6354. How do you sell it?-We get 4s. 6d. per cwt. for it from Mr. Anderson.
6355. How are you paid for it?-We are paid in whatever we may ask for, in meal or tea, or goods of any kind.
6356. The way in which the kelp trade is carried on is, that you gather the kelp yourselves, and burn it and sell it?-Yes.
6357. Have you to pay for the privilege of gathering it?-We pay nothing.
6358. Can you sell it to any person you like?-There is no person buying it here except Mr. Anderson.
6359. How do you settle about your kelp? Have you an account in Mr. Anderson's books?-We get what we want, and pay for these goods with the kelp, and then anything we take out additional goes into the account for another year.
6360. Do you only settle once a year?-Yes.
6361. Do you always get 4s. 6d. a cwt. for it?-Yes; I got 5s. per cwt. some years ago, but the price is lower now.
6362. How long, in the course of the year, do you work at the kelp?-We work at it while the season is dry-from Whitsunday till the 1st August.
6363. During that time how many cwts. will you and your daughters gather?-Some years less, and some years more. We will sometimes have about £2 worth.