6933. Was that all paid to you in money at the settlement?-If I had liked to take it all in money I could have got it, but I did not take it all. I left some money in the book in Mr. Leask's shop.
6934. Then your account is still standing in his book?-Yes.
6935. What was your reason for sending meal home to your people from Lerwick?-I suppose the reason was, because they could not get a supply at home from Mr. Anderson, whom they were serving.
6936. Was that about the time when your father left off fishing for him?-Yes, that was about the time.
6937. Did you ever work as a beach boy here?-No; I was always at school before I went to the fishing.
Hillswick, Northmavine, January 11, 1872, JOHN SANDISON, examined.
6938. Are you a fisherman?-I am.
6939. Have you got some land?-Yes; I live on a farm in Hillswick along with my father. The land we have belongs to the Busta estate.
6940. Do you go to the home fishing?-Yes.
6941. For whom do you fish?-For Mr. Anderson. I have fished for him and his brother for upwards of twenty years. I went to the fishing when I was a little boy. I never was at the beach.