692. Does he collect the rents on the property?-No; Mr. Bruce
carries through the annual accounting himself.
693. When you go to settle with him, the books of the store are all
made up by Mr. Irvine; and does Mr. Bruce state the balance to
you?-Yes.
694. Does he show you how it is made up?-Mr. Irvine tells us the
amount we have had from the store, and hands that in to Mr.
Bruce. Mr. Bruce enters that against us along with the rent, and
tells us the balance.
695. What means have you for checking that statement of his?
How do you know whether it is correct or not?-We don't have
the chance of knowing whether is correct or not.
696. Do you not know how much goods you have got?-Perhaps
we might; but we cannot know the price of the goods.
697. But you might know how much goods you have got, and how
much fish you have delivered, and how much you have to pay?-
But we don't know the price of the goods.
698. Do you not know the price of the goods at the end?-We hear
it read over as fast perhaps as it can be read.