5534. But if the men made a bargain that they were to be paid in money for their fish every time they were delivered, they would not take it out in goods then?-No; they would have money.
5535. Is that ever done? Is the bargain ever made for a fixed price at the beginning of the season to be paid according to the weight of fish when it is delivered and every time it is delivered?-No; I never had that bargain, and I never heard of it.
5536. Have you ever heard of any different bargain from the common one of settling at the end of the year?-Yes; there is sometimes a difference in the bargains with regard to the lines, when men have lines of their own, and do not require to hire them.
5537. But in all those cases the settlement is at the end of the year
5538. Have you heard of any bargain for settling at another time than at the end of the year, and in a different way?-No.
5539. Did you ever know of men agreeing to fish for wages?-Not in the ling-fishing.
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5540. Do you think free men would agree to that?-I don't know: some of them might.
5541. Would you agree to it?-I would just as soon run my own chance.
Brae, January 10, 1872, GILBERT BLANCE, examined.