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adjacent to the said mill without the corn grounds. And further, 

 it is agreed upon betwixt the said parties that in case the millart 

 to be employed at the foresaid mill shall be complained upon as 

 not sufficient for grinding of the corn or discharging the other 

 parts of his duty thereat, and the same being tried in a Court to 



be holden by , with the advice and concurrence of the said 



[superior], and the said millart being convicted thereon shall be 

 fined to double the skaith which any of the inhabitants within 

 the sucken shall happen to suffer through his default, and shall 

 be removed at the term of Whitsunday thereafter, and another 

 sufficient millart placed in his stead." 



5. MALCOLM GILLESPIE'S BOOTY. 



At the close of his Memoir, Malcolm Gillespie appended an 

 abstract of his seizures during his career as an exciseman ; and 

 which, being made up officially, is probably correct. It will be 

 more intelligible if it is borne in mind that his period of service 

 was divided thus Collieston, 1801-1807 ; Stonehaven, 1807-1812 ; 

 Skene, 1812-1827. The abstract is as follows : 



Foreign Seizures while stationed at 



Seized. Destroyed. 



Colliston, . . 10,000 gals. 15 horses, 15 carts, . . 1000 gals. 



Stonehaven, . 4,000 gals. 18 horses, 13 carts, , . 800 gals. 

 Skene, ... 291 gals. 



Other places, . 100 gals. 4 horses, 2 carts, . . 25 gals. 



British Seizures made while stationed at 



Colliston, . . . 300 gals. 7 horses, 4 carts. 

 Stonehaven, . . 500 gals. 17 horses, 12 carts. 

 Skene, .... 3,759 gals. 92 horses, 33 carts. 

 Other Places, . . 1,000 gals. 12 horses, 3 carts. 



British Seizures destroyed while stationed at 

 Colliston, ... 17 stills, 20 gals, aqua, 900 gals. wash. 



Stonehaven, . . 20 stills, 100 gals, aqua, 1,000 gals. wash. 

 Skene, .... 330 stills, 500 gals, aqua, 60,000 gals. wash. 

 Other places, . . 40 stills, 150 gals, aqua, 500 gals. wash. 



Seized since date of last Seizure referred to in the Memoir, 

 from May 9 to May 19, 1826 



206 gals, aqua, and 3 carts. 



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