7223. It is only the North Roe men you are speaking of now?- Yes.
7224. The Yell men don't deliver their fish to you in that way?- No; not generally.
7225. Then that sum would be paid to about 33 men?-I think there are more than that who engage in the winter fishing. Some of the men who go to the Faroe fishing, and some also who go south, employ their time in winter in that way.
7226. That would make it a very small sum that is paid to the men for their winter fishing?-Yes; it is very small.
7227. So that it rather seems the winter fishing is hardly worth taking into account in your general transactions?-It is not.
7228. Do Messrs. Hay & Co. purchase cattle to any extent for the purpose of selling them?-They have an island, the island of Uyea, where they graze for their own purposes.
7229. Is that in Unst?-No; it is in this parish. I buy the cattle for that island yearly.
7230. Is it simply for grazing purposes there that you buy the cattle?-For no other purpose.
7231. Are they bought at public sales?-Generally they are.
7232. Do these cattle enter the accounts of the fishermen?-Yes, mostly. They pass through their accounts; but I could show cases where they received the cash again immediately.