6071. Have you generally a balance of cash to get at the end of the
year from Mr. Adie?-No.
6072. Are you generally in his debt to some extent at the end of the
year?-Yes.
6073. How much were you in debt last settlement?-It was for
something over £7.
6074. Have you always been in his debt?-Not always.
6075. How long is it since you had a balance to get?-I am not
sure, but I think it is four years ago.
6076. I see from your pass-book that you have got a number of
sums of cash paid to you. There are 16s., 8s., 2s. 6d. twice, 9d.,
1s. 2d., and 3s. in cash, between December 23, 1870, and
November 27, 1871: did you always get these advances of cash to
account of the fishing that was going on during this season?-I
always got the cash when I asked it.
6077. Did you get these advances to account of the fishing that
was going on last season?-I was at the fishing last year.
6078. And you were delivering fish to Mr. Adie at the time you got
that cash?-Yes.
6079. You were also to some extent in his debt?-Yes.
6080. Did he give you cash when you asked for it?-Yes.
6081. Did you get cash from him with which to pay your rent?-A
little: £2.
6082. That is not marked in your pass-book?-No.
6083. Did you get it since the last entry was made in your book?-
I got it before January. That is not all my account.
6084. Have you another book?-No.
6085. But there are some things which you have got which are not
put in here?-Yes; I have gone to the shop when I did not have my
book, and I have got what I asked.
6086. What goods you got in that way when you did not have
your pass-book were all put down in Mr. Adie's book, and you
remembered about them when you came to settle?-Sometimes,
and sometimes not.
6087. If you did not remember them, did you trust to the honesty
of the shopkeeper?-Yes.
6088. Is your account read over to you at settling time?-Yes, if I
ask it to be done.
6089. Do you generally ask it?-Sometimes I do not, if I am in a
hurry to get home.
6090. Then you have perfect confidence in their honesty?-I
always think it would do more harm to them than to me if they
were not honest.