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T378 FLNTRY.
FABMERS.
Cowan Alex. Spittlehill, Townhead & Lurg
Cowan James, Gartcarron
Dobbie David, Jaw
Jardine Alexander, Bogside
M'Gilchrist David, Gonnachan
Norns Alexander, Todhills
Tod James, Meikle Binn
GARGUNNOCK is a parish in Stirling
small debt court district, 6 miles in
length by 4 in breadth, and is bounded on
the east and south by St. Ninians, on the
west by Fintry, Balfron and Kippen, and on
the north by Kincardine and Kilmadock.
The river Forth divides the parish on the
north from Perthshire, As regards Its agri-
cultural features and capabilities, it is
divided Into two districts ; one of which, on
the south, is hilly and pastoral, and the
other is a flat carse land which spreads
from the town of Stirling In a south-westerly
direction towards the county of Dumbar-
ton. The chief business here is basket
making. Gargunnock Hill, 1,591 feet, and
Lees Hill, 1,349 feet high, are in the
parish. The village stands on the side of
a hill on the south edge of the carse, and
on the road from Stirling to Lennoxtown,
with a station about one mile north on
the Stirling and Balloch section of the
North British railway, and 6 miles west
from Stirling. Gargunnock House is the
residence of Charles Stirling Stirling esq.
Boquhan House is the seat of Stephen
Mitchell esq. J. P. Alastair Erskine Gra-
ham Moir esq. J. P. of Leckie House, Stir-
ling; Charles Stirling Stirling esq. ; Stphn.
Mitchell esq. J. P. ; Mrs. James Duncan
Gray Dalrymple; Sir Alan Henry Seton-
Steuart bart. D.L., J. P. of Touch, and
John Kerr esq. of Baltic head, Balfron,
are the prinpipal landowners. Acreage,
9,562; rateable value, £8,123; population
in 1891, 674, and in 1D01, 633.
Post & T. 0. Grarguunock; Mrs. Katharine
Philp.'sub-postinistress. Letters received
through Stirling. Deliveries, 7.10 &
JQ.30 a.m. j dispatch, 2 p.m- postal |
THIS is a police burgh, seaport and civil
parish, 3 miles north from Falkirk, 27
north-north-west from Edinburgh and 25
north-east from Glasgow, situated on the
Firth of Forth, at the junction of the
river Carron with the Clyde and Forth
canal, and is governed by a provost, two
bailies and six commissioners. The eccle-
siastical parish was formed from the
parishes of Bothkenna, Falkirk and Pol-
mont. A branch railway, which joins the
North British at Falkirk, was constructed
in 1859, thus connecting the port with
the railway system of the country. The
Caledonian Railway Company has also a
branch line, which joins the Scottish cen-
tral section at Larbert. This port was
commenced in 1777 by Sir Lawrence Dun-
das, for the shipping passing through the
canal to and from the Clyde and Glasgow,
of which it is the natural eastern port :
its growth is attributable to the moderate
rate of charges, as well as to the facilities
for vessels of the largest tonnage : the
canal rates of toll are also low : the wet
dock, opened in 1843, affords room for
nearly 20,000 tons of shipping. Docks of
nearly 60 acres in extent were opened on
the 3rd of June, 1882, and of this area,
194 acres represents the water area of the
docks and timber basins, the actual dock-
age area being about 10£ acres. New
docks of 30 acres, begun about 1899, are
still (1903) iD course of construction, at an
estimated cost of £1,500,000. The amount
of Customs duty collected in 1902 was
£182,421.
In 1902 the number of sailing and steam
vessels that entered the port with cargoes,
and in ballast, was : — British, 414, of
260,176 tons; foreign, 850, of 440,143 tons.
The number cleared was: — British, 501, of
313,970 tons; foreign, 908, of 471,369 ton-
nage. In the general coasting trade, 1,234
entered, of 427,216 tons, and 1,027, of
346,219 tons cleared. The number of ves-
sels registered as belonging to the port in
1902 was 53, with a tonnage of 14,758.
There are commodious quays, granaries
and warehouses; also shipbuilding yards,
a graving dock and timber yards. In 1902
three ships, of 1,835 tons, was built, and
one for foreigners, of 974 net tonnage.
