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The pecuniary benefits which Scotland 

 derives from her shootings are not all 

 embraced in these figures. Many shoot- 

 ing tenants are leaseholders for more or 

 less prolonged periods. They become 

 attached to the localities where year after 

 year they temporarily reside ; and large 

 amounts are expended by them in con- 

 structing houses, roads, fences, and other 

 improvements of a special nature over 

 and above the ordinary costs of main- 

 taining their establishment. Some ex- 

 amples of this, which directly benefit all 

 classes of the local population, may be 

 adduced under another branch of our 

 subject. 



Nor should it be forgotten that these 

 remarks and figures do not cover the 

 whole field of our survey in estimating 

 the annual turn over of money in connec- 

 tion with the shooting interests of the 

 United Kingdom. The figures given 

 above refer to Scotland alone. We have 

 no means of arriving at results on a 

 similar basis applicable to England, Wales, 



