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fewer than fourteen of the locks having failed, through insuffi- 

 ciency of the mason work. Before this was completely got over, 

 the season of 1806 even was partially interfered with. Next 

 season, 1807, a revenue of 339 2s. lid. was drawn, and in 

 season 1808, 706 12s. lid., irrespective of rent for the passenger 

 fly-boats. The average revenue does not seem to have much 

 increased for fully twenty years. In 1834, it had risen to 1141 ; 

 in 1844, to 1619 ; and in 1853, when the canal was superseded 

 by the Great North of Scotland Railway, the revenue was 3062. 



4. CONTRACT BETWEEN MILL SUPERIOE AND SUCKENERS. 



In a contract between a mill superior and certain burghal and 

 other suckeners, of date 1790, the parties, under a penalty on 

 either side of 100 sterling, bind and oblige themselves as 



follow : " Primo, the said hereby becomes bound at all times 



to keep a sufficient qualified miller at the foresaid mill for the 

 service of the sucken, and to be at all times ready to discharge 

 his duty as a millart at the said mill, particularly to carry the 

 clean shilling from the shilling hill to the said mill. Secundo, 



On the other part, the said for themselves and their successors, 



&c., hereby become bound to continue thirled and astricted to 



the said mill of , in all time coming, and to grind their hail 



corn, including pease, of the growth of their said lands at the said 

 mill, and to pay the 25th peck to the tacksman of the said mill 

 therefor, in name of insucken multure, and a peck of each six 

 bolls of shilling, in name of knaveship, and no more ; as also to 

 grind all their malt at the said mill, and to pay the 25th peck, in 

 name of multure and knaveship therefor ; and further to pay the 

 25th peck for all grain of whatsover kind of the growth of their 

 said lands, that shall be sold by them or any of them without the 

 bounds of the said sucken. They also further become bound to 

 grind all grain of whatsoever kind at the said mill which they 

 shall purchase and bring within the bounds of the foresaid thir- 

 lage, and which they shall have occasion to manufacture, and to 

 pay the usual outsucken dues therefor, being the 48th peck, be- 

 sides the usual knaveship. It being in all cases understood that 

 the dust and shilling seeds is to be at the disposal of the suck- 

 eners. Tertio, The said become further bound, as said is, to 



bigg and uphold their just proportions of the mill house and mill 

 damms, and to cast the water gang or lead, and trail or carry 

 stone, yeird, and tree for upholding of the said mill, mill water, 

 and mill house, as oft as the same shall be necessary, and that 

 they be required so to do. The tacksman of the said mill being 

 always obliged and subjected to furnish the timber upon his own 

 expenses, and to cart and win the yeird for upholding of the said 

 mill, mill water, and mill house upon the most commodious part 



