339. And he pays you so much for the work you put upon it?-
Yes.
340. What is the value of the work you put upon the veil?-The
last veils I made I got 9d. apiece for them.
341. Does what you get for them depend upon the size of the
veils?-A good deal. These were the largest veils of all.
342. Then you will sometimes make four or five of them in a
week?-I just made three of these. They were large ones.
343. How often do you get settled with for your work?-We have
a pass-book, and the merchant lets it go on until he thinks we have
got goods up to the value we have knitted for. He then makes up
the book. [Produces pass-book in name of Harriet Brown, and
another in name of Amelia Brown.] These are my sisters. One
book served for the whole of us.
344. Did any one tell you to come here and bring those books?-
No; I just heard what was to be done, and I came of my own
accord.
345. These books contain the goods which you have purchased
from Mr. Linklater?-Yes.
346. The last one begins on April 16; 1870, and is added up in
January 1871. The amount at your credit is £5, 5s. 2d.: what does
that mean?-It means, that we have knitted articles to that amount,
and we have also got goods of that value. That was a square
balance. The articles we have knitted bringing out that sum, are
entered in a separate account at the end of the same book.
347. Is that account the same as appears in Mr. Linklater's
books?-Yes.
348. It is-April 16, By balance at account, 10s. 111/2d.; May 5,
twenty veils at 1s., £1: are these entered at the time you hand them
back?-Yes; I took twenty veils to Mr. Linklater at that time.
349. The next entry is-September 6, twenty veils at 1s., £1. I
thought you said you got 9d. for the largest veils you made?-Yes,
for the largest size; but the veils I took in then were finer work, and
the price for them was 1s. each.
350. Then-December 29, twenty veils at 1s, £1; March 30, two
shawls at 3s. 6d, 7s.; August 19, nine veils at 1s., 9s.; same date,
one shawl, 3s. 6d.-in all, £5, 10s. 51/2d. There is deducted £5, 5s.
2d., leaving a balance in your favour of. 5s. 31/2d.; and then the
account begins again, and is continued down till December 26?-
Yes.