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COMMERCIAL.
Early closing day, Wednesday.
Aitchison & Co. engineers &
iron founders
Alexander James, butcher, The Loan
Alexander John (Mrs.), tobacconist, The
Loan
Allison Alex. M.D., L.R.C.S.Edin. surgeon.
medical officer of health for the burgh
& certifying factory surgeon, 2Bilston bnk
Allison John, boot maker, 99 Clerk street
Armour James, sec. & manager for the
CUppens Oil Co. Limited
Arthur Isabella (Mrs.), grocer & spirit dlr.
85 Clerk street
Baillie And»ew,livery stable keeper & coach
hirer, Elm row
Berry Thomas M. saddler
Bicks Sergt. drill instructor, Portland cot
British Linen Co. Hank (John Williamson,
agent; William Halley, accountant),Clerk
street; draw on London office, 41 Lom-
bard street E C & Bank of England E C,
London
Brodie James, boot maker, Clerk street
Brown Chas. K. gro. & spirit dlr.17 High st
Burdie House Lime Co. lime buniers(Tlios.
Webster, manager) ; T N G Loanhead
Cairns John, blacksmith
Cameron James L.R.C.P. & S.Edin.,L.F.P.
& S.Glas. surgeon, The Fountain
Campbell Annie (.Mrs.), milliner, 1*0 Clerk st
Campbell Jnhn. butcher, 16 High street
Carstairs Thomas, fruiterer, Murfield
Cessford Wm. grocer & spirit dlr.2 High st
Clapperton Jas. gro. & spirit dlr. Clerk st
Clippens Lime Co. Limited (James Armour,
sec. & general manager), Pentland
works; T K 5; T A '* Clippens, Loan-
head "
Clippens Oil Co. Limited, oil manufacturers
& lime burners (James Armour, sec. &
general manager), Pentland works; T N
5; T A " Clippens, Loanhead "
Cuchnie Jane (Mrs.), confectioner, Clerk st
Dickson C, & Sons, candle makers &. tallow
merchants, Edgefield; T N 14 Loanhead
Dobson William & Co. drapers, 113 & 115
Clerk street
Dobson William, draper & tailor, 46 Clerk st
Dunlop Alexander, baker, 67 Clerk street
Eldin Chemical Co. Limited, horse
slaughterers, bone crushers & manure
manufacturers, Edgefield road ; T A
" Horses, Loanhead "; T N 13 Loanhead
Frichael Michael, Masons' Arms P.H.
Clerk street
Gaddie Mary (Mrs.), grocer & spirit dealer,
59 Clerk street
Geddes Brothers, grocers & spirit dealers,
30 High street
Godley John, tailor, The Loan
Golder John, draper, 56 Clerk street
Gourlay George & Son, blacksmiths
Hamilton John D.ilgleiah, joiner, Academy la
Hamilton William E. cashier
Hay Wm. grcr. & spirit dlr. 81 Clerk street
Hughes James, watch maker & jeweller,
74 Clerk street
Hunter John, butcher, 72 Clerk street
Hunter Wm. carting contractor, The Loan
Hunter William, dairyman, Oakfield
Hyslop William, spirit merchant, The Loan
Inglis Henry, draper & boot
maker, The Loan
Irvine William, grocer & spirit dealer,
70 High street
Kay William, plumber & gas works proprie-
tor, Flower field, High street
Kerr Hugh, baker, 119 Clerk street
Lamb James, grocer, 27 Clerk street
Liddle William, temperance restaurant &
confectioner, 72 Clerk street
Loanhend Bowling Club (William Easton
Hamilton, sec)
Love Henry, manager for Shotts Iron Co.
Lynedoch cottage
Macfarlane William, town clerk & clerk
to magistrates
McGrath John, spirit dealer, Clerk street
Mactaggart, Scott & Co. hydraulic & elec-
trical engineers & pumping machinery
manufacturers, Station iron works ; T N
12; T A " Valve, Loanhead "
[Nugent Patk. grocer & spirit dlr. 22 Clerk st
Penicuik Co-operative Society L'mited(Thos.
Lamb, manager), 84 Clerk street
Porteous John, stationer, 70 Clerk street
Purdie John C. painter, 23 High street
Richardson Jn. greengrcr. 4 Linden place
Robertson Alex, bookseller & tobacconist
& china & glass dealer, 104 Clerk Btreet
Roden Patrck, shopkeeper. 9 High street
Russell William, police inspector
Scott Jnmes, taMor, 94 Clerk street
Scott John, watch maker, 107 Clerk street
Sharp David, hair dresser, 5 The Loan
Shotts Iron Co. coal masters (Henry Love,
manager)
EDINBUEGHSHIKE.
