Is it from the fishermen or from the curers?-From the fishermen altogether.

But after you had found out what the large fish-curers were getting?-Yes.

Are the fishermen in the Lewis very much indebted to the curers?-They are.

Would you stand in the position towards the curers of a wholesale purchaser?-Exactly.

Are your boys obliged to act as beach boys to Mr. Bruce's curers?-Yes.

At the stations the curers are generally engaged at a sum for the season.

What other fish-curers are there in your neighbourhood?- Mr. Smith.

But the other fish-curers generally are not hosiery merchants?-I think not, as a rule.

Are your curers paid by weekly wages?-We have one curer paid by weekly wages.

I ascertained what the big fish-curers were giving, and I regulated my price by theirs.

The owners of the ship are always the curers that you deliver the fish to?-Yes.

Are there small fish-curers or yaggers who buy fish on the sly in the summer?-Yes.

Are these the only curers for whom the tenants of Mr. Bruce of Simbister fish?-No.

And I suppose the owners employ men as curers?-Yes.

That would not explain the fact of certain curers paying a higher price every year?-No.

Have you ever sold your fish to other curers?-No.