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trade, and public works of the town have been greatly 

 increased. In 1823 the population of Dundee was about 

 thirty thousand. The population of Dundee is now, in 1859, 

 about seventy thousand. There were in 1824-5 only thirteen 

 Flax-spinning mills in Dundee, now there are forty '-four. The 

 rental of the Flax-spinning mills, as assessed for police 

 purposes, was, in 1825, £982 ; now it is £6,787, or about 

 six hundred per cent, of increase. There are besides, extensive 

 power-loom weaving establishments; also manufactories and 

 other public works which were not in existence in 1825. 

 There is now one Flax-spinning establishment in Dundee of a 

 larger rental than all the mills which existed in 1823. The 

 whole of these works are dependent upon one public company 

 only for a supply of gas, having no private supply of their 

 own. The rental of Dundee in 1825 was £59,509. The 

 rental is now upwards of £100,000. The docks and harbour 

 of Dundee have been also greatly extended, and the trade of 

 the port increased. The sum now expended upon the harbour 

 works considerably exceeds £400,000; and there is a large 

 dock in the course of formation, which, when completed, will 

 almost double the present wet dock accommodation of the 

 port. In 1825 the expense of lighting the harbour of Dundee 

 with gas was £6; it is now about £170 per annum. The 

 revenue of the harbour of Dundee amounted in 1823 to 

 £9,149. In the last year it amounted to about £25,661. 

 This brief statement of the position of Dundee in 1823 and 

 1825, contrasted with its present position, shows the very 

 great increase in the population, manufactories, and trade of 

 the town and harbour. 