Sharp George Grieve, china dlr. 31 Clerk st
Simpson John, grocer & ale & porter dealer,
Fountain place
Simpson Williara, boot maker, 89 Clerk st
Sinton Richard (Mrs.), saddler, 64 Clerk st
Smith Helen (Mrs.), fruiterer, 107 Clerk st
Stephen Jn. chemist & postmstr.73 Clerk st
Telfer Jessie (Mrs.), grocer & spirit dealer,
38 High street
Thomson G. & E. M. drapers & milliners,
80 Clerk street
Thomson Alexander, confectioner, 9 Clerk st
Thomson George, joiner, Clerk street
Thomson John, tailor, 3 High- street
Training Home for Girls (Mrs. Macrae,
matron"). Dairy house
Tweedle James, "shopkeeper, Fountain place
Twiss Matthew, Forresters' Arms P.H.
Clerk street
Valenti Yincenti, confectioner, Clerk street
Watson William, builder, Arbuthnot mad
WilliamsonJohn, agent for the British Linen
Co. Bank & insurance agent, Clerk street
Williamson Robert, slater, Clerk street
Young John & Walter, general ironmongers,
78 Clerk street
MIXLERHILX, see Newtox.
MILTON BRIDGE, see Glencobsk.
MU SSE LBURGH is an ancient
town, a burgh of regality and contributary
parliamentary burgh, in the parish of In-
veresk, and in Inveresk poor combination
and Edinburgh small debt court district, 24
miles east from Portobello, 4 north from Dal-
ke : th,5 ea?t from Leith and 6 east from Edin-
burgh, with a station at Inveresk on the
North British railway and another on a
branch from Newhailes Junction of the
same line. The town occupies a level
expanse upon the south shore of the
Firth of Forth, generally acknowledeed
to be an ancient sea level. The river Esk
flowing through, divides it into nearly
two equal parts, that on its western bank
being known, up to 1896, as Fisherrow,
but now all is included in the one designa-
tion, Musselburgh. The town consists of
two streets, lying nearly due east and
west along the eastern bank; the main, or
High street, extending from the bridge
over the Esk on the west to Loretto and
Pinkie on the east, and being on the great
road from Edinburgh to Berwick and Lon-
don. The approach to High street from the
station is through a fine avenue of trees
called the Mall. The streets generally are
of good width and well paved with whin-
stone blocks, and the two portions of the
town are connected by six bridges across
the Esk. The old bridge, a- venerable
structure of three arches, and incorporating
remains of a Roman bridge, was built by
Lady Janet Hepburn, wife of George, 3rd
Baron Seton.and grand-aunt of the notorious
James (Hepburn"), 4th Earl of Bnthwell, eo
unhappily associated with the history of
Mary Queen of Scots. The roadway is
high and narrow, and is approached by a
flight of steps at either end, being now
used only by foot passengers, although in
ancient times it was the chief thorough-
fare to the south. Across it the Scottish
army passed after the battle of Pinkie
(10 Sept. 1547), when Lord Graham, eldest
son of the Earl of Montrose, and others
were killed on it by cannon shot from the
English fleet anchored at the river mouth.
Victoria Bridge, near the mouth of the
Esk, erected in 1888, in commemoration
of the jubilee of Her late Majesty Queen
Victoria, is for foot passengers only. There
is also a stone bridge of five elliptical
arches, designed by John Rennie F.R.S. the
famous engineer; an iron girder railway
bridge for the North British railway, a
stone bridge carrying the main line of the
North British railway, two iron bridges
and others. The small harbour on the
western bank of the river is under the
control of commissioners. A large sum has
been expended in erecting and improving
the piers, but the access to the harbour is
shallow, and does not a<.lmit vessels of any
considerable tonnage. The custom house,
connected with that of Leith, is now at
Prestonpans. A portion of the inhabitants
around here are fishermen, and the pro-
duce of their industry is conveyed by rail
to Edinburgh and disposed of by their
wives and daughters. Contiguous to Fisher-
row Links are the public slaughter houses,
constructed upon the most approved plan.
