Second Shetland
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共 467 题- Second Shetland Truck System Report
- NOTES 1.
- NOTES 2.
- GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF SHETLAND.
- SOCIAL STATE.
- DWELLINGS.
- THE LING FISHERY.
- DIFFERENT KINDS OF FISHING.
- FISHING TENURE FORMERLY EXISTING.
- LAND QUESTION CONNECTED WITH TRUCK QUESTION.
- TACKSMEN AND MERCHANTS.
- MODE OF FISHING.
- AGREEMENTS AND SETTLEMENTS.
- TRUCK.
- COMPLAINTS BY FISHERMEN.
- FISHING TENURES.
- SUMBURGH [Qu. 548 sqq.]
- QUENDALE.
- LUNNA.
- WHALSAY.
- BURRA ISLANDS.
- GOSSABURGH.
- BURRAVOE.
- SKERRIES
- YELL, ETC.
- OLLABERRY.
- CASE OF SEAFIELD TENANTS.
- CASE OF ROBERT MOUAT AT MOUL
- EVICTION AND LIBERTY MONEY.
- THE FORTY DAYS' WARNING TOO SHORT
- STATEMENTS BY LANDHOLDERS AND TACKSMEN
- PAYMENT OF RENTS THROUGH MERCHANTS.
- SPENCE & CO.'S LEASE
- RESTRICTION OF FISHERMEN BY LETTING OF BEACHES
- TRUCK SYSTEM-ADVANCES AND SETTLEMENTS.
- CASH ADVANCES
- MEN MUST DEAL AT CURER'S SHOP
- ARGUMENTS FOR PRESENT SYSTEM
- BOATS AND FISHING MATERIALS.
- STOCK SOLD TO MERCHANTS
- SETTLEMENTS AND PASS-BOOKS
- THE RETURNS AND TABLES.
- TABLE I.--HOME FISHING--SEASON 1867. [Page 25]
- 1. No. of Fishermen employed
- 2. Amount of Goods debited to Fishermen
- 3. Cash advanced before Settlement
- 5. Gross Sum credited to Men for Fish
- 6. Gross Sum credited to them for Stock, etc.
- 7. Cash due to Fishermen at Settlement
- 8. Cash paid to them at Settlement.
- 9.1. No. of Fishermen indebted at Settlement of 1866
- 10.1 No. of Fishermen indebted at Settlement of 1866
- TABLE II.--HOME FISHING--SEASON 1871. [Page 26]
- 1. No. of Fishermen employed
- 2. Amount of Goods debited to Fishermen.
- 3. Cash advanced before Settlement.
- 4. Fishing Expenses charged to the Men.
- 5. Gross Sum credited to them for Fish.
- 6. Gross Sum credited to them for Stock, etc.
- 7. Cash due to them at Settlement.
- 8. Cash paid to them at Settlement
- 9.1 No. of Fishermen indebted at Settlement of 1870
- 9.2 Total Debts
- 10.1. No. of Fishermen indebted at Settlement of 1871
- 10.2. Total Debts
- NOTES BY P. TO HIS ANSWERS 1870.
- TABLE III.--FAROE FISHING--SEASON 1867. [Page 27]
- 1. No. of Fishermen employed
- 2. Amount of Goods debited to Fishermen.
- 3. Cash advanced before Settlement.
- 4. Fishing Expenses charged to the Men.
- 5. Gross Sum credited to Men for Fish.
- 6. Gross Sum credited to them for Stock, etc.
- 7. Cash due to Fishermen at Settlement.
- 8. Cash paid to them at Settlement.
- 9.2. Total Debts
- TABLE IV.--FAROE FISHING--SEASON 1871. [Page 28]
- TABLE V.--HOME FISHING--SEASON 1867. [Page 29]
- 5. Total Debits to Fishermen.
- 7. Total Credits to Fishermen.
- 9. No. of men engaged during the Year.
- TABLE VI.--HOME FISHING--SEASON 1871. [Page 30]
- 2. Fishing Expenses Charged to the Men.
- 3. Goods charged to the Men.
- 5. Total Debits to Fishermen.
