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STATISTICS
COUNTIES U SCOTLAND,
LISTS OF THE LORDS-LIEUTENANTS, MEMBERS OF PARLIA-
MENT, PUBLIC AND LAW OFFICERS, &c.
ABERDEENSHIRE.
This extensive county forms part of the most eastern portion of Scotland, has
an extensive sea-coast, being bomided on the east and north by the German
Ocean. It has on the south the counties of Kincardine, Forfar, and Perth, and
on the west those of Moray, Banff, and Inverness. Its area consists of about
1,270,000 acres, of which about one-third is arable. The valued rent is
235,665 pounds Scots ; and the annual rental of real property is nearly J700,000.
The population in 1851 is 214,658, having increased at the rate of 12 per cent
since the previous census in 1841. It contains one city, Aberdeen, which returns
one member to Parhament, with a constituency of 4300, and two Royal burghs,
Inverury and Kintore, which, along with Peterhead and the neighbouring Royal
burghs of Elgin, Banff, and Cullen, return one member, ha^dng a joint constitu-
ency of about 900. The county returns one member, with a constituency of
about 4000 registered voters.
Lord-Lieutenant — Earl of Aberdeen.
Convener — Robt. Grant of Tillyfour.
Member of Parhament — Rear-Admu-al
the Hon. WiUiam Gordon.
Sheriff — Archibald Davidson.
Sheriff-substitutes — W. Watson, W.S.,
Aberdeen ; James Skelton, W.S., Peter-
head.
Sheriff-clerk — James Gordon of Craig.
Sheriff-clerk Deputes — Francis Gor-
don, John Dunn, John G. Leslie, Aber-
deen ; Robert Maitland, Peterhead.
Keeper of County Register of Sasines
— Newall Burnet.
The Sheriff Court for the county is
held at Aberdeen on Wednesdays and
Fridays ; the SmaU Debt Court on
Thursdays ; Commissary Court on Wed-
nesday; and at Peterhead every Thurs-
day.
The General Quarter Sessions are held
on the first Tuesday of March, May, and
August, and the last Tuesday of Oc-
tober.
ARGYLESHIRE.
This extensive county is surrounded on the west and south sides by the
Atlantic, Irish Sea, and part of the Frith of Clyde, having numerous islands on its
coast, and being indented by many arms of the sea. It has the county of Inverness
STATISTICS
COUNTIES U SCOTLAND,
LISTS OF THE LORDS-LIEUTENANTS, MEMBERS OF PARLIA-
MENT, PUBLIC AND LAW OFFICERS, &c.
ABERDEENSHIRE.
This extensive county forms part of the most eastern portion of Scotland, has
an extensive sea-coast, being bomided on the east and north by the German
Ocean. It has on the south the counties of Kincardine, Forfar, and Perth, and
on the west those of Moray, Banff, and Inverness. Its area consists of about
1,270,000 acres, of which about one-third is arable. The valued rent is
235,665 pounds Scots ; and the annual rental of real property is nearly J700,000.
The population in 1851 is 214,658, having increased at the rate of 12 per cent
since the previous census in 1841. It contains one city, Aberdeen, which returns
one member to Parhament, with a constituency of 4300, and two Royal burghs,
Inverury and Kintore, which, along with Peterhead and the neighbouring Royal
burghs of Elgin, Banff, and Cullen, return one member, ha^dng a joint constitu-
ency of about 900. The county returns one member, with a constituency of
about 4000 registered voters.
Lord-Lieutenant — Earl of Aberdeen.
Convener — Robt. Grant of Tillyfour.
Member of Parhament — Rear-Admu-al
the Hon. WiUiam Gordon.
Sheriff — Archibald Davidson.
Sheriff-substitutes — W. Watson, W.S.,
Aberdeen ; James Skelton, W.S., Peter-
head.
Sheriff-clerk — James Gordon of Craig.
Sheriff-clerk Deputes — Francis Gor-
don, John Dunn, John G. Leslie, Aber-
deen ; Robert Maitland, Peterhead.
Keeper of County Register of Sasines
— Newall Burnet.
The Sheriff Court for the county is
held at Aberdeen on Wednesdays and
Fridays ; the SmaU Debt Court on
Thursdays ; Commissary Court on Wed-
nesday; and at Peterhead every Thurs-
day.
The General Quarter Sessions are held
on the first Tuesday of March, May, and
August, and the last Tuesday of Oc-
tober.
ARGYLESHIRE.
This extensive county is surrounded on the west and south sides by the
Atlantic, Irish Sea, and part of the Frith of Clyde, having numerous islands on its
coast, and being indented by many arms of the sea. It has the county of Inverness
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| Description | Giving the counties in which they are situated, the post-towns to which each is attached, and the name of the resident, etc. [With a map.] Irregular. |
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