6894. But there was a balance against you?-Yes; but it was not much-a mere trifle.
6895. Do you get cash from him during the season if you want it?-No; I will get anything he has in his shop to supply me with, either meat or anything else; but cash is seldom to be got.
6896. Why is that?-I don't know. I suppose it is because the man has not got much himself. Cash is not often very plentiful with him.
6897. Have you often asked for cash?-Not often. I may have asked for a shilling or two at a time. I could get anything else he had in his shop, but money was a thing that was seldom or never got.
Hillswick, Northmavine, January 11, 1872, LAURENCE PETERSON, examined.
6898. You are a fisherman, and the son of a previous witness?-I am.
6899. Whom do you fish for?-I fished first for Mr. Anderson for two years.
6900. Whom do you fish for now?-For Mr. Joseph Leask, Lerwick, at the Faroe fishing.
6901. When did you give over going to the home-fishing?-In 1868.
6902. You fished for Mr. Anderson then?-Yes.