Topographical, statistical, and historical gazetteer of Scotland > Volume 1

XXVI
INTRODUCTION.
COUNTIES.
COTTON MILLS.
Aberdeen,
Ayr,
Bute,
Dumbarton,
Dumfries,
Kirkcudbright, ....
Lanark,
Linlithgow,
Perth,
Renfrew,
Stirling,
WOOLLEN MILLS
Aberdeen,
Ayr,
Berwick,
Clackmannan,
Dumfries,
Edinburgh,
Fife,
Forfar,
Kincardine,
Kirkcudbright, ....
Lanark,
Linlithgow,
Perth,
Renfrew,
Roxburgh,
Selkirk
Stirling,
Wigtown,
FLAX MILLS.
Aberdeen,
Ayr,
Edinburgh
Fife,
Forfar,
Kincardine
Lanark,
Linlithgow
Perth,
Renfrew,
SILK MILLS.
Edinburgh,
Lanark
Renfrew,
Totals
Nr>. of Mills. I
Moving Power.
4
4
2
4
1
1
107
1
7
58
3
192
7
18
1
24
3
1
1
1
1
2
3
1
7
2
17
15
7
1
112
4
3
7
46
96
8
2
1
13
3
183
1
3
1
492
Stettin.
5
4
1
4
2
123
1
1
50
2
6 |193
5
6
U
4(5)
37
10
3
6
31
103
1
2
1
1
2
160
1
4
1
is
396
367
1,0
10
175
30
3,696
16
16
1,124
48
5,612
150
94
148
101
68
16
47
624
428
46
176
458
?,072
7
40
16
15
92
3,350
12
106
30
148
9,734
Water.
250
208
60
242
2S
55
450
18
538
797
82
2,728
142
155:
16'
137
60
6
9,
7"
4
24
99
26
242
183
68
12
116
1,199
200
"68
531
304
53|
16
223
100
91
1,495£
280 5,4224
Total
Horse
Power.
Actual
Power
employed
617
338
70
417
58
55
4,146
34
554
1,921
130
8,340
292
249 J
16'
285
60
6
9,
7'
4
24
101
8
99
26
310
199
115
12
1,823
628
46
244
989
2,376
60£
40
32
238
192
4,845_i
12
106
30
148
Persons Employed.
497
240
60
222
52
45
3,520
16
460
1,480
95
6,776?
267
173 J
16
212
57
6
9i
7'
4
22
52
6
65
17
279
159
99
11
1,462
510
38
184
827
2,250
58i
40"
16
199
110
62
91
14
88
13
9
318
24
210
373
46
1,248
75
24
22
6
8
2
4
1
5
2
13
57
25
1
245
97
18
19
11
60
3
14
12
41.15J? 234
12
52
27
45
44
91
89
15,156i[ 12,444^1,816
775
428
205
541
48
83
7,911
30
680
3,307
245
14,253
503
220
7
378
34
3
1
23
274
7
85
25
269
145
146
13
2,149
1,346
128
234
1,076
3,953
51
94
19
244
228
7,373
7
194
133
334
24,109
953
442
236
735
45
82
12,059
46
904
4,171
402
20,075
505
186
23
683
38
16
7
" 2
20
299
2
142
16
358
204
156
25
2,682
1,495
126
358
1,952
5,375
92
160
9
345
3
Total.
1,790
961
455
1,364
106
174
20,288
100
1,794
7,851
693
35,576
1,083
430
30
1,083
78
32
17
7
4
48
575
9
227
41
640
406
327
39
5,076
2,938
272
611
3,039
9,388
146
254
42
601
606
10,290 17,897
31
171
138
340
33,387
38
410
315
763
59,312
Females employed In cotton-mills, 601 between 9 and 13; 10,052 between 13 and 18; and 13,981
above 18; total, 24,634. In woollen- mills, 119 between 9 and 13; 1,354 between 13 and 18; and 1,055
above 18; total, 2,528. In flax-mills, 142 between 9 and 13; 5,105 between 13 and 18; and 7,912above
18; total, 13,159. In silk-mills, 74 between 9 and 13; 253 between 13 and 18; and 220 above 18;
total, 547. No children under 9 were employed in any of the factories.