- 7. Total Credits to Fishermen.
- 9. No. of men engaged during the Year.
- GRUTNESS
- QUENDALE
- MOSSBANK
- HAY & CO.'S SHOPS
- VOE
- R. MOUAT'S SHOP
- BURRAVOE
- UNST
- VIDLIN
- YELL, OLLABERRY, ETC
- MOSSBANK
- UYEASOUND.
- LOCHEND.
- SPLITTERS, BEACH-BOYS, AND WOMEN.
- WAGES SETTLED IN GOODS
- BEACH FEES
- FAROE FISHING.
- HOME COD FISHERY.
- KELP
- EGGS, BUTTER, ETC.
- HOME-SPUN CLOTH.
- HERRING FISHERY.
- PAYMENTS TO PAUPERS.
- FAIR ISLAND.
- FOULA.
- CENSUS.
- NORTHERN WHALE AND SEAL FISHING.
- AGENTS' EVIDENCE IN CONTRADICTION OF FORMER REPORT
- HOSIERY AND SHETLAND
- KNITTING PAID IN GOODS
- LINE-BOOK
- SALE OR BARTER OF LINES
- WORK-BOOKS FOR KNITTERS EMPLOYED BY MERCHANTS
- PASS-BOOKS
- SALE OF GOODS GOT FOR KNITTING
- MERCHANT'S PROFIT ON HOSIERY
- MERCHANTS PRICES FOR GOODS
- TWO PRICES FOR GOODS
- SHETLAND YARN
- SPINNING.
- GENERAL OBSERVATIONS.
- MODES IN WHICH WAGES ARE PAID
- APPLICATION OF STATUTES
- BARTER OF EGGS ETC.
- BARTER OF KNITTED ARTICLES
- CASES IN WHICH LABOUR IS PAID BY A SHARE OF THE PROFITS
- The objections may be reduced, to two classes:-
- SHORT PAYMENTS 'IMPRACTICABLE'.
- SHORT PAYS 'NOT ADVANTAGEOUS TO FISHERMEN'
- OPINION OF MR SANDISON IN FAVOUR OF SHORT PAYMENTS
- GENERAL INQUIRIES AS TO FISHERIES IN OTHER PLACES
- COMBINATION OF FISHING AND FARMING
- INQUIRIES AT WICK
- LAND QUESTION.
- I. LEASES AND RULES FOR TENANTS.
- II. RULES FOR THE BETTER MANAGEMENT OF THE SUMBURGH ESTATE.
- III.
- V.
- II.--THE FISHERIES AND FISHING TRADE OF WICK.
- Priced per ton
- AVERAGE.
- Lerwick, January 1, 1872. CATHERINE WINWICK, examined
- 1. You live in Lerwick?-Yes.
- 2. You are in the habit of knitting for Mr. Linklater?-Yes.
- 3. For any one else?-No.
- 4. Do you supply your own wool?-No.
- 5. Where do you get it?-I knit Mr. Linklater's own worsted.
- 6. Do you get a supply of it at his shop?-Yes.
- 8. Are you paid in money?-Some in money and some in goods.
- 10. He puts the price upon it?-Yes.
- 12. Do you keep a pass-book with him?-No.
- 21. Or for provisions?-Yes.
- 23. Do you live by yourself?-Yes.
- 24. And not in family with any others?-No.
- 25. Do you make all your living by knitting?-Yes.
- 27. You pay rent for a room?-Yes.
- 30. But you could only get goods?-Yes.
- 37. Was that to make a dress with?-No; it was white cotton.
- 38. Did you ask for that?-Yes.
- 39. Did you want it for any particular purpose?-Yes; I wanted it.
- 41. Did you get the rest in money?-Yes.
- 55. Have they told you that?-Yes.
- 58. But you would rather have it all in money?-Yes.
- 59. And you cannot get it?-No.
- 61. Have you tried that?-Yes.
- 63. Has Mr. Linklater done that?-Yes.
- 64. Did he refuse to give you money for that shawl?-Yes.
- 68. Is there anything else you want to say?-No.
