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636 KIRKCALDY.
CONSULS.
Denmark, Alexander Hutchison, Braehead,
vice-consul
"United States, John Lockhart Innes, 12G
High street, consular agent
KIRKCALDY & DYSART COMBINATION
POOR HOUSES,
Abden, Kinghorn.
Chairman, Robert Hunter
Governor, David Mitchell
Matron, Mrs. Christina Mitchell
Surgeon^ James Welsh M.D
Chaplain, Rev. E. A. Murray
Auditor,, Patrick J. Galloway
THORNTON.
Governor, Robert Cran
Matron, Mrs. Elizabeth Campbell
Chaplain, Rev. Duncan M'Farlane Wilson
Surgeon, James Crawford Gibb McNabb
M.B., CM., F.R.C.S.Eng., D.P.H.Dysart
FIFESHIRE.
[slater's
Registrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages
for Kirkcaldy & Abbotshall, Wemyss E.
M. Maxwell, 8 Tolbooth street
Inland Revenue Office, 489 High street,
John H. Leiidrum, officer
Income Tax Commissioners' Office for Kirk-
caldy district of Fifeshire, 126 High st.
J. L. Innes, clerk
VOLUNTEERS.
1st Fifeshire Royal Garrison Artillery (Vol-
unteers) (3, 5 & 14 Cos.), Hunter street,
No. 3 Company, Hon. Major J. L. Herd.
No. 4 & 5 Cos. Capt. H. L. Stocks. No.
14 Company, Capt. J. P. Main; Surgeon-
Capt. H. W. Laing M.D. medical officer;
Instructor, Sergeant-Major Kerr R.A
6th ( Fifeshire j V. B. Black Watch (Roval
Highlanders) (C & D Cos.), Hill street;
Captain & Hon. Major George Fergusson;
(D Co.) Capt. James Machonichie; Medi-
cal Officer, Surgeon-Lieutenant James
Sutherland Mackay M.A., M.D. ; Sergt..
Instructor, John Thomas Selvester
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS &c.
Adam Smith Hall, St. Brycedale avenue,
William L. Macindoe, clerk; Adam B.
Potts, caretaker
Assembly Rooms, 125 High street, William
Harley, keeper
Beveridge Free Library, St. Brycedale
avenue ; Miss Mary Macbean, librarian ;
branch, Commercial street, Pathhead
Cemetery, Bennochy road, Daniel Gilbert
Dewar, superintendent
Corn Exchange, Cowan street,, Mrs. Isabella
Kay, keeper
Cottage Hospital, Nether street, Pathhead,
William L. Macindoe, sec. ; Miss Helen
Gemmett Simpson, matron ; T N 1
Fire Engine Houses, Cowan street & Over-
ton road, Sinclairtown ; Thomas P.
Rough, captain
Gas Works, Links; office, 71 High street,
William L. Macindoe, sec. & treasurer;
James Kincaid, manager
Hospital for Infectious Diseases, Dunni-
kier road, Miss Jane Gilchrist, matron
Kings Theatre, High street (now building)
Kirkcaldy PotteryReading Room,146Links st
Masonic Hall, Thomas Laing,factor,Rose st
People's Club & Institute, 3 Glasswork st.
Andrew Braid, sec. ; Andrew Buchanan,
superintendent
Police Court, St. Brycedale avenue, William
L. Macindoe, clerk
Public Buildings, 125 High street, William
Harley, keeper
Pathhead & Sinclairtown Reading Room.
Commercial street, Pathhead, John
Clark, sec
Pathhead Public Hall, Commercial street,
Pathhead, George Sandilands, janitor
Slaughter House, Cowan street, David Chal-
mers, superintendent
Town Hall, High street, John Hutchinson,
town officer
Working Men's Institute, Rosslyn street,
Gallatown, David Bonellie, sec
PLACES OF WORSHIP & their Clergy.
Established Churches : —
Kirk wynd (St. Bryce's)„ Rev. John Camp-
bell B.D. ; 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m
Abbotshall, Rev. Bruce Beveridge Begg
D.D. ; Rev. William Henderson Adam
M.A. assistant; 11.15 a.m. & 2.15 p.m
Links street (Raith), Rev.David L. Francis
M.A. ; 11.15 a.m. & 2.15 p.m
Port Brae (St. James's, quoad sacra), Rev.
