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DIRECTORY.]
market, 200 feet in length, was built in
1899. The number of sailing and steam
vessels that entered the port with cargoes
and in ballast in 1902 was 7 British of
2,996 tons, and 52 foreign of 15,246 tons.
In the general coasting trade 347 entered
of 45,464 tons, and 313 cleared of 39,094
tonnage. A trade is done in timber, im-
ported from Norway and Sweden, the
other chief imports being coals, salt, white
fi3h &c. while the principal exports are
herrings, grain, empty barrels, fish
manure and oil, potatoes &c. ; there are
also works for the making of machine
tools. The total value of the imports in
1902 was £34,991, sawn wood being the
principal article. Thomas Walker's Hos-
pital, within the burgh, was erected at a
cost of £3,000, on a site given by Lord
Saltoun. It is supported by the Town
Council, and has an endowment of
£1,000 from the Helen Watson Memorial
Fund, under which poor people are
admitted free of charge : there are 25
beds. Dalrymple Hall and Caf6, erected at
a cost of about £6,000, is due to the late
Captain John Dalrymple, who presented
the site, along with a sum of £2,300, for
its erection : in addition to the cafe and
dining rooms, ib has a news room,
museum, school of art, recreation room
and baths, together with a public hall
capable of holding 1,000 people, and the
necessary ante-rooms.
The Public Libraries Act was adopted by
the Town Council in July, 1903, and
Andrew Carnegie esq. of Skibo Castle, has
since given £3,000 for the erection of a
library, on a site presented by Lord
Saltoun.
The parish church, in the centre of the
town, built in 1SQ3, is a plain edifice of
stone, with a clock tower at the west end :
the organ was erected at a cost of £400:
the interior was entirely renovated and ex-
tensive structural alterations made in 1899,
at a cost of £2,000 : there are sittings for
1,050 persons. The hereditary burying
ground of the Eraser family is within the
church inclosure. The west parish church,
built in 1876, is a plain stone building with
tower and spire, containing a bell pre-
sented by Mr. William Whitelaw : there are
480 sittings. The East United Free church,
in Seaforth street, is a structure of granite,
erected in 1880, at a cost of £6,600. The
West United Free church is in Mid street.
The South United Free church, in Saltoun
place, will 3eat 250 persons. St. Peter'3
Episcopal church (Bishop Jolly Memorial),
in Charlotte street, consists of chancel,
nave and aisles, and was consecrated on
August 31, 1892: there are sittings for
500 persons. The Catholic church and
Presbytery in Commerce street, erected in
1895, are of granite: the church has 300
sittings. The Public Schools, erected at a
cost of £7,000, were opened on the 12th
September, 1882, by Lord Saltoun : at the
north end is a tower containing a clock
and a bell ; a large addition was made in
1891 at an expense of £1,300. Fraser-
burgh Academy, built at a cost of £2,500,
and endowed by James Park esq. was
opened in 1870, and in 1894 transferred to
a governing body elected partly by the
School Board and partly by the Town
Council. The Academy, at present the
Secondary School for Fraserburgh, is
leased by the School Board, who are now
the managers. There is also a school be-
longing to the Episcopalians, and an en-
dowed school instituted in 1863, by Miss
Strachen, of Cortes, in memory of her
brother, James Strachen esq. M.D. Inspec-
tor-General of Army Hospitals, Madras ;
this is managed by a body of trustees
composed of the members of the Kirk Ses-
sion and Lord Saltoun's commissioner.
The " Bruce Bequest " of over £40,000,
left by James Bruce, of Inverquhomery
and Longside, is under the control of
trustees; the income, amounting to £1,240
yearly, is distributed to the poor of all the
parishes comprising the Presbytery of
Deer. There are three first-class hotels
here — the Eoyal Hotel, the Saltoun Arms
Hotel and the Station Hotel, in either of
which will be found every convenience.
The market, chiefly for com and cattle, is
held on Tuesday. Area of parish 5,621
acres, of bur^h 333 acres: rateable value,
burghal, £44,731 : lardward, £6,987: popu-
lation of the burgh in 1901 was 9,105, and
the civil parish 9,915, including 107 on
ships in the harbour, and 5,470 in the
ecclesiastical.