- 69. Do you live in Lerwick?-Yes.
- 70. Your mother is a widow?-Yes.
- 75. Is she an agent?-Yes.
- 76. For whom?-I think she is agent for Mr. White, in Edinburgh.
- 79. Do you sometimes sell to the merchants in Lerwick?-Yes.
- 80. To whom?-To any one who is buying anything.
- 85. Does she only deal in tea?-In nothing else, so far as I know.
- 88. Do you get part of it in money?-No; I get no money.
- 89. You have to take it all in goods?-Yes.
- 93. Where do you buy your worsted?-From the shops.
- 101. What was it?-A necktie.
- 110. What did you get for it?-I just got anything I required.
- 112. Did you want the tea?-Yes.
- 118. Does that mean ready-money?-Yes.
- 122. You work for Mr. Leask?-Yes.
- 127. You have no complaint to make about that?-No.
- 131. Where is that money paid to you?-In the shop.
- 133. Is the office at the Docks?-No; it is in the town.
- 137. During all that time you won't do much knitting?-No.
- 138. But you get your wages every week?-Yes.
- 139. How much do you get?-1s. a day.
- 140. And that is paid weekly on Saturdays at the office?-Yes.
- 141. Do you take that money home?-Yes; what I don't pay away.
- 145. Every week?-No; sometimes it is more, and sometimes less.
- 147. Or that you are expected to go there?-No.
- 150. Are you in the habit of knitting goods for sale?-Yes.
- 153. Who is that woman?-Mrs. Irvine, Burn's Close.
- 154. Is that the mother of the last witness?-Yes.
- 155. Do you buy the wool from a farmer?-Yes.
- 160. Why don't you sell it?-Because I can't get money for it.
- 161. Who have you asked to buy it?-I have asked none lately.
- 162. Who have you asked at all?-I have asked no one in the town.
- 164. Have you ever asked money for your shawls?-Yes; often.
- 167. Are these all you remember?-Yes.
- 169. What was the price put upon it?-30s.
- 170. Was that what you call fine knitting?-Yes.
- 171. How were you paid for it?-I got goods for it.
- 172. Did you get no money at all?-No.
- 175. What goods did you get?-I got bread.
- 176. Does Mr. Laurenson sell bread in his shop?-Yes.
- 177. Was there an account run for that?-Yes.
- 178. What else did you?-Just all kinds of things I was using.
- 180. Any clothes?-No clothes.
- 181. Was there any account due before you sold that shawl?-No.
- 185. Does that account still continue?-Yes.
- 187. Do you live in the Widows' Asylum?-Yes.
- 188. Are you not provided for there?-No.
- 189. You have to get your own food?-Yes.
- 191. Have you sold anything to him since then?-No.
- 192. Have you sold anything to any one else?-No.
- 196. Was that because you had not wool of your own?-Yes.
- 199. Were you paid that £1?-Yes.
- 200. In money?-No.
- 201. Did you ask for money?-No.
- 203. Did you get any part of it in money?-No.
- 204. What did you get?-Just any clothes that I was needing.
- 206. Did you say you wanted money?-No.
- 207. What did you say?-That I was wanting some goods.
- 208. Did you mention the goods you wanted?-Yes.
- 211. Then you are to knit him something more?-Yes.
- 212. You have another order just now?-Yes.
- 213. Are you working at it?-I have not begun to it just yet.
- 214. Have you anything else to sell just now?-Yes.
- 218. Is there anything else you wish to say?-No.
- 219. Are you a knitter in Lerwick?-Yes.
- 220. Do you live alone?-I live with my aged stepmother.
- 222. But that was six years ago?-Yes.
- 231. Did you get a book?-No. I never kept a book.
- 233. They kept an account in a book?-Yes.
- 237. Were these the goods you got from the merchants?-Yes.
- 265. When did you ask last for money?-On Saturday.
- 266. Who did you ask?-Mr. Sinclair.
- 267. What did he say?-He gave me what I asked.
- 268. How much was that?-I just asked 1s.
- 270. How much was it altogether?-I got 10s. 6d. for the shawl.
