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one horse and two cows, besides half an acre of 

 ground for house and garden. 



Sometime ago the clergy in this county were, 

 in general, but scantily and inadequately provid- 

 ed. But now their condition is greatly ame- 

 liorated. 



The Lords of Session, who are authorised to 

 act also as a Court of Teinds, have, of late, 

 shewn themselves very favourable to the claims 

 of the clergy. Since the present Lord President 

 came to the chair, no reasonable application has 

 been rejected. Wherever -there have been un- 

 appropriated teirids, augmentations, greater or 

 smaller, have been granted according as the ex- 

 tent of the funds would allow, or the urgency 

 of the case seemed to require. 



Within the last fifteen years, a great number 

 of new manses have been built, and- most of 

 them upon a liberal plan, and at considerable 

 expence. Indeed, there are few instances in 

 which the comfortable accommodation of the 

 clergyman's family has not been duly consulted. 



In ftating the livings of the Fife clergy, I can- 

 not pretend to be perfectly accurate. The in- 

 formation given in the Statistical Accounts of 

 the several parishes, is in some instances defec- 

 tive, and, in others, not sufficiently explicit. 

 Since these accounts were drawn up, several aug- 

 mentations have been obtained. And the price 

 of victual is fluctuating, though, perhaps, upon 

 the whole, progressively on the rise. I am con- 

 fident, however, that I cannot be materially wide 

 of the truth, if I calculate the average of the 

 livings of the established clergy in Fife, includ- 

 ing the glebes, at 120 1. per annum each, which 