Rope and sail making is extensively carried
on, and there are saw mills and large
collieries adjacent. The imports from Nor-
way, Sweden, Denmark, America, Ger-
many, and the Baltic in general, are tim-
STIRLINGSHIRE.
Orders are issued & paid here. The
nearest money order office is at Kippen,
4 miles distant
PARISH COUNCIL.
Chairman, James D. G. Dalrymple
Clerk, Inspector of Poor, Collector of Rates
& Registrar of Births, Deaths & Mar-
riages & Clerk to Heritors, William
Jamieson
Councillors, Seven
Medical Officer, Duncan Macdiarmld M.B,
CM., J.P. Kippen
Sanitary Inspector, John Barr
Established Church, Rev. Rt. Stevenson
B.A.Cantab., B.D.Edin
United Free Church, Rev. Henry W. Hunter
SCHOOL BOARD.
Chairman, A. E. Graham Moir esq.. J.P.
of Leckie
Clerk, Robert Whyte, solicitor, 4 King st.
Stirling
Members, Five
Board School, Andrew Smith Davidson,
master
Railway Station, George Law, station mast
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Postal address of names marked thus * is
Kippen Station R.S.O. Stirlingshire.
Brown-Douglas Francis A. Leckie house
Dalrymple James Duncan Gray J.P.
Meiklewood house
Kerr James, Easter Culmore
»Mitchell Stephen J.P. Boquhan house
Moir Alastair Erskine GrahamJ.P.Leckie ho
Noble Peter, United Free Church manse
Stevenson Rev. Robert B.A.Cantab., B.D.
Edin. (Established), The Manse
Stirling Charles Stirling, Gargunnock ho
w Wingate James, Burnton
COMMERCIAL.
Barr John, sanitary inspector
Brown Alexander, blacksmith, Dasherhead
*Brown Robert, blacksmith, Burnton
Calder James <& Co. Ltd. distillers, Glen-
foyle; registered office, Boness Distillery
GRANGEMOUTH.
ber, grain &c. The total value of the im-
ports in 1902 was £3,139,593, the prin-
cipal, with their values, being: — Chemical
manufactures and products, £81,769; cot-
ton goods, £45,778; dye stuffs, £167,913;
manufactured glass, £49,604 ; iron ore,
£61,309; manufactured iron, £138,081;
margarine, £180,303; oil (fish), £165,853;
painters' colors, £64,872; paper (including
strawboard), £157,953 ; paper-making ma-
terials. £157,953 ; sugar (refined),£355,649 ;
(unrefined), £80,557 ; timber (sawn),
£450,562; timber (hewn), £81,976; zinc
(crude), £46,888. Steamers ply regularly
to and from London, Rotterdam, Ham-
burg, Stettin, Dunkirk, Copenhagen,
Middlesbrough &c. The total value of the
exports of British and Irish products in
1902 was £2,158,315, the principal, with
their values, being: — Chemicals and chemi-
cal productions, £41,285; coal, coke and
patent fuel, £662,607; coal products (except
dyes), £42,620; cotton piece goods,
£61,608; cotton goods of all other kinds,
£56,518 ; manufactured iron and steel,
£133,890 ; machinerv, £639,633 ; manure,
£51,313 ; metals (unenumerated), £26,656 ;
molasses, £28.372 ; oil, £26,656 ; spirits
(British and Irish), £36,591. The advan-
tages and cheapness of the port, and the
readiness of communication by canal and
railway with the populous manufacturing
districts, and with inexhaustible supplies
of iron and coal, combine to invest Grange-
mouth with the great advantages for the
above imports and of other continental
produce, as well as for the export of the
mineral and other productions of the West
of Scotland. The Town Hall, erected at a
cost of about £5,500, has a large hall capa-
ble of seating 900 persons : there are also
included in the building town clerk's cham-
bers, a council room and small halls for
meetings of committees. The town having
adopted the Free Libraries Act, the Vic-
toria Library was erected in 1887, at a cost
of about £1,800, including site, one half of
the sum being presented by Mrs. Carnegie,
the other being raised by voluntary contri-
butions and assessment. The Commercial
Bank of Scotland Limited, the Bank of
Scotland, the Royal Bank of Scotland and
the British Linen Company's Bank have
branches here. A public park of 8£ acres,
granted by the Marquess of Zetland, was
opened in 1882. The area of the civil
parish is 8,046 acres ; rateable value,
£70,673; area of burgh, 531 acres; the
[slater's
Coubrough John, vintner
Craik James, basket maker
Curling Club (Andrew Smith Davidson,.
