8085. How many large mercantile establishments or shops are there on the Busta property which are held by fish-curers?-Four. There is one at Voe, one at Brae, one at Hillswick, and one at Lochend (Mr. Laurenson's).
8086. I presume these are all the large establishments of that kind in the district of Delting and Northmaven, except the shop at Mossbank?-No; Messrs. Hay & Company have one at North Roe, at the very farthest extremity of Northmaven, and then there are fishing stations at Stenness and Feideland.
8087. But at these stations the fishermen are all employed by one or other of the merchants whose places of business you have enumerated?-Yes.
8088. And all these merchants hold their shops under the Busta trustees?-Yes.
8089. Have they all leases?-Yes.
8090. Can you tell me from recollection what the rents of these shops are?-The shops are not separately rented; they are let along with farms in every case.
8091. The merchants are not tacksmen of any tenants, but they have farms?-Yes; merely their own farms.
8092. Is there any prohibition to sub-let on these farms?-Yes; in every case.
8093. What are the rents of these four parties?-£327 for the four.
8094. In the district from Busta extending to the march of the Gossaburgh property at North Roe, is the greater part of the land under your management?-Yes.