Lerwick, January 3, 1872, MRS. MARGERY MANSON or ANDERSON, examined. 1648. Are you a knitter in Lerwick?-Yes. 1649. Do you knit with your own wool?-I have done so for the last twelve months. 1650. Before that, who did you knit for?-For Mr. Robert Linklater. 1651. You got wool from him?-Yes. 1652. Were you paid for your work in goods, or in money?-In goods. 1653. Did you get any money from him that you asked for, if you, wanted some?-I knew that I need not ask him for any, because I would not have got it. 1654. You are married, and therefore you don't spend all your time in knitting?-No. 1655. Why did you give up knitting for Mr. Linklater?-Because I could not do with it; it did not pay me. 1656. How did it not pay you?-I could not get money. 1657. But were the goods you got not as good you as money?- No. 1658. Were they not worth the money value that was put upon them?-No. 1659. Why was that?-I did not have money to live upon. 1660. But your husband keeps you?-No; he is sickly, and I have to do for myself. 1661. You have heard the evidence of the preceding witnesses, Catherine Borthwick and Margaret Tulloch?-Yes. 1662. They have explained the way of dealing here. Is that the way you have been accustomed to?-Yes. 1663. Have you anything different to say about the way in which you were paid for shawls that you knitted with Mr. Linklater's wool?-No. 1664. Did you ever get lines when you would not take goods?- No; I had a pass-book. 1665. Have you got it here?-No. 1666. Was it kept in the same way as Margaret Tulloch's?-Yes. 1667. The goods you got were entered at one end, and the shawls you gave in were entered at the other, and a balance was made now and then?-Yes. [Page 33] 1668. How often was your book balanced?-I don't remember. 1669. Did you sign your pass-book as a receipt?-No; he signed it. 1670. You have had no pass-book since you began to knit with your own wool?-No. 1671. Where do you buy your wool now?-I have a woman spinning for me, and I buy the worsted from her. 1672. You pay her in ready money?-Yes. 1673. Do you sell your shawls to any person in particular?-Yes; to Mr Robert Sinclair. 1674. Are you paid for them in goods?-Yes, and a little in money. I always get some money from him to buy the worsted with. 1675. Would you be content with a lower price for your shawls if you were paid in money?-Yes. 1676. Have you ever asked to get it all in money, and offered to take less?-No. 1677. Do you ever sell shawls to ladies or to any person not in the trade?-No; Mr. Robert Sinclair has bought them all from me. 1678. Have you ever asked for more money from any of the merchants than they would give you?-No. 1679. Have you ever got lines?-Yes, I got lines from Mr. Sinclair. 1680. When?-When I gave in my articles. 1681. And when you did not happen to want goods?-Yes. 1682. Have you got any of these lines?-No. 1683. What did you do with them?-I gave them back when I got the goods.