7400. What do you pay for your meal just now?-It varies in price, according to the seasons. I could not exactly say what the meal is just now, because I am not buying any at present. The last I bought was in the summer, when I went to the fishing, and I think paid 5s. 4d. per lispund of 32 lbs. for it.
7401. Is it by lispund weight you generally buy it?-It is sometimes by lispund weight, and sometimes by boll weight.
7402. What is the price of a boll?-22s.
7403. Have you ever fished for other fish-curers than Messrs. Hay & Co.?-Yes; I fished for the late James Peterson at North Roe. That was before Messrs. Hay got the shop there.
7404. Since Messrs. Hay have had a place there, have you ever fished for any other merchants?-No.
7405. Have you ever sold your fish to other curers?-No.
7406. Not your small fish?-No.
7407. Have you never sold a single fish to anybody except Messrs. Hay & Co.?-I recollect selling perhaps a cwt. or two through the winter to Mr. Inkster at North Roe.
7408. Were you paid in cash for them?-Yes.
7409. Did Mr. Greig find any fault with you for doing so?-No.