6325. Do any of your family work at kelp?-Yes; my daughters work at it.
6326. What do they get for that?-I suppose the price varies.
6327. Do they gather the sea-weed and make the kelp themselves, and sell it?-Yes.
6328. What do they get for it per cwt.?-I cannot tell. I think the price is £4 or £4, 10s. per ton; but I am not very sure.
6329. Do you know how that is paid to them?-They are paid in cash if they ask for it.
6330. But they have accounts of their own?-Yes.
6331. Who do they sell it to?-I think they sell it to Mr. Anderson.
6332. And it will be settled for when they settle their accounts?-I believe so.
6333. Do you know if there is any difference in the price of kelp, according as it is paid in goods or in cash?-I don't know, for I have never inquired about that.
6334. You said that a number of your neighbours had been carried through by the fish-merchant when they were in arrear from the badness of the season, and you also said that you knew a great number who had been so carried through?-Yes, a good many.