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a public classification, the inquiry would 

 be a very laborious one. Nor would it 

 be complete or conclusive as an index of 

 the true monetary value of the shootings 

 of our country, for the reason that the 

 amounts placed opposite shootings, as their 

 present annual value, are really only nett 

 values after deducting outgoings and 

 expenses which the proprietor must meet 

 in order to maintain the subjects in repair 

 and in general conformity with the bargain 

 between him and his shooting tenant. 



But in Scotland, at all events, where 

 shootings are not only more extensive 

 and valuable, but receive more attention 

 as a calculated source of income than in 

 the sister countries, there are certain other 

 means of computing their value which 

 probably cannot be very wide of the 

 mark. In the attempt to arrive at this 

 value, which will presently be made, facts 

 within reach warrant the statement that 

 the figures adduced are not too large. 



It is computed that there are, of all 

 classes, 3354 shootings in Scotland which 



