4847. Were you also in debt in 1869?-Yes.
4848. Was the balance also on the wrong side for you in 1868?-I don't think it.
4849. Do you think you had something to get in 1868?-If I remember right I had.
4850. Do you remember how you stood in 1867?-I think that I was clear.
4851. But you had not much to get?-No.
4852. You are a married man and have a family?-Yes.
4853. Is there anything you wish to add to what you have heard the previous witnesses say?-Nothing further than just that I am not satisfied with my wages.
4854. Have you not something to say yourself in fixing your charges?-No.
4855. How is that? You need not work unless you know what wages you are to get beforehand?-No; but there is no general work there to work at. Mr. Bruce is the only man who has work to do and when a man is in necessity he must work.
4856. Can you not get land of your own?-No; I am not able to hold any land, because my family are sickly, and are not able to work upon it.