6364. That will be about half a ton?-Yes.
6365. Did you take the price of that in goods?-We took some part of it in clothes, and some part in meal or tea, or just what we required of money articles.
6366. What do you mean by money articles?-Groceries, or meal or bread, or anything of that kind.
6367. Why do you call them money articles?-Because it is not often that they are got for hosiery or anything of that sort.
6368. Is it a common way of speaking here, to call groceries money articles because they are not given for hosiery?-Tea is sometimes given for hosiery, and bread and meal. They will give a certain quantity of these money articles for hosiery if they are asked for.
6369. Is there a less price given for the hosiery if it is paid in money, or in money articles?-I don't know; I never asked or received money, for hosiery either here or elsewhere.
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6370. Is there a different price for kelp according as it is paid in money or in goods?-I have heard it said that it is 4s. in money, or 4s. 6d. in goods.
6371. Have you always got the price of it in goods?-Yes.
6372. Did you never get money for your kelp at all?-No; I never asked money, and I never got it.