S C O T L A N D. 



Gil 



ticf. 



<l>liy, 

 -iil. 



State o: 

 propert}'. 



The poor. 



over JG'J 



1 From Strnnracr, Wigton, \VJjithorn, and 



tlloway ..... 7.!)70 



Siii(|iiliiir, Kirkcudbright, Dumfries, Loc-l;- 

 , ami Ann::ii, . . . 22, 5'^[) 



1 I'IOMI Ayr, Irvine, Kothesay, Campbel- 



ton, and'lnverary, . . 28,722 



I From Glasgow, Kutherglen, Renfrew, 



and Dumbarton, .... 157J(>7 

 1 From Stirling, Culross, Dumfermline, 



Inverkeithing, and Queensferry . 

 1 From Huriitisland, Kinghurn, Kirkaldy, 



and Dysart, ..... 

 1 From Anstruther-East and West, Pitten- 



ween, Kilrenny, and Crail, . . 

 1 From St. Andrews, Cupar-Fife, Dundee, 



Perth, and Forfar, . . . 



1 From Brechin, Arbroath, Mont rose, Ber- 



vie, and Aberdeen, . . . 



1 From Kintore, Inverary, Banff', Cullen, 



and Elgin, . . . 



1 From Forres, Nairn, Inverness, and For- 



trose, .... 

 1 From Dingwall, Tain, Dornoch, Wick, 



and Kirkwall, . . . 



25,430 



15,560 



6,007 



66,331 



67!"'i 

 12,801 

 20,603 



1 6,91 7 

 15 Members from 66 towns. Total population 613,404- 



The above is the population of the boroughs, in- 

 clusive of country districts attached to some of the 

 town parishes. The number of persons who actually 

 vote at the elections is very inconsiderable, consisting 

 in general of the magistrates and town-council of the 

 different boroughs, and amounting to 20 in each burgh, 

 or to 1320 in all. 



Stale of Properly in 1811. 



Number of 

 Proprietors. 



1. Large properties, or estates above 2000 



of valued rent, or 2500 Sterling of real rent, 396 



2. Middling properties, or estates from 2000 

 to 500 of valued rent, or from 2500 to 625 



of real rent, .... 1077 



3. Small properties, or estates under 500 



of valued rent, or 625 of real rent, . 6181 



4. Estates belonging to corporate bodies, 144 



Total number of proprietors in Scotland 7798 



The Poor. 



I. Number of parochial poor in 1820 44,199 



Average allowance to each . . 2 118 



Total expence . 114,195179 



Sum which each pays . 13 



Proportion of paupers to the population 1 to 47. 



Population. 1. Population 



2. Ditto 



3. Ditto 



4. Ditto 



5. Ditto 



Population. 



Vc*r. Number. 



1755 1,265,380 



1799 1,526,492 



1801 1,599,068 



1811 1,804,864 



1821 2,135,300 



261,112 



72,576 



205,796 



330,436 



In 13 18. there were Blind . 



Deaf and dumb 

 Insane . 



i fnue tjf Scotland. 

 \. Revenue nt the union, 1707, 

 Uitional taxes then imputed 



1100 

 78* 





 ^~~ 



in 



306 



Total revenue at the Union ' : J 



3. Revenue of Scotland, anno 



1818, . . 4,843,229 la 11 



4. Expence of management, 



drawbacks, &c. . . 639,132 5 2 



5. Net revenue of Scotland 



6. Increase since the Union 



4,204,097 7 

 4,044,097 7 



The average population of Scotland is at the rate of 

 stventy-tn-o persons per square mile. 



Physical Geography, general Dittribution "f the Land 

 and Water* 



Scotland may, in the strictest tense, be considered a 

 mountainous country, as it possesses very little of what 

 may be called level land, except the alluvial tracts general * 

 which attend the courses of its greater rivers. Yet t P* 1 **? ' 

 there is a low country and a high, though the physical ^ 

 and political senses of these terms do not coincide. The 

 low country forms a tract ranging from Inverness a!ong 

 the sea shore, as far south as Aberdeen or Stonehaven, 

 where it terminates for a short space to be again re- 

 newed on a broader scale. The tract indeed, which, 

 commencing by an eastern margin, extends hence to 

 the Lammermuir range southwards, and then crosses 

 westward to Glasgow, may be esteemed the proper 

 lowland tract of Scotland, though even this affords lit- 

 tle continuous plain country, being every where inter. 

 spersed with hills, or interrupted by ridges. 



The mountain land, or high country, is readily divi- 

 sible into two distinct tracts. Of these the north- 

 western forms the country of the Highlands, and the 

 southern comprises the great pastoral district, common- 

 ly known by the term dales, the former seat of those 

 borderers who once resembled the Highlanders in 

 their warlike habits, and maintained an almost perpe- 

 tual hostility with England. 



The Highland mountains are separated from the 

 middle and low district by a tolerably distinct line, 

 which may be traced along their declivities, to which 

 the very indefinite appellation, Grampians, has been 

 applied. Commencing at the Mull of Cantyre, the 

 boundary is the sea, and successively the Clyde, until 

 we reach Dunbarton. Hence, and omitting the mi- 

 nuter details, it may be conceived to pass through Cal- 

 lander, Crieff, Dunkeld, and Blairgowrie ; after which 

 it ranges along the north side of the great plain of 

 Strathmore, till it is lost near Stonehaven. Hence 

 northward, the boundary of the mountains is much 

 less easy to mark, whether in description, or on the 

 ground itself, from the irregular manner in which the 

 ridges terminate in the lower lands. Neither is it ne- 

 cessary to do so in this general view. 



The northern boundary of the southern mountain 

 district is less marked ; but, in a general way, it may 

 be conceived to commence eastward with the Lammer- 

 muir ridge, passing along the Penllands to Tinto, 

 Hawkshaw, and Loudon Hill, and then turning south- 

 ward by Wardlaw, Dalraellinton, and Larg Fell, so as 

 to terminate near Creetown, in Galloway. Thus it 

 leaves a considerable tract of irregular low country te 

 the westward. 



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