BROADSEA, a fishing village, is within
the burgh. A fishermen's hall was also
ABERDEENSHIEE.
erected in the village in 1887 by public
subscription.
Techmuiry, a detached portion of Fraser-
burgh parish, has been transferred to
Strichen.
Post, T. O., Telephone, M. O., T. M. O.,
E. D. & P. P. Office, S. B. & A.
& I. Office, 15 Mid street; William
L. Hogg, postmaster. Arrivals, 8. 10 &
10 a.m. & 2.50, 6.20 & 9 p.m. Deliveries,
9 & 10.30 a.m. & 3 & 7 p.m. week days
only; dispatches, 6.30 (winter), 7 (sum-
mer) & 9 a.m. 6c 12.20, 3.5 & 6.30 p.m.
week days only. The telegraph office is
open from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. on week days.
Telephonic communication with all parts
of the country, continuous service
Town Sub-Post Office, Broadsea; Alex.
McNab, sub-postmaster. Letters dis-
patched at 5.50 & 11.45 a.m. & 2.30 &
5.50 p.m
TOWN COUNCIL.
Provost, John Finlayson
Magistrates, Thomas Brebner & John M.
D. Smith
Councillors, Alexander Cow, Alexander
Gordon, George Noble, William Rennie,
J. M. D. Smith, Charles W. Gray, John
Anderson, Alexander Lawrence & Saml.
Kobb
Town Clerk & Collector, John Procter, 29
Frithside street
Treasurer, John Wilson
Surveyor, William Alexander
Inspector of Works & Sanitary Inspector,
William Alexander, 51 Mid street
Burgh Prosecutor, Andrew Tarras, Town
house, Saltoun square
Auditor, W. C. McBean, Peterhead
FEUAHS MANAGERS.
Lord Saltoun, John Finlayson, Alexander
G. Brown, C. W. Gray, George Walker,
William Macconnachie, James Milne,
Alexander Gordon, A. M. Lawrence,
Robert Gray, John Keiach & William
Rennie
Clerk & Treasurer, Andrew Tarras
PARISH COUNCIL.
Oflice, 17 Frithside Btreet.
Chairman, Rev. M. P. Johnstone B.D
Clerk, William Pressley
LANDWARD COMMITTEE.
Offices, 17 Frithside street.
Chairman, Alexander G. Brown
Clerk, William Pressley
SHERIFF'S COURT.
Held in Dalrymple Hall on the last friday
in each month & includes the following
parishes : — Fraserburgh, Aberdour, Pits-
ligo, Lonmay & Rathen
Hon. Sheriff Substitute, John Procter
Sheriff Clerk Depute, James M. Anderson
Officer of Court, John Baillie
JUSTICE OF PEACE COURT,
Town's House.
(Held when required.)
Justices, Robert Tindall, J. M. Anderson
James Blackball, William Macconnachie,
John Reiach, George Walker, George
Lawrence & James F. Cardno
J.P. Procurator Fiscal, John Finlayson
Clerk, John Procter
POLICE COURT,
Town's House.
(Held every monday & when required.)
Magistrates, William Macconnachie, Thos.
Brebner & J. M. D. Smith
Burgh Prosecutor, Andrew Tarras
Clerk & Assessor of Court, John Procter
HARBOUR COMMISSIONERS,
Town's House.
Chairman, Provost for the time being
Treasurer, John Cranna ; office, Quayside
Clerk, Andrew Tarras
Auditors, James Meston & Son, Aberdeen
Harbour Master, George Mackay; office,
Quay side
Captain Pilot, George Mackay
Pilots, Charles Mundie, Andrew Noble,
John Noble, John Noble, jum Walter
Noble, Walter Noble, jun. William Mc
Kinnon & George Cruden
CUSTOM HOUSE,
Quay side.
Superintendent, Robert Burns
Boatman, William Isaac Patmore
Cemetery, Kirkton, John M. D. Smith,
superintendent; William Pressley, clerk
FRASERBURGH.
127
Coast Guard & Life Saving Apparatus Sta-
tion, Saltoun place, Dennis Glanton,
chief officer & 6 men
Dalrymple Hall & Cafe" Co. Lim. (Library
& News Boom), Alexander Henderson,
sec. 17 Dalrymple street; John Finlay-
son, sec. reg. office, 11 Frithside st
Fishermen's Hall, 44 College bounds, Geo.
