2687. Do you know Mrs. Jemima Brown or Tait?-Yes; her sister, Harriet Brown, is the only one I have in my books. 2688. Have you ever told Mrs. Tait, or any of her sisters, that you could not give them money, and that you never did it?-I don't remember doing that. I don't remember any money being asked by them. 2689. Is it likely you said that?-I don't think I said it. I don't think I would say it, if I had goods of hers in my hand. 2690. Did she knit with your wool?-Yes. I have no recollection of her asking for money and being refused. 2691. I suppose a knitter of that kind is not likely to ask for money unless there is a balance coming to her upon her account?-It is not likely, and I think there is rather a balance against her. 2692. Is it a probable thing that you may have refused to give her money?- I don't think I did so. 2693. May your shopman, Mr. Anderson, have done so?-Not so far as I know. 2694. Do you issue any kind of lines or acknowledgments for the balances upon sales made to you?-I give no lines. 2695. If a party comes and sells a shawl to you, and does not wish goods to the whole value of it, what is done?-I understand you to refer to goods bought over the counter; in that case I mark the balance down in a book. If they come with a shawl or any other article, and sell it over the counter, and if they don't wish goods to the whole value, I mark the balance down in any name that is given to me. 2696. In what way is that entered?-It is entered on the back of the day-book by itself. 2697. Is there a special place in the day-book for making entries of that kind?-Yes. 2698. They are put under the particular date?-Yes. 2699. And are these balances generally settled up within a short time afterwards?-Generally. 2700. The party comes back soon to you for goods?-Sometimes soon, and sometimes she delays a good while. 2701. Is it usual for a party who has a balance of that kind to ask to get it in cash?-No; that is not usual at all. 2702. When you buy a shawl in that way, do you consider it to be part of your bargain that the payment is to be taken in goods?- Yes; it is distinctly sold for goods in exchange, and paid for in that way. 2703. Is that because there is a distinct understanding to that effect prevailing among the people, or is it stated at the time when the bargain is made?-It is not stated at the time, but there is a distinct understanding that payment is to be taken in goods. 2704. Will you show me the way in which these balances are entered?-[Produces day-book.]. The entry is merely the name of the party and the amount left. I generally put the date upon the top of the page but not the date for each entry. 2705. Then all these entries at the end of the book are entries of balances due by you?-Yes. 2706. And when a party comes and gets the goods, the balance is marked as 'settled'?-Yes.