222. But that was six years ago?-Yes.

223. When you knitted for the merchants, was the wool supplied to

you by them?-Yes.

224. Did you pay for it when you got it out, or when you were paid

for your work upon it?-I was just paid for my work.

225. How much would you be able to make in a week at that sort

of work?-I could not exactly say how much. I was in delicate

health; but in some weeks I might have earned 1s. 6d. a day, and in

some weeks perhaps less.

226. Was that the only thing you were working at?-Yes. The

only sort of knitting I had was veils and shawls.

227. But was knitting the only thing you were employed at that

time?-That was the only thing I was ever employed at in my life.

228. Then, on an average, you earned from 5s. to 6s. a week?-

Yes; or from 4s. to 5s.

229. How often were you paid?-Just when I asked for any sort of

goods that were in the shop.

230. Would you go once a week or once a fortnight to the shop for

payment?-Yes; perhaps I would. I just went as I was done with

the work which they required.

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