Noble, sea
Fishery Board Office, 18 Commerce street,
William Mair, officer; James Mair, as-
sistant officer
Harbour Works Office, Shore street, John
Davies, engineer
Lifeboat Station, Quay side, Andrew
Tarras, hon. sec. Town's house; Andrew
Noble, coxswain
Lighthouse, iKinnaird Head, John Gilmour,
keeper, Castle terrace
Lloyd's Agency, W. Macconnachie & Co.
117 Shore street
Police Office, 3 Saltoun place & Police Sta-
tion, 59 Castle street, James Middleton,
inspector ; William Meldrum & John
Marshall, sergeants & 4 constables : Nat.
T N 080
Public Weighing Machines, Balaclava &
Quay side, George Gordon, weigher
Stamp Office, 26 Broad street, James M.
Anderson, sub-distributor of stamps &
collector of taxes
Thomas Walker's Hospital, Charlotte st.
Francis J. R, Anderson, sec. & treas. ;
Miss Rachel Souttar, matron
Town House, Saltoun square, Andrew
Tarras, clerk to the feuars managers
His Majesty's Inspector of Factories &
Workshops, A. Newlands, 115 Union st.
Aberdeen
REGISTRAR OF BIRTHS, DEATHS &
MARRIAGES.
William Pressley, 17 Frithside street
VICE-CONSULS.
Denmark, Sweden & Norway, James
Blackhall, 12 Commerce street
German Empire, John Leslie HcCallum,
20 Seaforth street
VOLUNTEERS.
1st Banff Royal Garrison Artillery (No. 7
Co.), Saltoun place, Hon. Major John
Reiach V.D. ; Hon. Capt. John Cranna,
quartermaster; Rev. M. P. M. T. John-
stone B.D. acting chaplain; James M.
Stewart, sergeant instructor
3rd (The Buchan) Volunteer Battalion Gor-
don Highlanders (G & H Companies),
Drill hall, Grattan place; (G Co.), Capt.
Charles W. Bruce; (H. Co.) Capt. Adam
Lind Paterson Cruickshank M.A. M.B. ;
Rev. Henry Fyf e, acting chaplain ;
Sergt. William Laidlaw, drill instructor
PLACES OF WORSHIP & their Clergy.
Established Churches: —
Broad street, Rev. M. P. Johnstone M.A.,
B.D. & Rev. John Cadenhead M.A.; 11
a.m. & 6 p.m
Victoria street, Rev. J. A. Stokes Little
M.A. ; 11 a,m. & 6 p.m
Episcopal Church (St. Peter's, Jolly Me-
morial), Oharlotte street, Rev. Henry
Fyfe B.A.Durh. rectop; 8 & 11 a.m. &
6 p.m. ; daily, 11 a.m
United Free Churches : —
East, Seaforth street, "Rev. Joseph Forrest
M.A. ; 11 a.m. & 6 p.m. ; wed. 7 p.m
West, Mid street, Rev. John Robson; 11
a.m. & 6 p.m, ; wed. 7 p.m
South, Saltoun place, Rev. James K.
Scott B.D. ; 11 a.m. & 6 p.m.; wed.
7.30 p.m
Baptist, Victoria street, Rev. David D.
Smith; 11 a.m. & 2 p.m
Congregational, Mid street, Rev. Alfred J.
Parker; 11 a.m. & 2 p.m.; wed. 8 p.m
Congregational, Manse street, Rev, James
Stirling; 11 a.m. & 2 p.m.; wed. 7 p.m
Roman Catholic, Commerce street, Eev.
George Wiseman ; 11 a*m. & 6 p.m. ;
daily, 8.30 a.m.
Salvation Army Barracks, 66 Frithside st. ;
7 & 11 a.m. & 3 & 6 p.m. ; daily, 8 p.m
SCHOOL BOARD.
Offices, 12 Albert street.
Chairman, James Milne
Clerk & Treasurer, Alexander Henderson
Compulsory Officer, George Brown
SCHOOLS.
Board School (mixed), Charlotte street, for
1 , 200 children ; average attendance,
900; John A. Sutor M.A. head master