5915. How are they paid?-By the day.
5916. When are they paid?-Whenever they wish
5917. Is there a weekly pay-day with them?-There may be, if they wish; but sometimes, for their convenience, we do not settle weekly. The settlement may run for three, four, five, or six weeks, or perhaps whole season.
5918. How many days will these women be employed in the course of the season? Is it anything like constant employment?- Yes; at least during the summer. From the end of May till the end of September we will employ on an average about twenty women daily at Mossbank, and about ten at Greenbank.
5919. Do these women run an account at your shop for goods?- Yes.
5920. Is a considerable amount of their wages paid to them in goods?-Yes, a considerable part.
5921. Is there any understanding or rule that they shall take part of their wages in goods?-There is no such understanding.
5922. They are quite at liberty with regard to that-Yes.
5923. Will they get cash if they ask for it?-Yes, if they have it to get; but it is a convenience for them to get their goods from our shop. It saves them the trouble of going a greater distance for them.
5924. Is there no other shop there?-Not close by. The nearest shop is about a mile off, I think.