It has already been mentioned that one branch of the knitting of
Shetland goods probably falls under the existing Truck Act,
1 and 2 Will. iv. c. 37. It rather seems, however, that such
knitting will not be one of the trades to which the bill now before
Parliament applies. It seems also doubtful whether the application
clause of the bill will extend, as it now stands, to all the branches
of fish-curing, or to the manufacture of kelp. See 33 and 34 Vict.
c. 62, sch. 2; 34 and 35 Vict. c. 4.