4789. At which shop do you deal?-At Grutness store.
4790. Do you run up a large account in the course of the year?- Generally I do.
4791. Does your account take off most of the price of your fish?- Yes, the most of it.
4792. You only get a small balance at the end of the year?-Yes, if I have it to get; but if not, Mr. Bruce is kind enough to make me a small advance as I need it.
4793. Of course that is on the footing that you are to fish to him next year?-We understand so.
4794. Do you think you would get your meal cheaper at another store than at Grutness, if you had liberty to deal at another store?- I think so, according to what other people say.
4795. Have you inquired the price of meal at Messrs. Hay's shop there?-I have not inquired about it myself.
4796. What do you pay for your meal at Grutness store?-It varies according to the quality and the current price of meal.
4797. Do you pay the same price for it all the year round?-Yes.
4798. Is that generally the price which prevails at the end of the year at settling time, or is it an average of the prices that have prevailed during the whole year?-When it all comes to be summed up, it is generally a little in advance, on the whole, of what we could buy meal for at another shop,-for instance, at Hay and Co.'s.