238 TRANSACTIONS OF ROYAL SCOTTISH ARBORICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



sea-level, in feet; least altitude above sea-level, in 

 below 1000 feet; rental as in valuation roll; 

 The following is an official summary of the return : 



County. 



Aberdeen . 



Argyll 



Ayr . 



Banff 



Bute 



Caithness . 



Dumbarton 



Elgin 



Fife . 



Forfar 



Inverness . 



Kincardine 



Kirkcudbright 



Lanark 



Perth 



Renfrew . 



Ross and Cromarty 



Sutherland 



Total 

 Acreage. 



240,970 



392,754 



954 



74,540 



4,967 



93,856 



9,338 



10,140 



1,193 



57,580 



1,081,172 



5,850 



2,752 



320 



259,086 



95 

 927,854 

 436,323 



Acreage below 

 1000 feet. 



7,332 



35,691 



954 



240 



2,238 



46,581 



1,038 



7,140 



1,193 



750 



142,426 



5,200 



152 

 I 20 



13,687 



95 



65,191 



270,190 



feet ; acreage 

 observations. 



Rental as in 

 Valuation Roll. 



13,543 



15,094 



144 



4,535 



315 



4,084 



348 15 



390 o 



30 



5,515 



65,311 



673 



235 



65 



17,810 



50 

 40,845 

 14,800 



Grand total 3,599,744 602,218 183,788 2 o 



Appended to the detailed statistics are these notes : — 



Following previous returns there are included in this return 

 all deer forests and such other lands as are devoted exclusively 

 to the sport of shooting. 



Most of the information for this return has been obtained 

 through the County Assessors from the proprietors or their 

 agents, but in a number of cases particulars have been obtained 

 from the Lands Valuation Department of the Inland Revenue. 

 The acreages and altitudes entered are in very many cases 

 merely estimated, and they cannot, therefore, be regarded as 

 exact. Many of the deer forests are used for grazing some 

 farm stock also, and in a number of cases they include con- 

 siderable extents of woodland. 



The above total area of 602,218 acres below 1000 feet is 

 exclusive of the subjects of which the area below that level 



