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DUMFRIES-SHIRE.
DUMFRIES. 481
the boys are taught shoe making, tailoring, net making, -wood
turning &c. Attached to the school is a band of pipers, known
throughout Scotland, and often engaged to play in the large
centres, by which a considerable addition is often made to the
revenue. The house in which Robert Burns died (1796) adjoins
the school and is part of its property.
The Militia Barracks are occupied bv the 3rd Batt. King's Own
Scottish Borderers; the 3rd Volunteer Batt. K.O.S.B. has its
head quaxtera at the Drill hall, Newnall terrace, erected from
designs by Mr. .a. B. Crombie, architect, of Dumfries, and seat-
ing 3,000 persons. The F and G Companies of the Galloway Rifle
Corps (attached to the K.O.S.B.) have an armoury, drill hall and
orderly room at Maxwelltown.
The Queensberry Memorial consists of a fine Doric column
raised by the county of Dumfries to the memory of Charles, 3rd
Duke of Queensberry, who died 22 Oct. 1778. In Church place,
close to Greyfriars church, is the fine statue of the poet Burns,
unveiled by Lord Rosebery 6th April, 1882 ; the figure, of Sicilian
marble, was executed a.t Carrara, from a model designed and
prepared by Mrs. D. O. Hill, and is placed on a plain pedestal of
dark grey granite, at a height of about nine feet from the ground.
The ancient monastery of Greyfriars, in this town, was the
scene of a remarkable tragedy about the middle of the 14th
century, when John Comyn, known as the " Red Comyn " (a
powerful chieftain who formerly held the regency of Scotland)
was assassinated by Robert the Bruce and Sir Roger Kirkpatrick,
•of Closeburne, and Lindsay, two of his adherents.
Two newspapers are issued weekly, viz. : — the " Dumfries and
Galloway Courier and Herald," and the " Dumfries and Galloway
Standard," both of which have a large circulation.
The principal hotels are the King's Arms, the Commercial, the
Station, the Queensberry, the Woodbank, and the Waverley;
at the Globe inn, commonly known as Burns' Houff and the
Hole-i'-th'-Wa', Burns spent many of his leisure hours, and
numerous relics of him are still preserved.
The Market Hall, in Irish street, is now used as an auction
mart; the butter and egg market is held in the New market,
Loreburn street. Wednesday is the market day. The two prin-
cipal half-yearly markets take the name of the Candlemas and
Road fairs. Besides the usual commodities that change hands
at these periods, many thousand head of cattle are bought and
sold, and vast quantities of pork also find purchasers in Dumfries
from the beginning of December to the end of February. The
principal fairs are held on the 12th and 13th of February if Tues-
day and Wednesday, if not, Tuesday and Wednesday following;
hiring, 13th if Wednesday, if not, Wednesday after; in March,
hiring, last Wednesday ; April, hiring, last Wednesday ; May,
horse, Wednesday before 26th; hiring, Wednesday 26th or first
Wednesday after; June, horse, Wednesday after 17th (O.S.);
September, horse, 24th if Tuesday, if not, Tuesday after; horse
and hiring, 25th if Wednesday, if not, Wednesday after; October,
hiring, third Wednesday ; November, horse, Wednesday before
22nd; hiring, 22nd if Wednesday, if not, first Wednesday after;
pork every Wednesday in months of January, February, March,
.November and December.
There are two auction marts for the sale of cattle, sheep &c.
through Tvhich pass very large quantities of stock every week, and
â– are "frequented by dealers from all parts of England and Scot-
land, Dumfries being the centre of a large agricultural district.
The principal landowners are the Bight Hon. Aretas Akers
Douglas P.C., M.P., D.L., J.P. of Craigs; the Directors of the
â– Crichton Institution and John Howat esq. The 6oil is a light
loam; subsoil, gravel. The chief crops are oats, roots and
-potatoes.
The civil parish of Dumfries comprises an area of 10,084
acres; rateable value, £84,912; the area of the burgh is 569
acres ; rateable value, £72,556 ; the population in 1891 was
17,878 and in 1901, 18,146; the population of the police burgh in
1891 was 12,947 and in 1901, 13,092, viz. :— First ward, 1,945;
second ward, 1,623; third ward, 3,487; fourth ward, 6,487; the
population of the royal burgh in 1901 was 17,079 and of the
parliamentary burgh, 18,685. Included in the total population of
Dumfries is 149 officials and 998 inmates of the Crichton Royal
Institute for Insane and Southern Counties Asylum and 7 officials
and 118 inmates of the Industrial School. The population of the
ecclesiastical parishes in 1901 was : — St. Mary's, 6,557; St.