David Bruce Millar M.A. : 11 a.m. &
2.15 p.m
Church street, Pathhead (quoad sacra),Rev,
John C. Bell; 11.15 a.m. & 2.15 p.m
Viewforth street, Sinclairtown, Rev. John
D. Hay; 11.15 a.m. & 2.15 p.m
Invertiel, Rev. Robert Glasgow; 11.15
a.m. & 2.15 p.m
United Free Churches: —
Gallatown, Rev. Jas. Young Wilson M.A. ;
11.15 a.m. & 2.15 p.m
Abbotshall, High street, Rev. Anthony
M'Millan M.A. ; 11 a.m. & 2.15 p.m
Invertiel, Links street. Rev. William Milne;
11.15 a.m. & 2.15 p.m.; wed. 7.30 p.m
Dunnikier, Dunnikier road, Rev. William
Fa*rweather M.A. ; 11 a.m. & 2.15 p.m
St. Clair street (Pathhead), Pathhead;
11.15 a.m. & 2.15 p.m.; wed. 7.30 p.m
St. Brycedale avenue (St. Brycedale), Rev.
Peter Donald Thomson M.A. ; 11 a.m. &
2.15 p.m
Hfgh street (Union), Rev.John Clark M.A. ;
11.15 a.m. & 2.15 p.m
Bethelfield place*, Rev. David James M.A.,
B.D. ; 11 a.m. & 2.15 p.m. ; wed. 7.30 p.m
Loughborough road, Rev. Edward Man
M.A., DJ). ; 11.15 a.m. & 2.15 p.m
Victoria road, Rev. John Lewars M.A. ; 11
a.m. & 2.15 p.m
Episcopal Church (St. Peter's),, Townsend
place, Rev. Charles Gardyne M.A. ; Rev.
James Ross Cormack M.A. assistant ;
11.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m
Episcopal Church, Overton road, Path-
head, Rev. Charles Gardyne M.A. ; 11
a.m. & 6.30 p.m
Evangelical Union, Congregational Chapel,
Commercial street, Pathhead, Rev. Wm.
Wyllie; 11.15 a.m. & 2.15 p.m
Secession Church, St. Clair street, Sinclair-
town; 11.15 a.m. & 2.15 p.m
Roman Catholic (St. Mary's), Dunniker
road, Rev. John Foley, priest; 12 noon
& 6.30 p.m.; daily mass, 8 a.m
Baptist: —
Anderson street, Sinrlairtown, Rev. Geo.
A. Wilson, 11.15 a.m. & 6.30 p.m
St. Clair street, Pathhead; 11 a.m. &
2 p.m
Whyte's causeway, Rev. William Henry
Spinks, 11 a.m. &, 2.15 p.m
Baptist Mission, Rose street; 11.15 a.m. &
2 p.m
Congregational, High street, Rev. George
MHardy D.D. ; 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m
Kirkcaldy Town's Mission, Mission hall,
Links street, A. E. Murray, missioner ;
11.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m
Salvation Army Barrack, Cowan street
Scottish Coast Mission Hall, 503 High
street. William Hodge, missioner
Unitarian, Hunter street, 11.15 a.m. &
6.30 p.m
Wesleyan (Methodist), St. Clair street,Sin-
clairtown, Rev. William Thomas Butt;
11.15 a.m. & 6.30 p.m
Hendry Presbytery Hall,, Kirk wynd
SCHOOLS.
Kirkcaldy High School, St. Brycedale avenue,
Christopher R. Scott LL.D. rector; Mis=
D. J. Atkinson, lady superintendent;
James M. Doggart B.A.Lond. mathema-
tics & science master ; Alexander Mor-
ton M.A., John M. Dawson M.A., Thom-
son Melville, John Baxter, Miss A. R.
Grieve L.L.A. & Miss L. Carnegie, as-
sistants ; Miss Isabella Dowie, infants'
mistress; John Corrie, master of Lower
school
Abbotshall Public School, Ramsay road,
opened 1891 and enlarged in 1809 for
900 children; average attendance, 700;
John Ogilvie, head master ; George
Robertson, second master; Miss Barbara
Renton, infants' mistress
SCHOOL BOARDS.
Burgh, Alexander Beveridge, 220 High st.
clerk & treasurer
Landward (Kirkcaldy & Dysart), William
M. Dow, 114 High street, clerk; William
L. Macindoe, 170 High street, treasurer
Board Schools: —
Chapel, for 144 children; average attend-
ance, 130; George Harris, master
Dunnikier, Balsusney road, for 930 chil-
dren; average attendance, 836; William
S. Blackstock, head master; George H.
Patrick, second master ; Miss Lizzie
Whitton, infants" mistress
Dysart Burgh Half-Time, Viewforth st.
Sinclairtown, for 130 children
East, Glebe park, for 820 children; aver-
age attendance, 777; William Watson,
head master ; John Russell, second
master; Miss Janet Mills, infants' mist
Gallatown, for 438 children; average at-
tendance, 320; John S. Reid, master
Pathhead, for 1,007 children; average
attendance, 816; John Christie F.E.I.S.
master; Miss Jane W. Hutchison, mist
Sinclairtown, built in 1874 for 763 chil-
dren ; average attendance, 700 ; William
M'Cormick, master; Miss Isabella Bruce,
infants' mistress
West, Milton road, for 900 children;
average attendance, 845 ; James Robb-
B.A. master; John L. Bell, second mstr. ;
Miss Annie K. Fairweather, infants' mist
CONVEYANCE BY RAILWAY,
On the Edinburgh,, Perth & Dundee section
of the North British line.
Station, Kirkcaldy, about five minutes'walk
from centre of the town, William Blyth,
station master ; Mutter, Howey & Co.
carrying agents
An omnibus from the George hotel awaits
the arrival and departure of the trains
Station, St. Clair street, Sinclairtown, Peter
Proven, station master; Mutter, Howey
& Co. carting agents
CONVEYANCE BY WATER.
To Berwick -on-Tweed — Kirkcaldy Steam-
ship Co. Lun. East pier (.fortnightly) ;
tues. & fri
Robert Hen-
Hen-
Co.
TN 128
To Glasgow — TheKirkcaldy, Leith & Glasgow
Steam Packet Co. Limited (boats as re-
quired by the trade) ; Thomas Saunders,
High street, manager; T N 38
To H ull — Kirkcaldy Steamship Co. Lim.
Ease pier (weekly); TN 128
To Leith— The Kirkcaldy, Leith &. Glasgow
Steam Packet Co. Limited (boats daily);
Thomas Saunders, manager; T N 38
To London — The London & Kirkcaldy Ship-
ping Co. (bi-weekly); John Harcus, 475
High street, manager
To Montrose — Kirkcaldy Steamship Co.
Lim. East pier (fortnightly) ; T N 128
CARREERS BY ROAD.
Auchterrl*rran & Chapel, John Morris,
tues. thnrs. & fri
Auchtermuchty, Henry Lambert, tues
Authtertool, H. Moyes, 6at
Burntisland. John Brunton,
Balgeddie, W. Cook, thurs.
derson, thurs
Dysart, Henry Dow, daily
Freuchie, A. Grant, tues. & fri
Kinghorn, John Brunton, tues. & fri. j
Andrew Meldrum, daily
Kinglassie, John Morris, tues. thurs. &
fri. ; W. Cook, thurs. & Robert Hen-
derson, thurs
Kinnesswood, W. Cook, thurs; Robert
Henderson, thurs
Kennowav, Robert Jack, tues
Leslie, Thornton & Markinch, Robert
R alley, daily
Lochgelly, David Pryde, tues. & fri
Scotlandwells, W. Cook & Robert
derson, thurs
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Adam Rev. William Henderson M.A.
(Established Church), 88 Nicol street -
Adamson George P. 68 High street
Aitken George Lewis. Boglily
Aitken Miss, 80 St. Clair street
Anderson James, 5 Oswald's wynd
Arnott Mtb. 6 Bennochy terrace
Arnott Mrs. 47 Loughborough rd.Sinclairtwn
Balfour Alexander, 160 High street
Balfour George, Balwearie
Balfour Miss, 20 Townsend place
Balfour Robert, Ingleby, Victoria road
Barnet Alex. Meadow bank. West Albert rd
Barnefc Henry M. 17 Townsend place
Barnet Mrs. 126 High street
Barry John, Bennochy park
Bartholomew Walter. 243 High street
Batten Edward, Bennochy house
Bayne David, 1 Montgomery street
Beatson David Oswald, St. Ann's, East
Fergus place
Beattie William, Ravenswood, Carlyle road
Begg Rev. Bruce Beveridge M.A., D.D.
(Estab. Church), The Manse, Milton road
Bell Rev. John C. (Estab. Church), Manse,
Loughborough road, Sinclairtown
Bell Miss, 11 Wemyssfield
Bell Mrs. 20 Townsend crescent
Bennett George, 104 Nicol street
Beveridge Alexander. East Fergus place
Beveridge Andrew, 59 Loughborough road
Beveridge David, 220 High street
Beveridge David, 9 West Albert road
Beveridge George James, 10 James grove
Beveridge James F. Beveridge road
Beveridge Mrs. Beech wood, Bennochy road
Birrell Thomas, 11 Townsend crescent
Birrell William, 5 Gow crescent
Black Andrew, 5 Bennochy terrace
Black John, Boa Vista, Victoria garden*
Black James, Whytehouse avenue
Black Miss, 27 Milton road