An effective system of drainage has been
carried out, and the water supply is de-
rived from the Edinburgh & District Water
Works. The town is lighted with gas by
a company established in 1831, whose
MUSSELBURGH. 551
works are at the north-west corner of the
Links, near the river mouth. Thomas, 9th
Earl of Mar, in 1340, granted to the town
its first charter, and in 1354 all the an-
cient rights and privileges of the town
were confirmed anew by King David II.
After the disastrous battle of Pinkie, in
1547, the whole of the burgh records were
ruthlessly destroyed by the Duke of Somer-
set K.G. lord protector, but in 1562 Robert
Pitcairn, commendator of Dunfermline,
executed a fresh charter, reaffirming all
the ancient rights and privileges pre-
viously enjoyed. This charter is still ex-
tant, and has been ratified and confirmed
by various subsequent charters and Acts
of Parliament, more particularly by one
from John, Earl, and subsequently Duke of
Lauderdale E.G. lord high commissioner
in Scotland, dated 1670, in which all
former grants in favour of the burgh are
acknowledged. In 1632, Musselburgh wa3
erected into a royal burgh by charter under
the great seal, an act which excited the
jealousy of the magistrates of Edinburgh,
who contrived to obtain a reduction of the
charter in the same year. The burgh is,
however, still represented on the con-
vention of royal burghs, founded in 1150.
Musselburgh is governed by a provost,
three bailies, a treasurer and seven coun-
cillors, elected according to the provisions
of the Burgh Reform Act. Their juris-
diction extends two and a half miles along
the shore, from the Magdalen bridge
rivulet on the west to Ravenshaugh stream-
let on the east, which at that locality is
the ' boundary with Haddingtonshire ; but
they possess no jurisdiction over Inveresk
village, which is included within the
county. Musselburgh, together with Leith,
Newhaven and Portobello, forms the Leith
parliamentarv district, constituted under
the Reform Act, 1832 (2 and 3 Wm. IV. c.
45) and returning one member. The Town-
House, which occupies an angle in the
High street, is a substantial edifice, in-
cluding an Assembly room, council cham-
ber, offices for the town clerk, town cham-
berlain, burgh surveyor, and quarters for
the constabulary. Attached to the build-
ing is a tower with a slated spire of quaint
Flemish design, and containing the me-
chanism of ,a clock, presented to the town
by the Dutch States in 1496, and still
preserved, though the clock has been re-
placed since 1902 by a new one. Con-
nected with the Town. House is the gaol,
said to have been erected about 1590, from
the materials of the ruinous chapel of
Loretto, but used since the passing of the
Prison Act, only as a temporary place of
confinement for petty offenders. The Town
Cross, which stands opposite the municipal
offices, consists of a square base, supporting
a disused pant or basin, from the centre of
which rises a stone pillar surmounted by
the figure of a lion bearing a shield with
the borough arms, az. three anchors, in
fess, or, and as many mussels, two in
chief, and one in base, ppr. A drinking
fountain was erected in 1895, at the top of
High street, at a cost of over £500, by Mr.
David T. Wright, merchant, of Riddle's
close, Leith, and a native of Musselburgh,
who has presented it to the town; the
fountain, which stands on a circular base
of two step3, is an octagonal structure in
the Renaissance style, four of the sides
having arched recesses with basins of
grey granite; it is finished above with a
frieze and cornice, and a ribbed ogee
shaped dome, and also bears the arms of
the town, of the Regent Randolph, Earl
of Moray, and those of the donor, and
another shield, charged with the emblem
of St. Michael; the total height is 18
feet. In the same street, and opposite
the fountain, is the memorial erected to
David Macbeth Moir, the celebrated poet
and literateur. best known by his contribu-
tions to ''Blackwood's Magazine,'' under
the name of " Delta"; he was born here
5 Jan. 1798; died 6 July, 1851, and was
buried at Inveresk. There are branches
here of the Royal Bank of Scotland, the
Commercial Bank of Scotland Lim. and
the National Bank of Scotland Limited.
The manufactories here include the Patent
Fishing Net Works> of Messrs. Stuart; in
addition to which this firm has another large
factory of the same kind at Buckhaven,
Fifeshire. Adjoining this establishment are
the very extensive paper mills of the Inver-
esk Paper Company, which give employment
to a large number of hands. Besides these
industries there are two large breweries,
maltings and seed crushing, tanning and
leather currying works, and the manufacture
of confectionery, potteryware, salt, skin
COMMERCIAL.
