5788. Are your family generally supplied by Mr. Anderson at Hillswick?-No; not as a general rule.
5789. Do you run an account with Mr. Anderson?-Yes.
5790. The two sides are balanced at the end of the year in November, and you generally get a good part of your payment in cash?-Yes.
5791. Do you get advances in money during the fishing season?- Not unless I require them; but if require them, I can get them.
5792. Do you ask for them as a favour?-No.
5793. Do you want the money for some particular purpose when you ask for it?-Yes.
5794. Do you always get it when you ask it?-Yes. I asked for £5 this year, about the beginning of the fishing, and I got it without any difficulty.
5795. Do you also get any reasonable quantity of goods you want?-Yes.
5796. Are the goods supplied to you at Stenness or at Hillswick?- To a certain extent at Stenness, and for the greater part at Hillswick.
5797. Do you go there for them?-Yes.