Clackmannan and Kinross . o railway corresponding ; though,in 1863, the gap was partly filled up by the short branchwhich, leaving the Dunfermline line at Cambus, runsthrough Menstrie to Alva. The Devon valley line wasfinally opened to traffic on the completion of the difficultsection from Dollar to Rumbling Bridge in 1871. In1875 this line was absorbed by the North British 1883, the Caledonian Railway obtained access toAlloa by the bridge over the Forth. Since 1815 therehas been regular communication in the summer monthsby steamer between Stirling, Alloa and Leith. A table showing
Clackmannan and Kinross . o railway corresponding ; though,in 1863, the gap was partly filled up by the short branchwhich, leaving the Dunfermline line at Cambus, runsthrough Menstrie to Alva. The Devon valley line wasfinally opened to traffic on the completion of the difficultsection from Dollar to Rumbling Bridge in 1871. In1875 this line was absorbed by the North British 1883, the Caledonian Railway obtained access toAlloa by the bridge over the Forth. Since 1815 therehas been regular communication in the summer monthsby steamer between Stirling, Alloa and Leith. A table showing the distribution of population byparishes is appended : Density oj population per square niiU\ hy parishes Parish Dens ity in tota area Density in extra-burghalportion only Alloa 1530 522 Alva 470 81 Clackmannan 197 197 Dollar ... .67 53 Tillicoultry 415 147 The parish of Alloa, which occupies rather more thana fifth part of the county, contains more than half (55 °/)of the total population of Clackmannanshire. It is the. D. C. 66 CLACKMANNANSHIRE only parish whose population has increased during thelast intercensal period. The burghal portion of the in-habitants of the county is almost exactly double theextra-bur o;hal. 14. Administration. In former times, the local government of the countywas largely in the hands of the sheriff, who was botha judicial and an administrative officer. He possessedboth criminal and civil jurisdiction. His administrativefunctions were partly military and partly financial : hehad command over the militia and was responsible for itsefficiency ; he had to collect and account for all feudalcasualities, fines, and forfeitvires. Later, though the officeof sheriff was maintained, the real executive power passed,both in England and Scotland, into the hands of theresident county gentry. In Scotland, when acting in anadministrative capacity, these were known as Commis-sioners of Supply, a body first established in 1667. AsCommissioners of Supply, all were
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