Early closing day, Wednesday.
Aitchison & Co. engineers &
iron founders
Alexander James, butcher, The Loan
Alexander John (Mrs.), tobacconist, The
Loan
Allison Alex. M.D., L.R.C.S.Edin. surgeon.
medical officer of health for the burgh
& certifying factory surgeon, 2Bilston bnk
Allison John, boot maker, 99 Clerk street
Armour James, sec. & manager for the
CUppens Oil Co. Limited
Arthur Isabella (Mrs.), grocer & spirit dlr.
85 Clerk street
Baillie And»ew,livery stable keeper & coach
hirer, Elm row
Berry Thomas M. saddler
Bicks Sergt. drill instructor, Portland cot
British Linen Co. Hank (John Williamson,
agent; William Halley, accountant),Clerk
street; draw on London office, 41 Lom-
bard street E C & Bank of England E C,
London
Brodie James, boot maker, Clerk street
Brown Chas. K. gro. & spirit dlr.17 High st
Burdie House Lime Co. lime buniers(Tlios.
Webster, manager) ; T N G Loanhead
Cairns John, blacksmith
Cameron James L.R.C.P. & S.Edin.,L.F.P.
& S.Glas. surgeon, The Fountain
Campbell Annie (.Mrs.), milliner, 1*0 Clerk st
Campbell Jnhn. butcher, 16 High street
Carstairs Thomas, fruiterer, Murfield
Cessford Wm. grocer & spirit dlr.2 High st
Clapperton Jas. gro. & spirit dlr. Clerk st
Clippens Lime Co. Limited (James Armour,
sec. & general manager), Pentland
works; T K 5; T A '* Clippens, Loan-
head "
Clippens Oil Co. Limited, oil manufacturers
& lime burners (James Armour, sec. &
general manager), Pentland works; T N
5; T A " Clippens, Loanhead "
Cuchnie Jane (Mrs.), confectioner, Clerk st
Dickson C, & Sons, candle makers &. tallow
merchants, Edgefield; T N 14 Loanhead
Dobson William & Co. drapers, 113 & 115
Clerk street
Dobson William, draper & tailor, 46 Clerk st
Dunlop Alexander, baker, 67 Clerk street
Eldin Chemical Co. Limited, horse
slaughterers, bone crushers & manure
manufacturers, Edgefield road ; T A
" Horses, Loanhead "; T N 13 Loanhead
Frichael Michael, Masons' Arms P.H.
Clerk street
Gaddie Mary (Mrs.), grocer & spirit dealer,
59 Clerk street
Geddes Brothers, grocers & spirit dealers,
30 High street
Godley John, tailor, The Loan
Golder John, draper, 56 Clerk street
Gourlay George & Son, blacksmiths
Hamilton John D.ilgleiah, joiner, Academy la
Hamilton William E. cashier
Hay Wm. grcr. & spirit dlr. 81 Clerk street
Hughes James, watch maker & jeweller,
74 Clerk street
Hunter John, butcher, 72 Clerk street
Hunter Wm. carting contractor, The Loan
Hunter William, dairyman, Oakfield
Hyslop William, spirit merchant, The Loan
Inglis Henry, draper & boot
maker, The Loan
Irvine William, grocer & spirit dealer,
70 High street
Kay William, plumber & gas works proprie-
tor, Flower field, High street
Kerr Hugh, baker, 119 Clerk street
Lamb James, grocer, 27 Clerk street
Liddle William, temperance restaurant &
confectioner, 72 Clerk street
Loanhend Bowling Club (William Easton
Hamilton, sec)
Love Henry, manager for Shotts Iron Co.
Lynedoch cottage
Macfarlane William, town clerk & clerk
to magistrates
McGrath John, spirit dealer, Clerk street
Mactaggart, Scott & Co. hydraulic & elec-
trical engineers & pumping machinery
manufacturers, Station iron works ; T N
12; T A " Valve, Loanhead "
[Nugent Patk. grocer & spirit dlr. 22 Clerk st
Penicuik Co-operative Society L'mited(Thos.
Lamb, manager), 84 Clerk street
Porteous John, stationer, 70 Clerk street
Purdie John C. painter, 23 High street
Richardson Jn. greengrcr. 4 Linden place
Robertson Alex, bookseller & tobacconist
& china & glass dealer, 104 Clerk Btreet
Roden Patrck, shopkeeper. 9 High street
Russell William, police inspector
Scott Jnmes, taMor, 94 Clerk street
Scott John, watch maker, 107 Clerk street
Sharp David, hair dresser, 5 The Loan
Shotts Iron Co. coal masters (Henry Love,
manager)
EDINBUEGHSHIKE.
