8508. But he might pay it at another time and he might be wanting the money for his own immediate needs?-Such cases as that might occur, but not very often.
8509. You think the people round about you don't often do that?- I don't think they do.
Brae, January 13, 1872, PETER BLANCH, examined.
8510. Are you a fisherman and farmer near Brae?-Yes, about a mile or a mile and a half north from this.
8511. Have you a good bit of land?-Yes, just about as big as most of the people have hereabouts-a small allotment.
8512. Have you got a brother in Ollaberry?-I have a brother-in- law there, and a cousin, William Blanch.
8513. Have you been present to-day?-Not all the time. I have been here for about an hour.
8514. Have you heard the description which has been given of how the fishermen are settled with for their accounts?-Yes. I was present at the first meeting which was held at Brae.
8515. Do you settle in the same way as you have heard described?-Yes, much in the same way; but I am a Faroe fisherman, and I have been so for the last twelve years.
8516. Are you a skipper?-Yes.