Michael's, 8,000; Greyfriars, 3.589. The area of Maxwelltown
burgh (Kirkcudbrightshire) is 677 acres; rateable value, £23,160;
the population in 1891 was 4,961, and in 1901, 5,789, viz.:—
North ward, 2,284, and South ward, 3,512; the population of
ihe ecclesiastical parish in 1901 was 2,313.
The number of electors on the Dumfries parliamentarv register
in 1903 was 2,338, and of the whole district of burghs 3*,722.
Maxwelltown is a burgh of barony, police burgh, and small
debt court (held on the last Thursday in each month by the
sheriff of Kirkcudbright) and quoad sacra parish formed from
â– the parish of Troqueer, in the stewartry of Kirkcudbright, and
is connected with Dumfries by three bridges across the Nith.
The charter for the creation of the burgh was obtained from the
Crown in 1810, and since that time it has considerably improved
'both in character and population; it is governed by a provost,
two bailies, and councillors, distinct from Dumfries, of which
it is virtually an extension, and is partly comprised within that
parliamentary burgh. Among the trading establishments are
saw mills, tweed, hosiery, glove and necktie factories and dye
"works. The Dumfries and Maxwelltown Observatory, which
stands on Corberry hill, in this burgh, was erected by a local
scientific society, and is a building of four storeys, the uppermost
â– of which has acamera-obscura. About a mile along the Maxwell-
town bank of the Nith are situated the ruins of Lincluden
Abbey, locally in the parish of Tereggles and county of Kirk-
cudbright (which see"). His Majesty's Prison for Dumfries and
Galloway, situated here, is a large building, opened August loth,
Post, M. O., T. t T. M. O., E. D. & P. P. Office, S. B. & A. &
I. Office, Buccleuch street
Postmaster, Charles S. Chapman
Chief Clerk, James Copland
Deliveries.— From all parts, 7 a.m. ; Scotland generally & London,
3 p.m.; England, Ireland, Foreign & Colonial & South of
Scotland, Edinburgh, Glasgow & local posts, 6 p.m. ; Glasgow,
Ayrshire, Thornhill, Castle-Douglas, Kirkcudbright, Wigtown-
shire &c. 8 p.m. Parcels are delivered at 7 & 8.30 a.m & 3
6 & 8 p.m
Dispatches. — 3.30, 5.30 (local), 8.15 (mon. only), 8.40 (mon onlv)
& 11.30 a.m.; 12.35, 1.30, 1.40, 2.15, 2.40, 3.45, 4.15, 6, 5.45,
6.25, 6.45, 8 & 10 p.m. Sunday, Castle-Douglas, Dalbeattie,
Kirkgunzeon, Thornhill, Ayr, Kilmarnock, Mauchline & Cum-
nock & North of Scotland, 5.15 a.m. ; all Scotland, England,
Ireland, Foreign & Colonial, 10 p.m
Letters are collected from English street, Town S.O. at 5 30 &
11.10 a.m. ; 1.10, 5.30, 6.15, 7, 8 & 9.45 p.m.; Bnndays, 10
p.m.; St. Michael street. Town S.O. 5.30 (mondaye only) & 11
a.m. & 2.30, 5.30, 7 & 9 p.m.; Milldamhead Town S.O. 5.30
a.m. (mondays only) & 10.50 a.m. & 2.10, 5.30, 7.20 & 9 p.m
On Sunday there is no delivery by letter carriers, but letters are
delivered at the counters from 8 a.m. until 10 a.m
MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT
For the Dumfries Burghs (Dumfries, Annan, Kirkcudbright,
Sanquhar & Lochraaben), Sir Robert Threshie Beid G.O.M.G.,
K.C., M.A. 8 Eaton square S W; 1 Temple gardens E C &
Brooks' club, London S W
BOROUGH MAGISTRATES.
Cumming John, Albany lodge, Dumfries
Glover Joseph J. Hazelwood, Maxwelltown
Houston James. Kirkconnell lea, Caerlaverock, Dumfries
Scott Peter, Dunbar terrace, Dumfries
MUNICIPALITY OF DUMFRIES.
