5136. Then you were free before that?-No, we were not free; but we wrought upon a different scale.
5137. Were you bound at that time to fish for Mr. Grierson?-Yes.
5138. Is there anything you wish to add to the statement which the other men have made about the present state of things?-I have nothing to add to what the other Quendale men have stated.
5139. Have you been getting meal from Mr. Grierson's store?- No; I have got none there for the last two years. I required none during that time.
5140. Have you had plenty to supply you from your own ground?-Yes; or I had bought it at a roup when other people were going out.
Lerwick, January 9, 1872, PETER MOUAT SANDISON, examined.
5141. You are inspector of poor in the parish of Fetlar and North Yell?-I am.
5142. You were formerly engaged in the fish-curing trade?-I was, for a considerable time.
5143. Have you heard the evidence of any of the witnesses who have been examined here to-day?-I have.
5144. Was the mode of paying for fish, and the way in which the accounts of the fishermen were settled at the end of the year, much the same in Yell when you were engaged in the business as you have heard described?-Yes, the settlement was much the same.