48 AGRICULTURAL SURVEY OF chap. II. 



The Earl of Leven and Mel- The Earl of Hopetoun 



ville Lord Dundas 



The Earl of Balcarras Lord Minto. 



Baronets. 



Sir John Henderson Sir Philip Anstruther 



Sir James St Clair Erskine Sir Robert Anstruther 

 Sir Charles Halket. Sir William Erskine. 



Besides the noblemen and baronets above* 

 mentioned, there is a great number of proprie- 

 tors, who, though of inferior rank, are of high 

 respectability, distinguished by the antiquity of 

 their families or the opulence of their fortunes, 

 and many of them by both. 



transference of Property. The transference 

 of property, by sale, or otherwise, in this coun- 

 ty, during the present century, has not been re- 

 markably extensive. Some estates, indeed, have 

 entirely changed their -owners ; and parts of 

 estates have either been sold or gratuitously a- 

 lienated, by which others have been enlarged, 

 or new proprietors created. But the great body 

 of the proprietors hold the lands, either in whole 

 or in part, that have beer in their families for a 

 century back; and not a few continue to enjoy 

 the estates that were in the possession of their 

 ancestors several hundreds of years ago. 



Valuation of the County. As far back as the 

 reign of Alexander III., a general valuation of 

 the lands in Scotland was made, for the purpose 

 both of regulating the proportion of public sub- 

 sidies, and of ascertaining the amount of non- 

 entry and relief-duties payable to the superior. 

 In process of time, however, this valuation was 

 deemed too low a standard for the superior's- 