- 272. Did you ask for more money than that?-Not on Saturday.
- 273. You got all the money you wanted then?-Yes.
- 274. How much did you the time before?-I got 2s. 6d. then.
- 275. From whom?-From Mr. Sinclair.
- 278. How much money did you ask that time?-I asked for 5s.
- 281. You did not get a line at that time?-No.
- 282. The things you got you really wanted?-Yes.
- 295. For goods?-Yes; but not for money, so far as I know.
- 296. For fish?-Yes; I have got that on lines.
- 297. And bread?-Yes.
- 303. Are there many such lines given to people at shops?-Yes.
- 305. Are you a knitter in Lerwick?-Yes.
- 306. For whom do you knit?-For myself.
- 309. Do you purchase it from farmers?-Yes.
- 311. Does she still deal in hosiery?-Yes.
- 312. How are you paid?-Generally just by goods.
- 314. What was the value of the shawl?-It was 12s.
- 322. At how much?-At 7d. per yard. I also got some wincey.
- 323. Did that balance the account exactly?-Yes.
- 324. You got what made exactly the 10s. worth?-Yes.
- 330. Is that all you want to say?-Yes.
- 331. Are you a knitter in Lerwick?-Yes.
- 332. Do you live with your parents?-Yes.
- 333. What is your father?-A shoemaker.
- 334. And you knit for your own benefit?-Yes.
- 335. For whom do you knit-For Mr. Robert Linklater.
- 336. What kind of goods do you knit?-Generally veils.
- 338. Is it his worsted you work?-Yes.
- 351. Do you live with your father?-Yes.
- 359. When did you ask for it last?-Some time in 1871.
- 362. Is there anything else you want to say?-No.
- 364. You have come from the parish of Sandwick?-Yes.
- 365. How far is that from Lerwick?-About thirteen miles.
- 368. You do some work in knitting?-Yes.
- 369. For whom do you work?-For Mr. Robert Linklater.
- 370. Do you always work for him?-Yes. I work for nobody else.
- 371. Have you a pass-book?-No.
- 378. Do you sometimes ask for money?-Yes.
- 382. You don't make any bargain beforehand?-No.
- 386. Why?-I had no particular I reason for not taking it.
- 392. Did you ask for money then?-Yes.
- 393. Who did you ask it from?-Mr. Linklater.
- 402. You sometimes work out-of-doors?-Yes.
- 405. Whose ground are you on?-Mr. Bruce of Sand Lodge.
- 411. Have you ever received a line instead of goods?-No.
- 412. Have you ever asked for a line?-No.
- 415. Had these been paid for?-No.
- 427. Would it take you so long as a month?-Yes.
- 429. He does not hand you the money?-No.
- 433. Then you were refused money to-day by the shopman?-Yes.
- 434. He wanted you to take the whole amount in goods?-Yes.
- 443. Did you get the worsted for it to-day?-Yes.
- 456. You are a fisherman at Cunningsburgh?-Yes.
- 457. Have you got a piece of ground there?-Yes.
- 458. You are a tenant of whom?-Mr. Bruce of Sumburgh.
- 459. Who do you fish for?-Thomas Tulloch at present.
- 460. Is he a relation of yours?-No.
- 462. Do you live there?-No; I live at Cunningsburgh.
- 463. Is Mr. Thomas Tulloch a tacks-master under Mr. Bruce.
- 478. How many of you are there?-Five men and a boy.
- 480. You bought her yourselves?-Yes.
- 485. That is for the purpose of being cured?-Yes.
- 486. He takes an account of them as he receives them?-Yes.
- 498. You mark them down for yourselves in another book?-Yes.
- 503. And he allows that to over, and to be paid next year?-Yes.
- 524. Do they supply you with goods also?-Yes.
- 526. Do you come to Lerwick for them?-Yes.
- 540. You are a fisherman at Cunningsburgh?-Yes.
- 541. Do you fish for Mr. Tulloch?-No; I fish for James Smith.
- 548. You are a fisherman at Scatness, in Dunrossness?-I am.
- 549. Are you a tenant of land?-Yes.
