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TRANSACTIONS OF THE 



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for rainfall for certain stations — just outside the boundaries 

 — in Lanarkshire and Linlithgowshire, having heights 

 similar to those within the parish : — 



The region lies within the area of mean annual rainfall 

 of 30-40 inches. 



The following table, made up from Dr. Buchan's paper, 

 gives the statistics of the mean January, July, and annual 

 temperatures for stations in Lanarkshire having altitudes 

 similar to places within the parish : — 



In the "Statistical Account of Lanarkshire" (1841) is 

 found the following account of the state of the land in the 

 parish at that time : — " From one-half to two-thirds of the 

 lands in the parish are arable ; the remainder is unculti- 

 vated. At least one-half of the uncultivated land might 

 be profitabty improved. . . . There is a very marked con- 

 trast between the state of the parish as it now exists, and 

 as it is represented in the last Statistical Account. A large 

 portion of these lands which were then unreclaimed, and 

 which are there spoken of as unimprovable, is now made 

 tillage and bears astonishingly good crops." Parts of the 



