7 7 7 8.1 8.2 8.2 8.2 A, £3961 0 5 133 £839 10 3 B, 1104 16 101/2 £35 153 2 £4 C, 693 2 111/4 22 87 2 101/2 D, 1032 7 31/2 48 153 4 111/2 E, 3436 16 7 9 9 0 6 F, 1665 13 7 99 1477 12 11 G, 310 4 0 5 21 14 8 H, 1348 15 3 25 <120 13 4> I, 683 13 2 37 467 0 31/2 K, 102 19 6 6 25 10 2 R, 1160 1 11 68 260 10 0 M, 2186 6 4 65 1046 15 4 O, 337 15 3 11 209 1 1 N, 1859 13 3 23 68 1 2 S, 625 6 3 21 52 11 9 L, 251 4 81/2 17 96 11 101/2 £20759 17 33/4 624 £4846 16 91/2 U, £2069 7 71/2 £571 8 0 T, 2063 17 4 68 710 15 4 P, 3141 9 10 44 275 2 91/2 £28034 12 11/4 736 £6404 2 11 8.3 8.3 8.3 8.4 8.4 8.4 9 A, £839 10 0 £0 0 3 217 B, 164 15 £9 <11 13 51/2> 79 C, 94 16 93/4 <7 13 111/4> 46 D, 153 4 111/2 100 E, 9 0 6 260 F, 1215 4 4 262 8 7 144 G, 23 10 0 <1 15 4> 23 H, 232 18 8 <353 12 0> 103 I, 452 9 11 14 10 41/2 60 K, 19 10 2 6 0 0 12 R, 260 10 0 142 M, 657 17 21/2 388 18 11/2 147 O, 140 6 0 68 15 1 36 N, 88 3 2 <20 2 0> 185 S, 48 6 11/2 4 5 71/2 66 L, 36 17 71/4 59 14 31/4 30 £4437 1 21/2 £409 15 £7 1650 U, £606 18 11/2 <35 10 11/2> 150 T, 710 5 10 0 9 6 126 P, 275 2 91/2 281 £6029 7 111/2 £374 14 111/2 2207 *Where the amount is less than the Statement, the figures are noted in italics, and effect is given to these sums in the addition. _______________________________ [Page 31] PRICES AT THE SHOPS OF FISH-CURERS. Of an inquiry regarding the existence and effects of Truck, the quality and prices of the goods furnished by the employer in lieu of money forms a necessary part. In Lerwick, as might be expected, competition, and the greater facility of communication with other places, have kept the prices of the necessaries of life at a moderate figure. No complaints were made as to prices there, and it was thought unnecessary to make a minute investigation. Evidence was taken, however, for the purpose of comparing the prices of meal and flour as sold in Lerwick with those charged at the fish-curers' shops in the country districts. It is a fact of some significance, that few persons above the condition of peasants purchase supplies for family use from the shops in Shetland. Provisions and groceries, as well as clothing are to a large extent imported by private individuals from Aberdeen, Leith, and Edinburgh. The Rev. Mr. Sutherland says that he gets his goods twice a year from the south, and does not deal with any local shop, unless he happens to be out of a particular article; and that, so far as he knows, it is common for clergymen and others in the same position to get their supplies from the south: