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7 18 DUNDEE.
FOKFARSHIEE.
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The number of electors on the parliamentary register in 1903
was 18,741.
The population of the ecclesiastical parishes in 1901 was: —
St. Andrew, 5,460; St. Clement, 4,336: St. David, 17,254;
.St. Enoch, 1,992; St. John, 5,843; St. Luke, 4,221; St. Mark,
8,887; St. Mary, 37,890; St. Matthew, 7,554; St. Paul, 8,829;
Chapelshade, 6,220; Clepington, 7,898; Logie, 6,532; Eosebank,
8,961; Wallacetown, 3,508.
LOCHEE is an important but -scattered suburb, forming part of
the royal burgh of Dundee, within the united parishes of Liff
and Benvie, extending one mile and a half north-west from Dun-
dee, and it contains several mills and factories for the spinning
and manufacturing of flax, jute &o. ; the principal of these being
the Camperdown Jute Works, belonging to Messrs. Cox Brothers
Limited, covering a space of about 25 acres, and giving employ-
ment to about 5,000 persons: these works have a tower with a
peal of fine-toned bells, and a clock with four dials, which are
illuminated at night. There is also a furniture manufactory
here. The Dundee and Newtyle branch of the Caledonian railway
passes through this place, and is connected by a branch. There
are two railway stations, one in Lochee and the other at Lochee
West, about a mile north. In the immediate neighbourhood are
several quarries of excellent freestone, which have been wrought
for a long period. There are branches here of the Koyal Bank
cf Scotland, the North of Scotland Bank Limited and the
Dundee Savings Bank. The Free Library in High street, opened
in Dec. 1895, was erected with funds provided by the late Mr.
Thomas H. Cox, of Duncarse, and comprises a library, reading
room and baths. Camperdown House is the residence of the
Earl of Camperdown, and Clement Park is the residence of
Miss Cox. The Established church of St. Luke was the gift
of Thomas H. Cox esq. ; there is another Established church,
two United Free churches, and Episcopalian, Baptist and Roman
Catholic churches. The United Free Church of Scotland, erected
at a cost of upwards of £6,000, is a building in tha Middle
Pointed Gothic style, with a tower and spire rising to a height
of 130 feet, and containing 8 bells, the first erected in any church
in Dundee, and presented by Messrs. Cox Brothers : the church
affords 1,000 sittings. The United Free Church of Scotland,
in Logic street, erected in 1895, will hold 700. Four manses
have been erected for the ministers of the United Free churches
and two Established churches. Lochee Park, presented by
Messrs, Cox Brothers, at a cost, including endowment, of
upwards of £20,000, comprises 25 acres, and has a lodge of
two storeys, with a tower. The population of Lochee ecclesias-
tical parish in 1901 was 2,914.