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PUBLIC REVENUE DIRECTORY. 9
The mode or principle of Assessment is as follows, viz. : — One-half the
Assessment is leviable from the Owners, after deduction of 20 per cent, from
the annual value of house property, in name of repairs, insurance, and public
burdens, and 7£ per cent, from cultivated grounds and fishings, in name of
public burdens. The other half of the Assessment is leviable from the Oc-
cupants, under deduction of 12£ per cent, in the following, viz. : — Occu-
pants of cultivated grounds and" fishings are rated at one-half of the rate
levied on the occupants of all other subjects.
Collector of Assessment — George G. Christie.
Collector's Cleric — William Cumming.
Office— 38 Castle Street.
ST. NICHOLAS POOR-HOUSE.
JSTelson Street.
Governor — William Dalgleish. Matron — Miss Rhind.
Porter — Alexander Harper.
Medical Officer— Dr P. B. Smith. Chaplain— Rev. Mr. Mackay.
Parochial Board of Oldmachar.
Parochial Board— Heritors of £20 annual value or upwards ; Twenty Mem-
bers elected by the other qualified Ratepayers : Six Members elected
by the Kirk-Session ; and the Provost and Baillies (rated for assess-
ment) of any Royal Burgh in the Parish.
Office of Parochial Board, - - 9 Diamond Street.
Inspector — Thomas Skene. Cashier and Collector of Assessment — Alex. Diack.
Assistant Inspectors — Wm. Noble and Charles Cook.
District Medical Officers — Drs Garden, Fraser, Fowler, and Gordon.
OLDMACHAR POO R-H O U S E.
St Machar's Place, Ferryhill.
Governor — James Donald. Matron — Miss McKay.
Medical Officer— Br Garden. Chaplain— Rev. John Hunter.
SECTION II.— PUBLIC REVENUE DIRECTORY.
Customs.
Collector and Landing Surveyor — G. M. Douglas.
Clerks— John Pirie, William Whitecross, and James N. Justice.
Writer— T. R. Moncrieff.
Examining Officers— George Johnston, Alexander Taylor, Robert Clark, and
Thomas Bowie.
Out-door Officers— 1st Class— William M'Callum, James Imray, Andrew
Forbes, John Clouston, and John Leith.
2nd Class— Wm. W. Duncan, James R. Smith, Chas. A. Dunn, M. J.
O'Farrell, Timothy Kelly, William Reid, and John Robertson.
Housekeeper — A. Edwards.
Principal Coast Officer, Neu<burgh — Robert Reid.
Custom House Agent and Shipbrofcer — G. B. Anderson,