1807. | 
For the Monthly Magazine. 
POPULATION OF SCOTLAND. 
[Our readers will recollect that we lately 
gave place to the Abstract of the Popula- 
tion Returns for the several counties and 
towns of England and Wales: we shall now 
proceedwith the sameabstracts for Scotland. ] 
UESTIONS to which, by directions 
ofan act passed in the forty-first year 
of the reign of his Majesty King George the 
Phi, intituled, “ An act for taking an 
account of the population of Great Britain, 
and of the increase or diminution thereot,” 
written answers were to be returned by 
the rector, vicar, curate, or officiating mi- 
nister und overseers of the poor, or (in 
default thereof) by some other substan- 
tial householder, of every parish, town- 
ship, and place (including those places 
also which are extra-parochial) in Eng- 
land; and by schoolmasters or other per- 
sons appointed under. the said act for every 
parish in Scotland; signed by them re- 
spectively, and attested upon oath or ai- 
firmation by the said overseers, or (in de- 
fault thereof) by such other substantial 
householders as aforesaid, in England, 
and by the schoolmasters or such other 
persons as aforesaid in Scotland; for 
which purpose they were directed to at- 
tend the justices of the peace, within their 
respective jurisdictions, at such times and 
places as the said justices of the peace ap- 
pointed, on pain of incurring the penal- 
ties imposed by the said act for every 
wilful default or neglect. 
1. How many inhabited houses are 
HOUSES. PERSONS. oCCUPATIONS. 
PARISH, | 
ee | 
lnc} no 
TOWNSHIP, , awe I>. NES TOTAL 
~ ea ig | lease iar 
g 3 A 3 Py Zi a's 
ta Bg os Wg Ast as 
Extra-parochial Place. "i pci = te | 2 g & 28 x PERSONS. 
ee Hea shies 
; a | | 2 
DISTRICT OF 
Kincardine O’Neil...5..-.0--| 3,218] 3,924]| 6,214) 7,127). 4,870}. t,794 || 13,344 
(qakploch (ob... 2 es cecanucs| 2,807| 2,882) 3,680) 6,5101-7,7 29) 1,914) 17,908 
WUC ch, ili Sd SRS OY <a od 1,939 1,949 3,993 4,455 | 5,46! 847 8,448 
SIRARMDOPIE © arene o piinta Lente wate 1,780] 1,975|| 3,831) 4,399)) 5,428] 1,515 8,250 
SDUNHAIe sie ln bc oetcloke ey 2iORe Sy T aia 6 tS, 8671). 3,062) 1,356 9,043 
DD Fetes TM aye Ard tae Ere a ane 8 aR 5,846! 6,4871111,552113,966]| 7,645! 4,991]] 25 518 
itani cinta s os eee oe ---| 2,609] 9,624|| 5,169] 5,900]| 6,418) 1,805]) 11,069 
Aberdeen 22. cue. ---ee-2-| 4,978110,4291|14,981 120,431 || 4, 484 14,577|| 35,419 
Gaol of Aberdeen ...--.-.--| — — 9 2 _ 11 
25,249 131,701 ||55, 625 67, 457 }43,044 27,699 123,082 
lanraury Mac, No, 161. 
Population of Scotland. 
ABERDEENSHIRE 
113 
there in your parish, township, or place; 
by how many families are they occupied ; 
and, how many houses therein are unin 
habited? 
2. How many persons (including chile 
dren of whatever age) are there actually 
foundwithin the limits ofyour parish,town- 
ship, or place at the time of taking this ac- 
count, distinguishing males and ‘females, 
and exclusive of inen actually serving in 
his Majesty’s regular forces or militia, and 
exclusive of seamen citherin his Majes- 
ty’s service or belonging to registered ves« 
sels? 
3. What number of persons,’ in your 
parish, township, or Dee are chiefly em- 
ployed in agricultyre; how many in trade, 
manufactures, or han dicraft; and, how, 
many are not comprized in any of the pre- 
ceding classes? 
4. What was the number of baptisms 
and burials in your parish, township, or 
place, in the several years 1700, 1710, 
1720, 1730, 1740, 1750, 1760, 1770, 1780, 
and each’ subsequent year, to, ‘the: Sist 
day of December. 1800, distinguishing 
males from females? 
5. What has been the number of mar 
rages in your parish, township, or place, 
in each year, from the year 1754 inclu- 
sive to the end of the year 1800? 
6. Are there any matters which yor 
think it necessary to remark in explana- 
tion of your answers to any of the preced- 
ing questions? 
‘In the following abstracts are collected 
the answers returned to the first, second, 
third and sixth questions. 
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