Ordnance gazetteer of Scotland : a survey of Scottish topography, statistical, biographical and historical . shing within the with Hiother piwas 155(Ion! tne banks Ii town. Tho burgh is governeddean of guild, a treasununder the General Policeand Improvement Act of1802, which was adoptedin 1874, tho councillorsare also police commis-sioners, but tho policeforce is united with thatof the county. Tho ||British Fisheries Society-are superiors of Pulteney-town, but there are 12 im-provement commissionerswho exercise local power,and who also, under thePublic Health Act, form 1821 was 595, and from1
Ordnance gazetteer of Scotland : a survey of Scottish topography, statistical, biographical and historical . shing within the with Hiother piwas 155(Ion! tne banks Ii town. Tho burgh is governeddean of guild, a treasununder the General Policeand Improvement Act of1802, which was adoptedin 1874, tho councillorsare also police commis-sioners, but tho policeforce is united with thatof the county. Tho ||British Fisheries Society-are superiors of Pulteney-town, but there are 12 im-provement commissionerswho exercise local power,and who also, under thePublic Health Act, form 1821 was 595, and from1 till 1831 when it was588, increased in 1857 nd has since then, owinglommodation, fallen off1883 was 518, and thebest, average fishing per) employed in connectionmen and boys and 2186number of barrels cured342 wore exported to thon miles of Wick, and otherit. white fishing, tho townme of the great centres of? of cod, ling, and hakend over £25,000 worth ofd lobsters, were captured,mufacturo of ropes, sails,is a large, steam sawmillnd brewery in Pulteney- r ft provost, 3 bailies, aand 9 councillors: and. Seal of Wick. is a separate police force of 3 men (one to every 1C91 otthe population), under a superintendent with a salary of£50 a year. Gas is supplied by a private company con-stituted in 1846. Pulteneytown is supplied with waterfrom Loch Hempriggs, and a supply was introducedinto the other districts in 1882 from Loch of Yarehouseat a cost of £6000. The town has a head post office,with money order, savingsbank, insurance, and tele-graph departments, branch offices of the Bank of Scot-land, British Linen Company, Commercial, North ofScotland, and Town and County Banks. There is alsoa branch of the National Security Savings Bank,agencies of 39 insurance companies, and several goodhotels. The newspapers are the Liberal John o GroatJowrnal (1836), published on Thursday, and the Inde-pendent Northern (1850), published on Wednes-day evening. Among the miscellaneous instit
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