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Inverness County Directory for 1887[-1920.] Try "SCOT STILL" Whisky (6 Years I'l'ont '-i.AHK. 1'.! Y..un SfitMl INVERN 'OUNTY DIRECTORY 19 02 - PRICE ONE SHIL.I.INC • jf CO D. PETRIE, Passenger Agent, Books Passengers by the First-Class Steamers to SOU RIGA lA IM III) > I A 1 IS STRAi CANADA INA son in ATUkiCA NEW ZEAI AN And ail Parts of yj^W^M^^ Pn5;scfrj!fef» information as ii. 1 arc iScc, and Booked at 2 L.OMBARD STREET, INVERNESS. THREE LEADING WHISKIES in the NORTH ES B. CLARK, 8. 10, 12. 1* & 16 Young: at., Inv< « « THE - - HIMLAND PODLTRT SUPPLY ASSOCIATION, LIMITED. Fishmongers, Poulterers, and Game Dealers, 40 Castle Street, INVERNESS. Large Consignments of POULTRY, FISH, GAME, &c., Daily. All Orders earefuUy attended to. Depot: MUIRTOWN, CLACHNAHARRY. ESTABLISHED OVER HALP-A-CENTURY. R. HUTCHESON (Late JOHN MACGRBGOR), Tea, 'Mine and kfpirit ^ere^ant 9 CHAPEL STREET INVERNESS. Beep and Stout In Bottle a Speciality. •aOH NOIlVHaiA XNVH9 ^K^ ^O} uaapjsqy Jo q;jON ^uaSy aps CO O=3 (0 CD ^« 1 u '^5 c: O cil Z^" o II K CO v»^3U -a . cz ^ > CD Z o O U fc 00 PQ CO P E CO NORTH BRITISH & MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY. ESTABLISHED 1809. FIRE—K-IFE-ANNUITIES. Total Fwnds exceed «14,130,000 Revenue, lOOO, over «»,06T,933 President-HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF SUTHERLAND. Vice-President—THE MOST HON. THE MARQUESS OF ZETLAND, K.T. LIFE DEPARTMENT. IMPORTANT FEATURES. JLll Bonuses vest on Declaration, Ninety per cent, of Life Profits divided amongst the Assured on the Participating Scale. LIFE PROFITS DIVIDED FOR QUINQUENNIUM ended aist December 1900, £922,400. Family Policies in various forms Threefold Option Policies. Policies payable during lifetime. Death Duty Policies. Premium ceasing at an agreed age, Partnership Insurances. Provident Insurances on Children. CLAIMS PAID ON PROOF OF DEATH AND TITLE. ANNUITY BRANCH. Annuities—Immediate, Contingent, or Deferred—are granted on favourable terms. FIRE DEPARTMENT. Net Fire Premiums 1900 £1,546,853. The Policies of the Company extend to cover Loss or Damage hy Lightning to the Property insured, whether set on Fire thereby or not. LOSSES PROMPTLY AND LIBERALLY SETTLED. Prospectuses and every information may be had at the Chief Offices, Branches or Agencies, . EDOBURGH 64 Princes Street. Liiieiunices|^, -ftffi^^J LONDON 61 Threadneedle Street, E.C. Inverness Branch Office— 14 UNION STREET. l4O0al Secretary—J. D. FINLAYSON. Great North of Scotland Railway The Royal Route to the North of Scotland ^19^s via ABERDEEN and the GREAT NORTH OP SCOTLAND RAILWAY. This /Is route serves Ballater—for Balmoral and Braemar—Cruden Bay, Peterhead, Fraser- frl^ bursrh, Inverurie, Turriff, Banff, Huntly, Keith, Craigellachie, Buckie, Elgin, yj^ Forres, Nairn, INVERNESS, Dingwall, Strathpefter, Kyle of Lochalsh—for Skye and the Western Isles—Wick, Thurso, and all places in the North of Scotland. EXPRESS TRAINS, equipped with 1st and 3rd class Corridor Carriages, with lavatory accommodation and lighted by electricity, run between Aberdeen and Inverness in direct connection with the West Coast and East Coast Companies' Trains to and from London and all parts of England and Scotland. CONDUCTORS in Uniform travel with the Through Carriages between ABER BEEN and INVERNESS, via Elgin. Ask fop Tickets Routed via Aberdeen. ALTERNATIVE ROUTES.