Sharp George Grieve, china dlr. 31 Clerk st
Simpson John, grocer & ale & porter dealer,
Fountain place
Simpson Williara, boot maker, 89 Clerk st
Sinton Richard (Mrs.), saddler, 64 Clerk st
Smith Helen (Mrs.), fruiterer, 107 Clerk st
Stephen Jn. chemist & postmstr.73 Clerk st
Telfer Jessie (Mrs.), grocer & spirit dealer,
38 High street
Thomson G. & E. M. drapers & milliners,
80 Clerk street
Thomson Alexander, confectioner, 9 Clerk st
Thomson George, joiner, Clerk street
Thomson John, tailor, 3 High- street
Training Home for Girls (Mrs. Macrae,
matron"). Dairy house
Tweedle James, "shopkeeper, Fountain place
Twiss Matthew, Forresters' Arms P.H.
Clerk street
Valenti Yincenti, confectioner, Clerk street
Watson William, builder, Arbuthnot mad
WilliamsonJohn, agent for the British Linen
Co. Bank & insurance agent, Clerk street
Williamson Robert, slater, Clerk street
Young John & Walter, general ironmongers,
78 Clerk street
MIXLERHILX, see Newtox.
MILTON BRIDGE, see Glencobsk.
MU SSE LBURGH is an ancient
town, a burgh of regality and contributary
parliamentary burgh, in the parish of In-
veresk, and in Inveresk poor combination
and Edinburgh small debt court district, 24
miles east from Portobello, 4 north from Dal-
ke : th,5 ea?t from Leith and 6 east from Edin-
burgh, with a station at Inveresk on the
North British railway and another on a
branch from Newhailes Junction of the
same line. The town occupies a level
expanse upon the south shore of the
Firth of Forth, generally acknowledeed
to be an ancient sea level. The river Esk
flowing through, divides it into nearly
two equal parts, that on its western bank
being known, up to 1896, as Fisherrow,
but now all is included in the one designa-
tion, Musselburgh. The town consists of
two streets, lying nearly due east and
west along the eastern bank; the main, or
High street, extending from the bridge
over the Esk on the west to Loretto and
Pinkie on the east, and being on the great
road from Edinburgh to Berwick and Lon-
don. The approach to High street from the
station is through a fine avenue of trees
called the Mall. The streets generally are
of good width and well paved with whin-
stone blocks, and the two portions of the
town are connected by six bridges across
the Esk. The old bridge, a- venerable
structure of three arches, and incorporating
remains of a Roman bridge, was built by
Lady Janet Hepburn, wife of George, 3rd
Baron Seton.and grand-aunt of the notorious
James (Hepburn"), 4th Earl of Bnthwell, eo
unhappily associated with the history of
Mary Queen of Scots. The roadway is
high and narrow, and is approached by a
flight of steps at either end, being now
used only by foot passengers, although in
ancient times it was the chief thorough-
fare to the south. Across it the Scottish
army passed after the battle of Pinkie
(10 Sept. 1547), when Lord Graham, eldest
son of the Earl of Montrose, and others
were killed on it by cannon shot from the
English fleet anchored at the river mouth.
Victoria Bridge, near the mouth of the
Esk, erected in 1888, in commemoration
of the jubilee of Her late Majesty Queen
Victoria, is for foot passengers only. There
is also a stone bridge of five elliptical
arches, designed by John Rennie F.R.S. the
famous engineer; an iron girder railway
bridge for the North British railway, a
stone bridge carrying the main line of the
North British railway, two iron bridges
and others. The small harbour on the
western bank of the river is under the
control of commissioners. A large sum has
been expended in erecting and improving
the piers, but the access to the harbour is
shallow, and does not a<.lmit vessels of any
considerable tonnage. The custom house,
connected with that of Leith, is now at
Prestonpans. A portion of the inhabitants
around here are fishermen, and the pro-
duce of their industry is conveyed by rail
to Edinburgh and disposed of by their
wives and daughters. Contiguous to Fisher-
row Links are the public slaughter houses,
constructed upon the most approved plan.
