7960. On whose land is your shop?-Mr. Gifford's of Busta.
7961. How long have you had it?-The shop has been going on for about ten years.
7962. Were you at any time forbidden, either verbally or by your lease, to have a shop on that ground?-No; I was told to go on.
7963. Was there a shop there before you went?-Yes; they always used to keep some small articles there for sale.
7964. Do your customers generally pay you in ready money?- Yes; I deal all in ready money; and I buy fish for cash. I am a fisherman myself, and I buy few fish from others as I have a chance, paying money for them, and my family cure them.
7965. Is it the summer fishing you go to?-I am at home all the year round at the sea-side, and I fish there, but they are generally small fish I take.
7966. You don't go to the haaf?-No.
7967. Have you a boat's crew?-No. My father and a boy go along with me.
7968. Are you able to cure both your own fish and the fish which you buy from other men?-Yes.
7969. What quantity do you buy from other men?-It varies in different years. When there are plenty of small cod in the Sound, I may have 11/2 ton during the season, while in other seasons I may have only the half of that.