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where a burn came down the Den and a hamlet stood, was a case 

 in point. 



Statute labour unwillingly given, and amateur overseership 

 made but a poor business of it, arrange it as the county would. 

 And in April 1759 " all the plans hitherto proposed having 

 proved inefficient," eight separate Road Districts were formed in 

 the county, corresponding with the eight Presbyteries. And here 

 we may as well give the Districts, valued rental and rating as 

 they stood in 1770. 



The sum of 90 odds as Highway money for the whole county 

 was not a large sum. 



The turnpike from Stonehaven to Aberdeen was made in 1797 ; 

 and that from Stonehaven by Durris to Banchory-Ternan in 1800. 



In appendix to a report prepared in 1863 for the Aberdeen - 

 shire Committee on Road Reform, by the late Mr. George 

 Marquis, accountant, a list of the turnpike roads in the county of 

 Aberdeen, in the order in which they were opened, and the 

 number opened iri each decade after 1790, and other particulars, 

 are given. The following figures are from Mr. Marquis's state- 

 ment : 



Year Length. 



Name of Road. when opened. M. F. Y. 



Deeside, 1798 13 4 



Ellon, Peterhead, and Fraserburgh, 1799 52 4 



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