6295. You think they may have been so much in debt, that it required more than one year for them to pay it up?-It is very probable that may have been the case.
6296. Have you any boys engaged on the beach?-No.
6297. Do any of your family knit?-Yes; they are always working away at it.
6298. Where do they sell their hosiery?-At different shops.
6299. Do they go to Lerwick with it?-Sometimes.
6300. Are they paid for it in goods?-I don't know. I don't inquire much about it.
6301. Have they got accounts of their own?-Yes; they keep their own accounts.
6302. Do they help you to keep the family?-I am not requiring it. I can keep my wife and myself; and my two daughters knit to provide themselves with what they want. I never inquire whether they get part cash for what they sell or knit.
6303. Do they clothe themselves by their own knitting?-Yes.
6304. Do they never help you to buy provisions for the family at all?-They work very hard at it, but I do not require them to bring any food into the house. I can buy it myself.