358. You say you did not ask for money at that time: did you not want it?-We always want it; but we never got it when we did ask for it; and it is no use always asking for it. 359. When did you ask for it last?-Some time in 1871. 360. I see there are no goods entered in your book as having been received by you from Mr. Linklater between January 1871 and October 1871: had you stopped working for him during that time?-I was in the south then. 361. But your sister was here?-Yes; but she was not knitting any. She was very sickly. 362. Is there anything else you want to say?-No. 363. Your sister Amelia is here to make the same statement that you have now made?-Yes. Lerwick, January 1, 1872, BARBARA JOHNSTON, examined. 364. You have come from the parish of Sandwick?-Yes. 365. How far is that from Lerwick?-About thirteen miles. 366. Who do you live with there?-I live with my mother, Mrs. Johnston. My father is dead. 367. How many of a family are there of you?-I have two brothers and a sister in the south and there is a sister at home besides myself. 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. 372. How long have you worked for Mr. Linklater?-For some years. I cannot say the number exactly. 373. Do you get wool from him, or do you supply it yourself?-I get the worsted from him, and I am paid by him for my work. 374. What kind of wages do you get?-I get 10s. for making a big shawl. 375. That is not the finest quality of knitting?-No; it is about the coarsest. 376. Is it always shawls that you work at?-No; sometimes I make veils. 377. When you take your work back to Mr. Linklater, are you paid for it in money or in goods?-In goods. 378. Do you sometimes ask for money?-Yes. 379. What has he said to you when you asked for money?-He says he never gives it, and that he won't give it to me. I got 2s. from him today; but that is all I ever got, except, I think, one sixpence before. I also got the offer of a pass-book to-day. I had never been offered one before. 380. Was it after you had seen me this forenoon that you got the 2s. and the offer of the pass-book?-Yes. 381. When you get your worsted, is there a bargain made between the merchant and you about the payment you are to receive for the work?-No. I have just an idea what I think the thing will come to; and then, when I come back with it, he gives me what he likes. 382. You don't make any bargain beforehand?-No. 383. But you might do so if liked?-He won't do it. I have asked him, but he said he would see the thing when I came back with it. 384. I suppose, he wants to see the quality of the work before he pays for it?-Yes. [Page 8] 385. Did you take the pass-book that was offered you today?-No. 386. Why?-I had no particular I reason for not taking it.