6962. Would it not be better to get your payments in cash at shorter periods, rather than to have the whole of your money paid to you at the end of the year?-I don't know.
6963. Do you not forget what quantity of goods you have got from the merchant in the course of the year?-Oh no. We can easily remember what goods we have had; and besides, we generally keep accounts of our own; at least I do so.
6964. Have you got a pass-book in which are entered all the goods you receive from Mr. Anderson?-Yes [produces pass-book].
6965. How long have you kept that passbook?-I think it is from 1865 or 1866 to the present time.
6966. Is that just a copy of the account that is entered in Mr. Anderson's book?-Yes.
6967. I see here an entry of a payment to Mr. Inkster: what was that for?-I asked Mr. Anderson to make it.
6968. Were you in Mr. Anderson's debt at the time?-I don't think I was.
6969. Is there any entry here showing how you are settled with at the end of the year?-Yes [showing]; the balance in 1870 was £14, 8s. 7d.
6970. You live with your father?-Yes.
6971. And you take meal from Mr. Anderson for the supply of your father's family?-Yes, at times, when they require it.