The Statistical Account of Scotland: Drawn Up from the Communications of the Ministers of the Different Parishes, Volume 1 |
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... poor Parochial funds , and the management of them State of the schools , and number of scholars Antient state of population Caufes of its increase or decrease Number of families Exact amount of the number of fouls now living Divifion of ...
... poor Parochial funds , and the management of them State of the schools , and number of scholars Antient state of population Caufes of its increase or decrease Number of families Exact amount of the number of fouls now living Divifion of ...
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... poor , at a period when the difeafe was peculiarly fatal . This generous defign was attended with the happiest fuccefs ; a- mong a thoufand patients , innoculated by Dr Lindsay in the course of above 20 years practice , only two have ...
... poor , at a period when the difeafe was peculiarly fatal . This generous defign was attended with the happiest fuccefs ; a- mong a thoufand patients , innoculated by Dr Lindsay in the course of above 20 years practice , only two have ...
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... Poor . - The number of poor upon the country roll of the parish amounts to 55 , and of those in the town roll to 37. They are maintained by affeffments . For fup . porting the county poor , a tax is laid upon the different pro- prietors ...
... Poor . - The number of poor upon the country roll of the parish amounts to 55 , and of those in the town roll to 37. They are maintained by affeffments . For fup . porting the county poor , a tax is laid upon the different pro- prietors ...
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... poor are read by the clerk . Forming a cal- culation from the number already standing upon the roll , and the applications made to them , the heritors affefs themselves in a certain fum to be collected from them feverally , accor . ding ...
... poor are read by the clerk . Forming a cal- culation from the number already standing upon the roll , and the applications made to them , the heritors affefs themselves in a certain fum to be collected from them feverally , accor . ding ...
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... poor belonging to the borough of Jedburgh , are pro- vided for by a plan in fome refpects fimilar to , but in others materially different from , that above defcribed . The magiftrates hold quarterly meetings , in which they affefs the ...
... poor belonging to the borough of Jedburgh , are pro- vided for by a plan in fome refpects fimilar to , but in others materially different from , that above defcribed . The magiftrates hold quarterly meetings , in which they affefs the ...
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