—Passengers from all Through Booking Station in England, and from Through Booking Stations in Scotland south of and including Perth and Dundee, to Forres, Nairn, Inverness, Strathpeffer, Wick, Thurso, and other Stations on the Highland Railway, may, on request at the time of booking, have Tourist or Ordinary Return Tickets made available to travel via Aberdeen on the outward journey and via Dunkeld on the return journey ; or the Tickets may be made out to go via, Dunkeld and return via Aberdeen. SCENERY.—The Great North of Scotland Railway passes through .some of the finest scenery in Scotland. The variety is most pleasing. At one part the Tourist traverses tine agricultural districts, with beautiful sylvan and river scenery ; at the next he is surrounded by high hills, rising here and there to mountains ; while for coast scenery noticing could be finer than the prospect fi'om the Coast Line, which skirts the southern shore of the Moray Firth. The Cruden Railway affords access to a romantic part of the sea-coast famed for its magnificent rock scenery, marked by towering cliffs and subterranean caves, anon softening into sand dunes and hard sandy beach. The Deeside Line, which runs along the picturesque valley of the Dee, terminates at Ballater among the grandest mountain scenery in the Kingdom. BALMORAL, the King's High- land home, is within nine miles of Ballater. Coaches run daily during Summer between BALLATE R and BRAEMAR, via Balmoral. GOLF.—There are excellent Golf Courses at many places on the railway. A full list may be obtained on application. The Company's 18-Hole Golf Course at Cruden Bay is pronounced "by Prominent Golfers to be one of the best in the Kingdom : there is also a Ladies' Golf Course of Nine Holes. CRUDEN BAY, Thirty Miles from Aberdeen, Is a new Seaside and Golfing Resort. Fine hard, sandy Beach, over two miles long. Sea Bathing, Boating, Fishing. Splendid Rock Scenery in district. HOTELS OWNED AND MANAGED BY THE GREAT NORTH OF SCOTLAND RAILWAY COMPANY. PALACE HOTEL, ABERDEEN. CRUDEN BAY HOTEL. Covered way from Station. Bowling. Address—Palace Hotel NOT Station Tennis, Croquet. Electric Motel Tramway between Station and Hotel. Equipped with every Modern Accommodation for Comfort. Electric Lighting. Lifts. The Hotel Porters meet all Trains. Time Tables, Tourist Programmes, List of Country Lodgings, &e., can be obtains f om Mr W. Deuchar, Passenger Superintendent, Aberdeen. W. MOFFATT, General Maniger. GILLANDERS' INVERNESS STEAM BAKERY (OPPOSITE QUEEN'S GATE) Families can place their Orders with every con = fidence, and rely upon being: served with BREAD OF THE FINEST QUALITY cleanly prepared by Machinery and properly fired. In connection with above, there are^well = appointed LUNCHEON AND TEA ROOMS, QUEEN'S GATE, INVERNESS. GILLANDERS' TEAS have already made a name for themselves over the North of Scotland, not hy extravagant and untrue statements, but by being Avhat they are repre- sented, viz., Honest Value, and value which he challenges any firm to beat. And following up the motto, " The Highlands for the Highlandeis," K. A. GILLANDERS hopes soon to see the day when there will not be a family in the North of Scotland who will think of sending their orders for the refreshing beverage further South than the Capital of the Highlands, and towards accomplishing this object he invites you to send or call for samples of his 1/6, 1/8, 1/10, atud 2/2 TEAS and y. confident that all giving them a fair trial will be convinced of their mei'its. All that is stipulated for is " Fair field and no favour. " His Teas are guaranteed to be always regular and equal to sample, and if any party thinks a parcel of Tea is not up to their expectations, the Tea will be received back, postage paid both ways, and the money refunded. 