310 AGRICULTURAL SURVEY OF cbap. XF. 



the duties, drawn from it by Government, a- 

 moufit to upwards of 1,000 1. 



Soap and Candles are manufactured in consi- 

 derable quantities in Fife. About 250,000 lib. 

 of the former, and 180,000 lib. of the latter, are 

 made annually ; the duties of both \vhich amount 

 to about 3,000 1. 



Brick and Tyle are manufactured at Cupar, 

 Kirkaldy, and Leven. About 750,000 are made 

 annually ; and the duty is about 300 1. 



Vitriol. This article is manufactured at Burnt- 

 island. The business commenced several years 

 ago, and is at present in a flourishing state. I 

 have not been able to learn the quantity of vi- 

 triol annually made ; but the work is allowed 

 to be the second of the kind in Scotland. 



SECT. VJ. POPULATION. 



THERE are only five counties in Scotland 

 which exceed Fife in population ; viz. Aber- 

 deen, Mid-Lothian, Lanark, Perth, and Forfar. 

 But in proportion to its territorial extent, it is 

 the most populous, except the counties in which 

 the cities of Edinburgh and Glasgow are situ- 

 ated. The whole number of souls amounts to 

 87,250, as appears from the Statistical Accounts 

 pf the several parishes : 



Parishes. 



Cupar Presbytery 

 Cupar 

 Kettle 



