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The Highland Monthly.
Discharge and Renunciation in their name to that pur-
pose, and they hereby enact and hold their subscription to
be as vaHd as if the whole elders of the Kirk Session were
signers to the said deed."
At the next meeting, 23rd March, the Discharge, duly
subscribed, was laid before the Session, as also a letter from
Mr Baillie, agreeing that, as his entry to the fishing was to
be from Whitsunday first, he gives up one half of the rent
of the fishing, viz., from Martinmas last to Whitsunday, but
draws the whole land rent at Martinmas next. The Trea-
surer was directed to transmit the papers to Mr Fraser,
W.S., to be filled up and delivered to Mr Baillie's agent on
receipt of payment of the £\T^ :
and
further, to transmit
^25 additional, so that ;^500 might be lodged with the
Magistrates of Edinburgh, on their security of principal and
interest, at 4 per cent. The money, however, was lodged
with the Bank of Scotland, at 5 per cent., for 12 months, on
20th April, 1762
Mr Baillie then claimed to have the right of presenta-
tion, and being a sine qua non administrator of \0,y-, one of]
Provost Dunbar's mortifications :
which was admitted, and
an extract of Session Minute to that effect granted to him.
[to be continued.]