'V^l - -*~ .- Orders from 5 lbs. up to 10 lbs. will be delivered post free. Larger parcels -mil be sent, carriage paid, to nearest station or pier. K, A. GILLANDERS, TEA DEALER and GROCER, QUEEN'S GATE, INVERNESS. Passenger Agency. D. Macpherson Shipping^ Ag-ent, 15 UNION STREET = = = AGENT FOR - - = "ALLAN" and "STATE" and "DOMINION" LINES to Ca^nada and United States. "ORIENT" LINE to Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand, Egypt and Mediterranean Ports. "SHAW, SAVILL, and ALBION" LINE,^ To Teneriffe, Cape and NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING ^Town,(New Zealand COMPANY. ) and Australia. CANADA GOVERNMENT AGENCY. Passengers Booked to Sotith America, Africa, India, China, and all parts of the World. Fares and other Particulaps on Applieation. JOHN H- FORSYTH SrjGO. Wholesale and Family Wine Merchants, 18 INGLIS STREET, INVERNESS. ESTABLISHED 1815. Wines of every description. Liqueurs. Old Highland "Whiskies. Fine Old Pale Brandy. Jamaica IRum, Hollands, &c. Bass and Alsopp's Indian Ale. Barclay Perkin's Imperial Stout. Guinness's Stout. Younger's £7 7s Sweet Ale. J. Scheweppe & Co.'s Mineral Waters. CONTENTS. OFFICIAL LIST, &C. Page Page Abstract of Rentals of District Committees, Contd.— Parishes 129 Harris . XV Caledonian Banking Coy. South Uist and Barra XV (Limited) . xxii County Council Committees xvi Caledonian Canal xxi County Police Force . XX Commissioners of Supply ix Distance Tables xxxii Commission of the Peace X Justice of Peace Courts xxi County Council xiv Quarter Sessions xxi District Committees — Member of Parliament IX Inverness xiv Produce Tables . xxix Aird . xiv Sheriff Court . xix Badenoch xiv Weigtits and Measures xxi Lochaber XV Head-quarter Batt. H.V.A. xxni ' Skye . XV 1st Vol. Batt. Cameron North Uist . • . XV Highlanders . xxiii TRADE A>JD PROFESSIONA L LIST. Beauly .... XXV 1 Kingussie. xxvii . Fort-William . XXV 1 Portree xvxiii ALP HABET rCAL LIST Letfer . Letter A . 1 l".e tt.er T . 42 P 112 .T . „ B . 2 „ . 43 ., R 113 „ C . 6 „ K . 43 ., S . 118 T> . „ D . 20 ,, . 46 ,, T 124 „ E . 23 „ M . 47 „ u . 125 ,, F . 23 ,, MAC 55 „ V . 126 ,, G . 34 „ N . 110 „ W . 126 „ H . 41 ,. 112 ,. Y . 128 MACKENZIE, INVERNESS. Nort^erTp!o"^?^ofthe CINEMA TOGRAPH, ALW^AYS UP-TO-DATE Unique Series of Copyright Giaematograms. High-Class Exhibitions given in Town or Country. Postal and Telegraphic Address: MACKENZIE, Cinematograph, INVERNESS INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. Crated Watkr Manufacturers—Lemon & Co., Dingwall - - xxxi Agricultural Implement Makers— Rose Street Foundry and Engineering Coy., Ltd. - - - l^O Agricultural Merchants—Murray, Donald, 60 East Gate - lf'6 Ross, Duncan, & Co., Baron Taylor's Lane .... 142 Auctioneers—Colvin, "Wm., 63 Church Street - - - - 174 Michie, Wm., 58 Bast Gate .....
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