- 550. Under whom?-Under Mr. Bruce of Sumburgh.
- 553. Do you fish in the home fishing?-Yes.
- 554. Do you fish in the Faroe fishing?-No; I don't go to it.
- 557. What is your age?-I am thirty-eight years old.
- 562. Is he a fish-curer or fish-merchant?-Yes.
- 564. Do you pay your rent to young Mr. Bruce?-Yes.
- 573. How do you know that?-They said so themselves.
- 581. But he did sit still?-Yes; he is there yet.
- 591. You have no complaint to make about that?-No.
- 592. The fishing, I understand, begins in April?-Yes.
- 593. And when does it end?-About September.
- 600. Have you dealt at his store?-Yes; occasionally.
- 604. Do you not buy your shoes ready-made?-No.
- 612. Are you quite sure of that?-Yes.
- 613. Is the quality of meal from the store good?-Generally it is;
- 638. Were these merchants warned out?-I cannot say.
- 643. Is it nearer your place than Gavin Henderson's store?-Yes.
- 645. Can you not sell your fish to Messrs. Hay & Co.?-No.
- 650. You were not turned out for that?-No.
- 652. But you are allowed to sell the other two-thirds?-Yes.
- 666. And you know how much Laurence Leslie has got?-Yes.
- 671. How many men were in the boat?-Six.
- 673. Did you do that among yourselves?-Yes.
- 675. Has he not had a farm there for the last year?-No.
- 677. Who did he sell his fish to?-To Hay.
- 679. Who forbade him?-Mr. Bruce's factor.
- 691. Does Mr. Irvine keep the store himself?-Yes.
- 699. Do you not get a copy of it?-Not of the shop account.
- 700. Have you ever asked for one?-No.
- 704. When was that?-I think about two years ago.
- 708. Has he an office in his own house?-Yes.
- 713. Except giving you a note of them?-He will give us a note.
- 716. But the shop is his too?-Yes.
- 718. Did you ever complain to him that you did not get it?-No.
- 737. But you still get that?-Yes, we get that still, of course.
- 739. You are now a fisherman in Lerwick?-Yes.
- 740. You formerly lived at Dunrossness?-Yes.
- 746. You lived in Dunrossness for a number of years?-Yes.
- 748. It was all correct?-Yes.
- 750. Was he a fisherman?-Yes.
- 753. How long ago was that?-I think it was three years ago.
- 754. Is Brown an old man?-Yes; perhaps between fifty and sixty.
- 755. Would he be able to come to Lerwick?-He might.
- 758. Is Mr. Grierson a fish-merchant too?-Yes.
- 760. Is he on Mr. Grierson's land?-Yes.
- 762. You are a fisherman in the island of Burra?-I am.
- 769. And to a number of other men at the same time?-Yes.
- 778. How long is that since?-About fourteen years ago.
- 779. Who told you so then?-The late Mr. William Hay.
- 780. Have you ever been told so since?-I have.
- 781. By whom?-By Mr. William Irvine.
- 782. How long ago is that?-It is just eight years.
- 817. Have you ever asked for it?-Yes.
- 824. Was he offered goods at that time?-Yes; in my hearing.
- 826. Where was that?-At Scalloway, I expect, or Lerwick.
- 836. Is he the shopkeeper for Messrs. Hay at Scalloway?-Yes.
- 865. Do you get cash for it?-Yes.
- 866. So that there is no truck there?-No; none.
- 869. Then the landlord does not sell it you?-No.
- 896. Why?-Because, of course, I knew I would not get it.
- 904. Were you concerned in that matter?-I was.
- 908. But you said that was eight years ago?-Yes; about that time.
- 912. That rent is paid for a small piece of ground?-Yes.
- 913. Is there a right to the pasture in the scattald besides?-Yes.
- 918. There was a change in the firm about that time?-Yes.
- 932. The population was increasing too rapidly?-Yes.
- 947. You are quite free to sell them where you like-Yes.
- 949. And you have also and poultry?-Yes.
- 950. You can dispose of them as you please?-Yes.
- 951. Is there any shop on the island?-No.
