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ABERDEEN,
OLD ABEEDEEN, OLD MACHAE, CULTS, WOODSIDE, AND
NIGrGr (Kincardineshire).
The ancient and flourisliing city and seaport of
Aberdeen, tlie metropolis of the North of Scotland is
situated at the mouth of the Dee, 117 miles (by rail)
north from Edinburgh, 152 from G-lasgow, 74 from
Dundee, 152 S.E. by E. from Inverness (103 by road),
50 from Banff, 44 from Peterhead, 47 from Eraserburgh,
17 from Banchory Ternan, 32^ from Aboyne,
and 4S^ from Ballater. Aberdeen is the northern
tei-minus of the Caledonian Railway at its junction
with the Great North of Scotland railway system,
including the Deeside railway. The city is of great
antiquity, and for ages has been celebrated as a seat
of learning, and since the introduction of railways and
steamboats as a means of locomotion it has steadily
increased in commercial importance and population.
At the commencement of the seventeeth century a
large number of small ships belonged to the port,
and a considerable export and import trade for that
period was carried on with the northern ports of the
continent as well as with the English and Scotch
coast. Dm-ing the progress of the Civil War and the
dreadful visitation of the plague this trade almost
died out, again reviving in course of time, and in
181S we find the number of vessels registered was
237, of the aggregate tonnage bf 36-471. In later
years, owing to the fact of vessels being constructed
of larger size than formerly, the number of vessels
belonging to the port had not so much increased as
the tonnage, the shipping belonging to the port on
the 31st of December in each of the following years
being:—1866, 276 vessels, 91-830 tonnage; 1867,
272 vessels, 96-742 tonnage ; 1868, 271 vessels, 98-059
tonnage; 1869, 270 vessels, 103-455 tonnage; 1870,
252 vessels, 101-944 tonnage; 1871, 244 vessels,
100-765 tonnage ; 1872, 286 vessels, 101-188 tonnage
1873, 235 vessels, 103-149 tonnage; 1874, 228
vessels, 107-411 tonnage; 1875, 215 vessels, 102-682
tonnage. The statistics of the trade of the
port during the past five years show a steadily
progressive increase, the exports in 1871 being
121,530 tons; 1872, 122,972 tons ; 1873, 118,497 tons;
1874, 126,147 tons ; 1875, 135,590 tons, consisting of
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cotton, flax, and woollen manufactured goods ; paper,
hides, soap, preserved provisions, beef and port, oatmeal,
corn, spirits, granite for paving pxirposes, wood
for colhery purposes, and other miscellaneous goods.
The imports during the same years in 1871 was
382,320 tons ; 1872, 395,011 tons; 1873, 378,250 tons;
1874. 392,451 tons; 1875, 415,332 tons. The imports
in 1875 of coals amounted to 209,512 tons ; wood for
shipbuilding pui-poses, 29,434 tons ; iron, 8,889 tons
Esparto grass and rags, 8,903 tons (for paper making);
chemicals, 4,421 tons; salt (principally for curing
purposes), 7,463 tons ; agricultural manures (lime,
bones. Guano, and manufactured manures), 42,639
tons ; corn, 22,847 tons ; oil cake, linseed and rape
seed (cattle food), 5,673 tons; sugar, 4,893 tons;
slates, 5,532 tons ; cement, 5,905. The number of
animals exported and imported in 1874 were 31-664,
and in 1875 33,927.
ABEEDEEN CUSTOM HOUSE EETUENS OF
SHIPPING AND EEVENUE.
1871
1872
1873
1874
1875
1871
1872
1873
1874
1875
COASTING TEADE.
Entered Inwards. Cleared Outwards.
British Vessels. Tons. British Vessels. Tons.
1741 322,271 730 195,654
1519 321,686 723 219,796
1742 349,764 943 253,366
1634 380,478 1100 297,990
1526 381,588 910 247,976
Vessels in "ballast not inolnded.
IMPOET TEADE.
British Vessels. Tons. Foreign Vessels. Tons.
126
112
117
143
28,856 169 53,126
32,863 223 38,813
33,483 159 30,920
36,431 202 44,940
123 28,952 196 37,850
EXPORT TEADE IN 1875.
British Vessels. Tons. Foreign Vessels. Tons.
38 5,913 34 4,058
The valuation of lands and heritages in the city of
Aberdeen in 1866-7 was ^233,674; 1875-6,^323,194.
The valuation of the I'ailways, waterworks, and
tramways within the burgh in 1875-6 -was .^13,848
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