Provost, Joseph Johnstone Glover
Bailies, James Houston, John Cumming & Peter Scott
Dean of Guild, Samuel McLachlan
Treasurer, Hugh Eichardson
Police Judge, James Currie
Councillors, 25
Town Clerk, John Grierson
Town Clerk Depute, Samuel Brown
Town Chamberlain. James H. McGowan
Burgh Treasurer, Thomas McGowan
Medical Officer of Health, Joseph Hunter M.B., D.P.H
Burgh Surveyor, Francis Armstrong
Burirh Assessor, F. O. Prinrfe
Procurator Fiscal for Burgh, Thomas McGowan
Chief Constable, George S. Lipp
Collector of Police Rate, James Stark
Sanitary Inspector, John Barker
TOWN COUNCIL OF MAXWELLTOWN.
Provost, John Chicken
Bailies, John H. Nicholson & Andrew Marchbank
Commissioners, 12
Treasurer, Jonathan E. Blacklock
Town Clerks, Alexander Dobie & Robert Barbour
Burgh Procurator. Jonathan E. Blacklock
Burgh Surveyor. John McLintock Bowie
Sanitary Inspector, Alexander Cruickshank
Chief Constable, Alexander Davidson
COURT HOUSE,
Buccleuch street.
Sheriff, James A. Fleming
Sheriff Substitute, George Campion B.A
Hon. Sheriff Substitutes, John Clerk & C. Carthew-Yorstoun,
advocate
Sheriff Clerk, Charles McKie
Sheriff Clerk Depute, John McBurnie
Auditor of Court, Charles McKie
Procurator Fiscal. Charles Steuart Phyn
Clerk to Prison Visiting Committee, John Bobson
Clerk to District Lunacy Board, John Eobson
Medical Officer, James Maxwell Rose M.B
Sanitary Inspector, Christopher Osselton
Messenger-at-Arms, John McBurnie
Chief Constable, William Gordon
Inspector of Police, James Murray
Janitor (Court house), J. White
PARISH COUNCIL,
28 Queen street.
Chairman, Thomas C. Fames
Inspector & Clerk, Miles Mclnnes
Medical Officer, Peter Murray Kerr M.B., CM
Collector, James Stark
Auditor, Francis 0. Pringle
County Police Station, English street, William Hope, eupt. ;
Peter Clark, inspector
INLAND REVENUE OFFICE,
139 Irish street.
Collector, William Purvis
Supervisor, M. Jamieson
Survevor & Assessor of Taxes, Thomas Gillespie
Principal Clerk. W. J. Kvlan
Clerks, W. H. Stoyle & J. M. Clark
Officer. J. Yelland, 1st class station
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DUMFRIES-SHIRE.
DUMFRIES. 481
the boys are taught shoe making, tailoring, net making, -wood
turning &c. Attached to the school is a band of pipers, known
throughout Scotland, and often engaged to play in the large
centres, by which a considerable addition is often made to the
revenue. The house in which Robert Burns died (1796) adjoins
the school and is part of its property.
The Militia Barracks are occupied bv the 3rd Batt. King's Own
Scottish Borderers; the 3rd Volunteer Batt. K.O.S.B. has its
head quaxtera at the Drill hall, Newnall terrace, erected from
designs by Mr. .a. B. Crombie, architect, of Dumfries, and seat-
ing 3,000 persons. The F and G Companies of the Galloway Rifle
Corps (attached to the K.O.S.B.) have an armoury, drill hall and
orderly room at Maxwelltown.
The Queensberry Memorial consists of a fine Doric column
raised by the county of Dumfries to the memory of Charles, 3rd
Duke of Queensberry, who died 22 Oct. 1778. In Church place,
close to Greyfriars church, is the fine statue of the poet Burns,
unveiled by Lord Rosebery 6th April, 1882 ; the figure, of Sicilian
marble, was executed a.t Carrara, from a model designed and
prepared by Mrs. D. O. Hill, and is placed on a plain pedestal of
dark grey granite, at a height of about nine feet from the ground.
The ancient monastery of Greyfriars, in this town, was the
scene of a remarkable tragedy about the middle of the 14th
century, when John Comyn, known as the " Red Comyn " (a
powerful chieftain who formerly held the regency of Scotland)
was assassinated by Robert the Bruce and Sir Roger Kirkpatrick,
•of Closeburne, and Lindsay, two of his adherents.
Two newspapers are issued weekly, viz. : — the " Dumfries and
Galloway Courier and Herald," and the " Dumfries and Galloway
Standard," both of which have a large circulation.
The principal hotels are the King's Arms, the Commercial, the
Station, the Queensberry, the Woodbank, and the Waverley;
at the Globe inn, commonly known as Burns' Houff and the
Hole-i'-th'-Wa', Burns spent many of his leisure hours, and
numerous relics of him are still preserved.