- 968. Were these small fish?-Yes.
- 976. You are a fisherman in Burra?-Yes.
- 978. Do you go to the Faroe fishing also?-No; I never went there.
- 981. You have been engaged in the herring fishery also?-Yes.
- 987. But was it forbidden to sell tea to your neighbours?-Yes.
- 988. Is that forbidden now?-We have never tried it since.
- 989. Who forbade it?-Messrs. Hay.
- 995. Did you sign that document?-Yes.
- 999. Why?-I don't know, except just that they are afraid.
- 1220. Have any of them anything further to say?-[No answer.]
- 1305. What did you get for it?-I got £2; it was a small beast
- 1475. You live in Lerwick
- 1482. Have you got it with you?-Yes. [Produces it]
- 1523. Were they fine shawls?-Yes
- 1611. Have you books with all these people
- 1700. Have you a pass-book?-Yes. [Produces it.]
- 1894. Do you knit to a large extent?-Yes; knit a good deal
- 2029. Are you a married woman?-Yes
- 2484. I see '12 cuts worsted:' is that w
- MALCOLM MALCOLMSON, examined
- 3191. Is that the finest quality of Shetland worsted?-Yes
- WILLIAM IRVINE, examined
- The abstract account above referred to i
- 'The fifth statement appears to be, that
- 4419. Do you mean that your farm does no
- Lerwick, January 9, 1872, GEORGE WILLIAMSON, examined
- JAMES HAY, examined
- 5342. Have you an account in Mr. Adie's books for supplies to
- 5537. But in all those cases the settlement is at the end of the year
- Brae, January 10, 1872, CHARLES YOUNG, examined
- 5916. When are they paid?-Whenever they wish
- 6070. Have you got a pass-book?-Yes. [Produces it.]
- 6091. Does Mr. Anderson send any smacks to the Faroe fishing?-
- 6681. I see that some women make home-spun tweed?-Yes
- 7027. In what year was that?-I think it
- Hillswick, Northmavine, January 12, 1872
- 8336. Do you settle every year in the sp
- 9065. In Basil Ramsay's private account,
- BALTASOUND, UNST: FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 1872.
- 10,246. Have you the shop ledger?-Yes. [Produces it.]
- 10 503 Did you pay them generally in cash?-Yes.
- UYEASOUND: SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 1872
- LERWICK: MONDAY, JANUARY 22, 1872
- SCALLOWAY; TUESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1872
- 11,685. Do you get what goods you want o
- LERWICK: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1872
- 12,381. Were there any negatives to the paper?-No. It created
- BODDAM, DUNROSSNESS, FRIDAY, JANUARY 26,
- 13,208. That is to say, it is to accommo
- LERWICK: SATURDAY, JANUARY 27, 1872
- Lerwick, January 27, 1872, MARGARET JAMIESON, examined
- 14,193. Was that a note of all the items in the account?-No
- LERWICK: MONDAY, JANUARY 29, 1872
- Ship's Name and Voyage Numbers Dischar
- 14,682. Was that his interest before 186
- 15,007. The following are some of the entries in your book:-
- 15,040. What were the average prices of oatmeal in 1870?-
- LERWICK, TUESDAY, JANUARY 30, 1872.
- 15,382. Did you ever get money when you
- 15,818. Did you pay him 21/2d. for it?-Yes
- LERWICK: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1872.
- ROBERT LINKLATER.
- LERWICK: MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1872
- LERWICK: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6,1872.
- KIRKWALL; THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1872
- KIRKWALL; FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9 1872
- LAURENCE WILSON, examined
- EDINBURGH: MONDAY, APRIL 8, 1872.
- EDINBURGH: THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1872
- 16,819. Is it a correct report?-It is.*
- INDEX.
- OYSTERS, 3970, 11,458, 11,802, 12,313.
- PAUPERISM, 5234, 7272, 7631, 8637, 15,406.
- PAUPERS, 7649, 8378, 12,496, 15,406.
- POTATOES, 940, 10,019, 10,679, 11,628, 14,729.
- SOAP, 12,826, 13,233, 15,820, 16,875.