An effective system of drainage has been
carried out, and the water supply is de-
rived from the Edinburgh & District Water
Works. The town is lighted with gas by
a company established in 1831, whose
MUSSELBURGH. 551
works are at the north-west corner of the
Links, near the river mouth. Thomas, 9th
Earl of Mar, in 1340, granted to the town
its first charter, and in 1354 all the an-
cient rights and privileges of the town
were confirmed anew by King David II.
After the disastrous battle of Pinkie, in
1547, the whole of the burgh records were
ruthlessly destroyed by the Duke of Somer-
set K.G. lord protector, but in 1562 Robert
Pitcairn, commendator of Dunfermline,
executed a fresh charter, reaffirming all
the ancient rights and privileges pre-
viously enjoyed. This charter is still ex-
tant, and has been ratified and confirmed
by various subsequent charters and Acts
of Parliament, more particularly by one
from John, Earl, and subsequently Duke of
Lauderdale E.G. lord high commissioner
in Scotland, dated 1670, in which all
former grants in favour of the burgh are
acknowledged. In 1632, Musselburgh wa3
erected into a royal burgh by charter under
the great seal, an act which excited the
jealousy of the magistrates of Edinburgh,
who contrived to obtain a reduction of the
charter in the same year. The burgh is,
however, still represented on the con-
vention of royal burghs, founded in 1150.
Musselburgh is governed by a provost,
three bailies, a treasurer and seven coun-
cillors, elected according to the provisions
of the Burgh Reform Act. Their juris-
diction extends two and a half miles along
the shore, from the Magdalen bridge
rivulet on the west to Ravenshaugh stream-
let on the east, which at that locality is
the ' boundary with Haddingtonshire ; but
they possess no jurisdiction over Inveresk
village, which is included within the
county. Musselburgh, together with Leith,
Newhaven and Portobello, forms the Leith
parliamentarv district, constituted under
the Reform Act, 1832 (2 and 3 Wm. IV. c.
45) and returning one member. The Town-
House, which occupies an angle in the
High street, is a substantial edifice, in-
cluding an Assembly room, council cham-
ber, offices for the town clerk, town cham-
berlain, burgh surveyor, and quarters for
the constabulary. Attached to the build-
ing is a tower with a slated spire of quaint
Flemish design, and containing the me-
chanism of ,a clock, presented to the town
by the Dutch States in 1496, and still
preserved, though the clock has been re-
placed since 1902 by a new one. Con-
nected with the Town. House is the gaol,
said to have been erected about 1590, from
the materials of the ruinous chapel of
Loretto, but used since the passing of the
Prison Act, only as a temporary place of
confinement for petty offenders. The Town
Cross, which stands opposite the municipal
offices, consists of a square base, supporting
a disused pant or basin, from the centre of
which rises a stone pillar surmounted by
the figure of a lion bearing a shield with
the borough arms, az. three anchors, in
fess, or, and as many mussels, two in
chief, and one in base, ppr. A drinking
fountain was erected in 1895, at the top of
High street, at a cost of over £500, by Mr.
David T. Wright, merchant, of Riddle's
close, Leith, and a native of Musselburgh,
who has presented it to the town; the
fountain, which stands on a circular base
of two step3, is an octagonal structure in
the Renaissance style, four of the sides
having arched recesses with basins of
grey granite; it is finished above with a
frieze and cornice, and a ribbed ogee
shaped dome, and also bears the arms of
the town, of the Regent Randolph, Earl
of Moray, and those of the donor, and
another shield, charged with the emblem
of St. Michael; the total height is 18
feet. In the same street, and opposite
the fountain, is the memorial erected to
David Macbeth Moir, the celebrated poet
and literateur. best known by his contribu-
tions to ''Blackwood's Magazine,'' under
the name of " Delta"; he was born here
5 Jan. 1798; died 6 July, 1851, and was
buried at Inveresk. There are branches
here of the Royal Bank of Scotland, the
Commercial Bank of Scotland Lim. and
the National Bank of Scotland Limited.
The manufactories here include the Patent
Fishing Net Works> of Messrs. Stuart; in
addition to which this firm has another large
factory of the same kind at Buckhaven,
Fifeshire. Adjoining this establishment are
the very extensive paper mills of the Inver-
esk Paper Company, which give employment
to a large number of hands. Besides these
industries there are two large breweries,
maltings and seed crushing, tanning and
leather currying works, and the manufacture
of confectionery, potteryware, salt, skin
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