The Market Hall, in Irish street, is now used as an auction
mart; the butter and egg market is held in the New market,
Loreburn street. Wednesday is the market day. The two prin-
cipal half-yearly markets take the name of the Candlemas and
Road fairs. Besides the usual commodities that change hands
at these periods, many thousand head of cattle are bought and
sold, and vast quantities of pork also find purchasers in Dumfries
from the beginning of December to the end of February. The
principal fairs are held on the 12th and 13th of February if Tues-
day and Wednesday, if not, Tuesday and Wednesday following;
hiring, 13th if Wednesday, if not, Wednesday after; in March,
hiring, last Wednesday ; April, hiring, last Wednesday ; May,
horse, Wednesday before 26th; hiring, Wednesday 26th or first
Wednesday after; June, horse, Wednesday after 17th (O.S.);
September, horse, 24th if Tuesday, if not, Tuesday after; horse
and hiring, 25th if Wednesday, if not, Wednesday after; October,
hiring, third Wednesday ; November, horse, Wednesday before
22nd; hiring, 22nd if Wednesday, if not, first Wednesday after;
pork every Wednesday in months of January, February, March,
.November and December.
There are two auction marts for the sale of cattle, sheep &c.
through Tvhich pass very large quantities of stock every week, and
â– are "frequented by dealers from all parts of England and Scot-
land, Dumfries being the centre of a large agricultural district.
The principal landowners are the Bight Hon. Aretas Akers
Douglas P.C., M.P., D.L., J.P. of Craigs; the Directors of the
â– Crichton Institution and John Howat esq. The 6oil is a light
loam; subsoil, gravel. The chief crops are oats, roots and
-potatoes.
The civil parish of Dumfries comprises an area of 10,084
acres; rateable value, £84,912; the area of the burgh is 569
acres ; rateable value, £72,556 ; the population in 1891 was
17,878 and in 1901, 18,146; the population of the police burgh in
1891 was 12,947 and in 1901, 13,092, viz. :— First ward, 1,945;
second ward, 1,623; third ward, 3,487; fourth ward, 6,487; the
population of the royal burgh in 1901 was 17,079 and of the
parliamentary burgh, 18,685. Included in the total population of
Dumfries is 149 officials and 998 inmates of the Crichton Royal
Institute for Insane and Southern Counties Asylum and 7 officials
and 118 inmates of the Industrial School. The population of the
ecclesiastical parishes in 1901 was : — St. Mary's, 6,557; St.
Michael's, 8,000; Greyfriars, 3.589. The area of Maxwelltown
burgh (Kirkcudbrightshire) is 677 acres; rateable value, £23,160;
the population in 1891 was 4,961, and in 1901, 5,789, viz.:—
North ward, 2,284, and South ward, 3,512; the population of
ihe ecclesiastical parish in 1901 was 2,313.
The number of electors on the Dumfries parliamentarv register
in 1903 was 2,338, and of the whole district of burghs 3*,722.
Maxwelltown is a burgh of barony, police burgh, and small
debt court (held on the last Thursday in each month by the
sheriff of Kirkcudbright) and quoad sacra parish formed from
â– the parish of Troqueer, in the stewartry of Kirkcudbright, and
is connected with Dumfries by three bridges across the Nith.
The charter for the creation of the burgh was obtained from the
Crown in 1810, and since that time it has considerably improved
'both in character and population; it is governed by a provost,
two bailies, and councillors, distinct from Dumfries, of which
it is virtually an extension, and is partly comprised within that
parliamentary burgh. Among the trading establishments are
saw mills, tweed, hosiery, glove and necktie factories and dye
"works. The Dumfries and Maxwelltown Observatory, which
stands on Corberry hill, in this burgh, was erected by a local
scientific society, and is a building of four storeys, the uppermost
â– of which has acamera-obscura. About a mile along the Maxwell-
town bank of the Nith are situated the ruins of Lincluden
