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OFFICIALS— County of Bute.
Valuation — The Marquis of Bute, Wm Allan, Alex M*Alpine, John Bannatyne,
Henry Stuart, James Duncan, James John Morton, A H Douglas, Alex. Mac-
farlane, Duncan M*Dougall, John Ferguson, Wm Brown and Robt Cockburn
Appeal Courts held in September at Brodick, Millport, and Rothesay
Secondary Education — Sir R P Butler, A R Andrew, A H Douglas, John
Bannatyne, Duncan M'Dougall, Wm Hunter, Rev James Frame, James Allan and
M Gray Buchanan
Technical Education-— A H Douglas (chairman), the Marquis of Bute, James
Duncan, John Ferguson, Duncan M 'Dougall, Wm Hamilton, J J Morton, Wm
Brown and H C Stuart
Clerk and Treasurer, A W Herbert, Rothesay
County Police. — The last annual report shows that the force consists of 1 chief, 2
inspectors, 1 sergeant and 9 constables. It is efficient and popular. There is an
absence of serious crime in the county. There are 24 licensed premises in Arran,
Cumbrae, and Bute outside of Rothesay
Chief Constable, Charles Harding, Rothesay. Depute, Wm Munro, Lamlash. In~
spector, Alex Stewart, 37 High street, Rothesay
District Lunacy Board. — Ex- Provost Burness (chairman); Provost Miller, Treasurer
Fife ; James Duncan, Bannatyne Mains ; Henry C Stuart, Glen Caladh ; John
Ferguson, Pointhouse ; and ex-Provost Allan, Millport
Clerk, John M Lamont, Rothesay
Property and Income Tax Commissioners. — Sir Charles Dalrymple, Bart, p c;
ex-Provosts Orkney, Sharp, and Thomson, Rothesay ; Thomas Russell, Glasgow ;
and Jarnes Duncan, Port-Bannatyne ; Sheriff Kennedy, or, in his absence, Sheriff
Martin, ex-officio. Clerk, Tho W Alexander, Rothesay. Surveyor, D
Lawrie, Greenock. Collector, J A Tannahill, Greenock.
Old Age Pension Committees. — Rothesay Burgh— All the Town Councillors.
Bute County— Arran — Sub-Committee — A. Hugh Douglas (chairman),
J J Morton, A M' Alpine, R W Forsyth, Peter Crawford, Wm Hamilton, Wm
Brown and John Bannatyne. Clerk, George Laidler, Strabane, Brodick.
Bute (outside Rothesay) and Cumbrae — The Most Hon the Marquis of Bute
(chairman), James Duncan, John Ferguson, Henry Stuart, Alex M'Farlane, Wm
Allan, Duncan M'Dougall and Provost Cockburn. Clerk, A W Herbert, Rothesay
There are 147 old age pensioners in Arran, and 57 in Cnmbrae and Bute (outside
Rothesay.) The number admitted in the Burgh of Rothesay is 223.
Royal Northern Yacht Club Club House, Argyle Street. — Regatta at Rothesay,
19th and 21st June. Patron, His Majesty the King. Commodore, Sir Thomas
Glen-Coats, M p. Secretary and Treasurer, T F Donald, 104 West George street,
Glasgow. Club -master, John M'Phail
Inland Revenue. — Collector and Distributor of Stamps, J. Duncan, Custom
House, Greenock. Supervisor, W T Gillespie, Old Kilpatrick. Officer, James
M'Lay, Rothesay
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Stamps. — Sub-Distributor of Stamps and Sub-Collector of Legacy and Succession
Duties, Robert Kyle, Royal Bank, Rothesay
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