4772. You have heard the evidence of William Goudie and Laurence Smith?-Yes.
4773. Does it give a fair account of the way in which you deal in fish and purchase goods with Mr. Bruce of Sumburgh?-Yes, it gives an accurate account of it, so far as my experience goes.
4774. Were you a beach boy when you were young?-Not to Mr. Bruce. At that time the men had their liberty and cured their fish for themselves.
4775. Do you know anything about the way in which beach boys are dealt with now?-No.
4776. None of your family or friends are beach boys?-None.
4777. Have you known of any case in which a man was turned out, or threatened to be turned out of his ground for selling his fish to another than the proprietor?-Yes; I know one case. That was the case of Thomas Harper, James Harper's son, who was referred to before.
4778. That was a good many years ago?-Yes.