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Proceedings of the Boyal Society. 
Table showing Rental, Poor Rates, and School Rates of certain 
Highland Parishes, 1881-82. 
Gross 
Rental. 
Rents under £25. 
Poor and School Rates 
on Gross Rental. 
PARISH. 
£25-10. 
£10-4. 
£4-0. 
Total. 
Over 
£25. 
Poor 
Rates 
assessed. 
School 
Rates 
assumed 
at 2s. 
To- 
gether. 
1. Portree, . . £ 
2. Kilmuir, . . 
3. Snizort, . . 
4. Diurinish, 
5. Strath, . . 
6. Sleat, . . . 
7. Barra, . . . 
8. S. Uist, . . 
9. N. Uist, . . 
10. Harris, . . 
1 
8,314 
6,119 
5,802 
7,702 
5,308 
4,440 
2,217 
6,680 
5,443 
6,141 
2 
1,697 
1,071 
674 
531 
366 
233 
167 
609 
458 
370 
3 
1,454 
1,195 
1,162 
1,697 
739 
440 
186 
1,874 
1,281 
1,014 
4 
467 
48 
202 
678 
492 
542 
483 
1,084 
381 
359 
5 
3,618 
2,314 
2,038 
2,906 
1,597 
1,212 
836 
3,567 
2,120 
1,743 
6 
4,593 
3,736 
3,715 
4.646 
3;587 
3,099 
1,345 
3,018 
3,152 
4,278 
7 
1,039 
484 
628 
481 
552 
481 
369 
807 
681 
665 
8 
831 
611 
580 
770 
530 
440 
221 
668 
544 
614 
9 
1,870 
1,095 
1,208 
1,251 
1,082 
921 
590 
1,475 
1„225 
1,279 
£ 
58,166 
6,176 
11,042 
4,736 
21,954 
35,169 
6,187 
5,809 
11,996 
1. Barvas, . . £ 
2. Lochs, . . 
3. Stornoway, . 
4. Uig, . . . 
5. Lochbroom, . 
6. Gairloch, . . 
7. Lochcarron, . 
8. Applecross, . 
3,212 
4,671 
14,139 
5,229 
15,089 
11,588 
5,758 
4,401 
203 
69 
3,106 
92 
498 
493 
833 
299 
678 
420 
2,542 
706 
1,465 
930 
574 
619 
1,581 
1,686 
2,475 
732 
1,007 
1,096 
278 
698 
2,462 
2,175 
8,123 
1,530 
2,970 
2,519 
1,685 
1,616 
668 
2,423 
4,556 
3,656 
12,085 
9,005 
4,052 
2,732 
535 
855 
2,002 
620 
2,011 
1-,158 
359 
751 
821 
467 
1,413 
522 
1,508 
1,158 
575 
440 
855 
1,322 
3,415 
1,142 
3,519 
2,316 
934 
1,191 
£ 
64,087 
5,593 
7,934 
9,553 
23,080 
39,177 
8,291 . 
6,404 
14,695 
The sum under column 1 includes in addition to Nos. 5 and 6, 
the rental of land held by school boards, &c. 
2. On the Microscopical Appearances of Striped Muscular 
Fibre during Eelaxation and Contraction. By Pro- 
fessor Eutherford. 
BUSINESS. 
In terms of the Laws, a ballot took place for the following pro- 
posed Honorary Fellows : — As Foreign Honorary Fellows — Luigi 
Cremona, Eome; Julius Hann, Vienna; Charles Adolphe Wurtz, 
Paris. As British Honorary Fellows— Joseph Dalton Hooker^ 
Kew; Dr Spottiswoode, London; Professor Williamson^ London; 
Col. Henry Yule — who were all declared duly elected as Honorary 
Fellows. 
