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there are 1384 owners of land having amongst them 244,585 

 acres, and a gross annual rental of £253,392, 12s. The 

 average sizes of the properties is under 179 acres. There are 

 195 owners of one acre and upwards, the total extent of their 

 estates heing 244,396 acres, and their gross annual value 

 £236,021, 17s. These 195 landed proprietors have an average 

 of over 1253 acres each. Among the 1189 owners of lands 

 under one acre in extent, there are only 180 acres, or less than 

 one-sixth of an acre to each. 



The assessor's roll for Forfarshire for 1880-81 states the 

 valuation of the county at £649,372, 17s. In 1879-80, the 

 valuation for Kincardine was £259,102, inclusive of £28,464 

 for railways, &c. 



Forfarshire is divided into 55 parishes, but of these six are 

 only partly within it. Edzell extends into Kincardineshire, 

 while pretty large portions of Alyth and Coupar- Angus, and 

 smaller portions of Liff, Kettins, and Airlie, lie in the county of 

 Perth. In Kincardineshire, including Edzell, there are 21 

 parishes. Each county sends a representative to Parliament, 

 while Dundee has two members, and Montrose with Arbroath, 

 Forfar, Brechin and Bervie, one. Sheriff Courts are held at 

 Dundee and Forfar. The sheriffdom of Kincardineshire is 

 joined with that of Aberdeen, weekly courts being held in 

 Stonehaven. 



In Forfarshire there are five royal burghs — Dundee, Arbroath, 

 Montrose, Brechin and Forfar. Dundee, " The Hill or Fort of 

 the Tay " was a place of considerable importance as early as the 

 twelfth century. Situated on the left bank of the estuary of the 

 Tay, about 10 miles from where that river falls into the sea, it 

 has a population of about 119,000, including 10,812 in Lochee, 

 which lies within the boundary of the town. It thus in popula- 

 tion ranks third in Scotland, and next to Glasgow in trade and 

 manufactures. It is the chief seat in Scotland of the manu- 

 facture of coarse linen fabrics and of jute. The more modern 

 parts of the town are well laid off, and it can boast of some fine 

 public buildings, the Steeple, Town House, Albert Institute, the 

 Free Library, &c. It is well provided with public parks. The 

 chief one, the Baxter Park, laid off by Sir Joseph Paxton, and 

 costing in all £50,000, was presented to the town by Sir Da^dd 

 Baxter and his two unmarried sisters. The town is historically 

 interesting in many ways. James YL visited it in 1617 ; 

 Charles 11. in 1651 ; and Her Majesty the Queen and Prince 

 Consort landed and re-embarked at it in 1844, on their journey 

 to and from Blair- Athole. To commemorate this last event, the 

 Eoyal Victoria Arch was raised. Dundee has often been the 

 scene of burning and pillage, and down to the middle of the six- 

 teenth century it had walls and gates. Among the eminent men 