sec)
Jamieson William, clerk to Parish Council,,
inspector of poor, collector of rates,
registrar of births, deaths & marriages
& clerk to heritors
*M'Allum John, wright, Glencairn cottage-
M'Gregor Mary (Mrs.), grocer
M'Laren John, wright
McNaughton Helen (Mrs.), grocer
Mailer Robert, session clerk, Redhall
Marshall Alexander, manager, Distillery-
malthouse
Philp Katharine (Mrs.), grocer, & post off
Travis Jane (Mrs.), basket maker
FARMERS.
Bain John, Crawtree
*Bain Samuel F. Inch of Leckie
*Cowan James, Garrique, Burnfoot &:
Backside
Downie Robert, Knock of Ronald
Gray James, Birkenwood
Inglis Mrs. Alex. Kepdarroch
Inglis Robert, Patrickston
* Jackson Robert, Mains of Boquhan.
Kay Charles, Mill farm
Kay Robert, Mains of Gargunnock
Kerr James, Easter Culmore
Lang John, Beild
Lang John, Culbeg
Lang John, Dasherhead
Lang Robert, Fleuchans
»M'Culloch Robt. Myreton & High Gorbate
«M'Farlane Robert, Spittalton
M'Farlane William (reps, of), Ballochleam
*Mackieson Charles & James, Oldhall
Mailer John, Woodyett
Mailer Robert, Upper Redhall & Lower
Redhall
Moir Alexander, Nether kerse
*More John, Fordhead & Fourmerk
Muirhead John, Hillhead & Courthill
«Risk Mrs. Margaret, Wester Culmore -
Sands James, Greenfoot
GrARTNESS, see Drvmen,
population in 1901 was 17,463, of whicl>
8,386 were in police burgh (including 418'
shipping). The population of the eccle-
siastical parish in 1901 was 7,928.
The following are villages in Grange-
mouth civil parish: — Brightons; popula-
tion in 1901, 739. California; population
in 1901, 490. Longdyke; population in.
1901, 304. Queenzie; population in 1901
(including Gavell), 551. Skinflatts; popu-
lation in 1901, 505.
Kinnaird is a village in Grangemouth
and Larbert parishes; population in 1901,
306.
Wallacetown and Standrigg form a vil-
lage in Grangemouth and Muiravonside
civil parishes; population in 1901, 558.
Post, T., M. O., T. M. O., E. D., P. P.,.
S. B. & A. & I. O. & Telephone Ex-
change, South Basin street, Grange-
mouth ; Mrs. Margaret Sturrock, post-
mistress. Deliveries, 7.30 a.m. & 1.45 &-
5.45 p.m. ; dispatches, 6.30 & 11.25 a.m.
(except sat. which is 10.50 a.m.) & 1.40,
3.40, 5.30, 7.5 & 8.45 p.m. Tele-
graph office open on week days fron^
7.30 a.m. to 9 p.m
Town- Sub-Post & M. O. O., S. B. & A. <fc
I. O. Charing Cross; Mrs. Jane Hannah,.
postmistress. Deliveries from head office;
dispatches, 6.20 & 10.30 a.m. & 12.50,
3, 5, 6.30 & 8.30 p.m. Telegrams can
be handed in only at this office, &
telegraph money orders are issued, but
not paid
POLICE COMMISSIONERS.
Provost, A. Y. Mackay
Bailies, John Dick & F. B. Spears
Commissioners,' Six
Town Clerk, James P. Mackenzie
Medical Officer of Health, John C. McVaii'
M.D., O.M., D.P.H. 32 Balshagray
avenue, Partick & 24 George st. Glasgow
Burgh Surveyor, James Hutchison
Collector of Taxes for Grangemouth,
William M. Anderson
Sanitary Inspector & Master of Works r
James Duncan
VICE-CONSULS.
Denmark, Andrew Mackay, Grange street
France, Emil Salvesen (consular agent) t
Grange street
German Empire, Andrew Mackay, Grange st
Sweden, Norway & Netherlands, H. Adolph,
Salvesen, Grange street
Russia, H. Adolph Salvesen (consular
agent), Grange street