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Second Shetland Truck System Report
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Skerries
The tenants on the Out Skerries, north-east of Whalsay,
forming six boats’ crews, are obliged to fish to Mr. Adie, who holds a tack of the islands from Mr. Bruce of Simbister. Mr. Adie says:-
’5767. Is the rent which you pay for Skerries calculated so as to allow you a profit upon the rents of the sub-tenants?-No; I pay
£110 of tack duty, and the gross rental from the tenants is only
£68. I virtually pay the difference just for the station that is,
station rent for the store and premises which are put up there.’
’5768. Is it not also for the privilege of having these fishermen to fish for you?-I believe I could make more of these lands if I had them as grazing ground, without any fishermen there at all. There is only one of the Skerries I hold now; one of them has been sold to the Lighthouse Commissioners.’
’5769. If you could make more of the island as grazing ground,
why don’t you turn it into that?-If I were to do so, what could I
make of the men? There are fourteen families, and if I turned them adrift it would be a fearful thing.’
’5770. Is it difficult for men to get land in Shetland?-It is very difficult now; there are so many requiring it, that almost every place is taken up. I have boats that go from the mainland to fish at the Skerries with the natives.’
’5771. Then it is useful as a station for them?-Yes.’
[T. Hutchison, 12,622; P. Henderson, 12,734; D. Anderson,
12,774; A. Humphray, 12,802.]
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Chicago: William Guthrie, "Skerries," Second Shetland Truck System Report, trans. D’Anvers, N. (Nancy Bell), D. 1933 in Second Shetland Truck System Report Original Sources, accessed March 24, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=4XD7RFNFQ7BV1SC.
MLA: Guthrie, William. "Skerries." Second Shetland Truck System Report, translted by D’Anvers, N. (Nancy Bell), D. 1933, in Second Shetland Truck System Report, Original Sources. 24 Mar. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=4XD7RFNFQ7BV1SC.
Harvard: Guthrie, W, 'Skerries' in Second Shetland Truck System Report, trans. . cited in , Second Shetland Truck System Report. Original Sources, retrieved 24 March 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=4XD7RFNFQ7BV1SC.
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