6972. Is the meal which you get there of good [Page 168] quality?-Yes; it is the same as we can get anywhere else in the country.
6973. Have you compared the price of the meal which you get there with the prices at which you can get it elsewhere?-Yes.
6974. Have you got meal from Lerwick?-Yes; and when the cost of carriage came to be added to it, it was much the same price as at Mr. Anderson's.
6975. Have you tried that more than once?-Yes.
6976. Is the flour of good quality?-Yes; the flour is not bad, and the price is just about the same as at Lerwick after adding something for carriage.
Hillswick, Northmavine, January 11, 1872, LAURENCE ANDERSON, examined.
6977. Are you a fisherman?-Yes; I have been a fisherman for some time.
6978. Have you got any land, or do you live with your father?-I am living with my father.
6979. Who do you fish for?-I have fished for Laurence Smith for three years.
6980. Do you settle with him every year in winter?-Yes.