. Ordnance gazetteer of Scotland : a survey of Scottish topography, statistical, biographical, and historical. 8, .1860, .1867, . 1874, .1882, . 178,781153,041246,627308,548 8,509 9,304 9,916 10,070 102,704187,290162,345256,543318,618 167,824134,737243,763305,862 6,6987,0768,2069,083 89,331174,522141,813251,969314,945 The amount of customs in 1866 was £3571, in 1871£3552, in 1874 £4264, and in ISSl £3958. The prin-cipal imports are coal, pig-iron, timber, hemp, wines,bacon, fish, boots, shoes, linen and woollen drapery, hard-ware, china and glass ; and the principal exports aregrain, potatoes,
. Ordnance gazetteer of Scotland : a survey of Scottish topography, statistical, biographical, and historical. 8, .1860, .1867, . 1874, .1882, . 178,781153,041246,627308,548 8,509 9,304 9,916 10,070 102,704187,290162,345256,543318,618 167,824134,737243,763305,862 6,6987,0768,2069,083 89,331174,522141,813251,969314,945 The amount of customs in 1866 was £3571, in 1871£3552, in 1874 £4264, and in ISSl £3958. The prin-cipal imports are coal, pig-iron, timber, hemp, wines,bacon, fish, boots, shoes, linen and woollen drapery, hard-ware, china and glass ; and the principal exports aregrain, potatoes, wool, sailcloth, ropes, cast-iron, dairy]>roduce, leather, and malt liquors. Till 1820 oatmealwas imported to the extent of 10,000 bolls yearly; itis now exported to nearly the same amount. About90,000 tons of coal are ini])orted annually. The piers at Kessock Ferry, f mile NW of Thorn-bush pier, occupy ground that formerly belonged to SirWilliam Fettes, and were constructed at his privateexpense at a cost of about £10,000. There are exten-sive wharfs at the Muirtowu basin of the Seal of Inverness. INVERNESS Municipality, efc.—The old rulers of Inverness heldtheir authority under a sett fixed in 1676 and alteredin 1722 ; but the old royalty excluded many importantparts of the modern town—sometimes one side of a street being withinand the other withoutthe boundary. Thiscaused so much troublethat a special Act wasobtained in 1847, bywhich the municipalboundary was ex-tended to the par-liamentary boundaryas fixed in 1832 ; andthe modern town coun-cil consists of a pro-vost, 4 bailies, a deanof guild, a treasurer,and 14 councillors—the toAVTi being, formunicipal purposes,divided into threewards. The corporation revenue in 1881-82 was £ powers of the police arc founded on the Act of 1847 ;but the Lindsay Act, adopted in 1874, has now supersededit in all matters with which the latter deals. The towncouncil acts as the police commission. The p
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