566 Kidd V. Royal Agricultural Society of England. 
Q. Have you any book here which ■will show me when this 
stock of linseed was exhausted? — A. No, I do not think I have one. 
Q. Do not you keep a stock-book which will show you when 
you got this quantity in ? — A. I have one which contains all 
the arrivals of the linseed. 
Q. Pray answer the question, have you any book which will 
show me the disposition of this quantity, ex ' Labrador ' ? — A. 
No, I have not. 
Q. Or, I suppose, of the other ship, the ' Varina ' — you have 
no book which will show me what became of it ? — A. Yes, I 
can show you that it went to the mill. 
Q. But at what date did it go ? 
Mr. Justice Blackburn : That is what is wanted to be known, 
when did the last go to the mill ; if your book will tell us that, 
we should like to know ? — A. I will get the book. 
Mr. Seymour : We have got a cart-load here. 
Mr. Justice BLACKBURN : First ascertain what book it is thai 
is wanted. As I understand, you keep some book or other at youi 
mill which will show you when the linseed goes into the mill! 
—A. Yes. 
Q. Have you got that book here ? — A. Yes, 
Q. Is it the one in your hand? — A. No. 
Q. Then we will now adjourn for a short time, and you wil 
have an opportunity of finding the book which will show that. 
(Adjourned for half an hour.) 
Mr. Field : I was asking you, Mr. Kidd, if you had a book 
which would show me when the linseed ex ' Labrador ' was firs! 
carried into the mill ? — A. Yes. 
Q. Will you turn to the page — do not give me tlie book- 
and say what is the first date, reading from that book, tliat Cal 
cutta linseed, ex 'Labrador,' went into the mill? — A. Decembe 
2i)th, 1871, 575 bags, containing 323 qrs. 
Q. Is that all ? 
Mr. Justice BLACKBURN: Give us the last? — A. January 
10th, 3050 qrs. 
Mr. Field : Now, can you tell me from your books when that 
went out of the mill. I mean were there deliveries intermcdiatt 
into the mill between those two dates? — A. The total (piantitj 
ex ' Labrador ' is 5223 and 2402 bags ; that is something lik< 
8000 bags ; to be exact, 7625. 
Q. During what period did that go into the mill ? — A. Fron 
the 29th of September to the 29th January. 
Q. In like manner, with reference to the linseed which cam 
ex 'Varina,' give us the first and last date?— ^. The 22n( 
January is the first date, and the 1st February is the last date. 