Abbey, locally in the parish of Tereggles and county of Kirk-
cudbright (which see"). His Majesty's Prison for Dumfries and
Galloway, situated here, is a large building, opened August loth,
Post, M. O., T. t T. M. O., E. D. & P. P. Office, S. B. & A. &
I. Office, Buccleuch street
Postmaster, Charles S. Chapman
Chief Clerk, James Copland
Deliveries.— From all parts, 7 a.m. ; Scotland generally & London,
3 p.m.; England, Ireland, Foreign & Colonial & South of
Scotland, Edinburgh, Glasgow & local posts, 6 p.m. ; Glasgow,
Ayrshire, Thornhill, Castle-Douglas, Kirkcudbright, Wigtown-
shire &c. 8 p.m. Parcels are delivered at 7 & 8.30 a.m & 3
6 & 8 p.m
Dispatches. — 3.30, 5.30 (local), 8.15 (mon. only), 8.40 (mon onlv)
& 11.30 a.m.; 12.35, 1.30, 1.40, 2.15, 2.40, 3.45, 4.15, 6, 5.45,
6.25, 6.45, 8 & 10 p.m. Sunday, Castle-Douglas, Dalbeattie,
Kirkgunzeon, Thornhill, Ayr, Kilmarnock, Mauchline & Cum-
nock & North of Scotland, 5.15 a.m. ; all Scotland, England,
Ireland, Foreign & Colonial, 10 p.m
Letters are collected from English street, Town S.O. at 5 30 &
11.10 a.m. ; 1.10, 5.30, 6.15, 7, 8 & 9.45 p.m.; Bnndays, 10
p.m.; St. Michael street. Town S.O. 5.30 (mondaye only) & 11
a.m. & 2.30, 5.30, 7 & 9 p.m.; Milldamhead Town S.O. 5.30
a.m. (mondays only) & 10.50 a.m. & 2.10, 5.30, 7.20 & 9 p.m
On Sunday there is no delivery by letter carriers, but letters are
delivered at the counters from 8 a.m. until 10 a.m
MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT
For the Dumfries Burghs (Dumfries, Annan, Kirkcudbright,
Sanquhar & Lochraaben), Sir Robert Threshie Beid G.O.M.G.,
K.C., M.A. 8 Eaton square S W; 1 Temple gardens E C &
Brooks' club, London S W
BOROUGH MAGISTRATES.
Cumming John, Albany lodge, Dumfries
Glover Joseph J. Hazelwood, Maxwelltown
Houston James. Kirkconnell lea, Caerlaverock, Dumfries
Scott Peter, Dunbar terrace, Dumfries
MUNICIPALITY OF DUMFRIES.
Provost, Joseph Johnstone Glover
Bailies, James Houston, John Cumming & Peter Scott
Dean of Guild, Samuel McLachlan
Treasurer, Hugh Eichardson
Police Judge, James Currie
Councillors, 25
Town Clerk, John Grierson
Town Clerk Depute, Samuel Brown
Town Chamberlain. James H. McGowan
Burgh Treasurer, Thomas McGowan
Medical Officer of Health, Joseph Hunter M.B., D.P.H
Burgh Surveyor, Francis Armstrong
Burirh Assessor, F. O. Prinrfe
Procurator Fiscal for Burgh, Thomas McGowan
Chief Constable, George S. Lipp
Collector of Police Rate, James Stark
Sanitary Inspector, John Barker
TOWN COUNCIL OF MAXWELLTOWN.
Provost, John Chicken
Bailies, John H. Nicholson & Andrew Marchbank
Commissioners, 12
Treasurer, Jonathan E. Blacklock
Town Clerks, Alexander Dobie & Robert Barbour
Burgh Procurator. Jonathan E. Blacklock
Burgh Surveyor. John McLintock Bowie
Sanitary Inspector, Alexander Cruickshank
Chief Constable, Alexander Davidson
COURT HOUSE,
Buccleuch street.
Sheriff, James A. Fleming
Sheriff Substitute, George Campion B.A
Hon. Sheriff Substitutes, John Clerk & C. Carthew-Yorstoun,
advocate
Sheriff Clerk, Charles McKie
Sheriff Clerk Depute, John McBurnie
Auditor of Court, Charles McKie
Procurator Fiscal. Charles Steuart Phyn
Clerk to Prison Visiting Committee, John Bobson
Clerk to District Lunacy Board, John Eobson
Medical Officer, James Maxwell Rose M.B
Sanitary Inspector, Christopher Osselton
Messenger-at-Arms, John McBurnie
Chief Constable, William Gordon
Inspector of Police, James Murray
Janitor (Court house), J. White
PARISH COUNCIL,
28 Queen street.
Chairman, Thomas C. Fames
Inspector & Clerk, Miles Mclnnes
Medical Officer, Peter Murray Kerr M.B., CM
Collector, James Stark
Auditor, Francis 0. Pringle
County Police Station, English street, William Hope, eupt. ;
Peter Clark, inspector
INLAND REVENUE OFFICE,
139 Irish street.
Collector, William Purvis
Supervisor, M. Jamieson
Survevor & Assessor of Taxes, Thomas Gillespie
Principal Clerk. W. J. Kvlan
Clerks, W. H. Stoyle & J. M. Clark
Officer. J. Yelland, 1st class station
SCGT.
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