6178. Do you always take goods for them?-Generally.
6179. What is the price of your eggs?-For the last year or two they have generally been 6d.
6180. Can you sell them anywhere you like?-Yes.
6181. Could you sell them at Mossbank or at Brae if you could get a better price there?-So far as I know, we could.
6182. Nobody would make any objection to that?-Not so far as I know.
Hillswick, Northmavine, January 11, 1872, THOMAS THOMASON, examined.
6183. You are a fisherman at Eshaness?-Yes; and I fish at the fishing station at Stenness.
6184. Have you a boat of your own?-I have a share of a boat.
6185. Who do you fish for?-I have fished for Mr. Anderson for a while, but I might fish to any one I choose. I have fished for Mr. Anderson for a number of years.
6186. Have you a bit of land?-Yes, on Tangwick estate-Mrs. Cheyne's.