Earl of Kintore; Marr Lodge, the Earl of Fife; Philorth House, Lord Saltoun; Strichen, Lord Lovat; Castle Forbes, Lord Forbes; Skene House, Lord; Slaines Castle, the Earl of Errol. Her Majesty has lately purchased, from the Fife trustees, the lands and house of Balmoral, in the parish of Crathie, Braemar, which is the residence of the Court for a few weeks towards the end of summer. This year (1853) will see the commencement of a palace, every way suitable for "the royal dwelling." The prevailing names among the proprietors are, Gordon, Forbes, Grant, Fraser, Duff, and Farquharson. The county has four parliamentary burghs, which, with their respective populations in 1851, are as follows: Aberdeen, 71,945; Peterhead, 7242; Inverary, 2264; and Kintore, 476. The first returns a member to parliament, and the other three are contributory burghs to Elgin. The county also sends a member to parliament. The parliamentary constituency is 4022. Besides a sheriff, the county has two sheriffs-substitute, one at Aberdeen, the other at Peterhead; and circuit courts are held at Tarland, Inverary, Huntly, Turriff, Old Deer, and Fraserburgh. There are about 450 schools in the county, and, along with Banff and Elgin, it participates in Dick's bequest for parish schools. Five miles from Aberdeen, on the river Dee, is the Roman Catholic College of Blair. By the census of 1851, there were 32,110 inhabited houses, 768 uninhabited, and 179 building. In that census the county is divided into eight districts, with populations as under.

| DISTRICTS | MALES | FEMALES | TOTAL | |-----------------|-------|---------|-------| | Aberdeen | 38,645| 47,582 | 86,227| | Alford | 6,958 | 6,293 | 12,661| | Deer | 19,165| 22,004 | 41,170| | Ellon | 7,170 | 7,671 | 15,372| | Garloch | 9,082 | 9,072 | 18,154| | Kincairdina O'Neil | 7,966 | 7,963 | 15,929| | Strathbogie | 6,131 | 5,620 | 10,751| | Turriff | 6,998 | 7,396 | 14,394|

Total Population of the County of Aberdeen, (exclusive of absent Seamen), 214,658

Population in 1841, 192,387

Increase, 22,271

a small town in Fifeshire, Scotland, on the northern shore of the Firth of Forth, about ten miles north-west of Edinburgh, with which there is now a frequent and easy communication by steam-boats. In old times it belonged to the Viponts; in 1126 it was transferred to the Mortimers by marriage, and afterwards to the Douglases. William, lord of Liddesdale, surnamed the Flower of Chivalry, in the reign of David II., conveyed it by charter to James Douglas, ancestor of the present noble owner, the Earl of Morton. The monks of Inchcolm had a grant for a burial-place here from Allen de Mortimer, in the reign of Alexander III. It is a pleasantly situated town, and is greatly resorted to in summer for sea-bathing. Coarse cloths are manufactured to a small extent in the village. Pop. in 1851, 1945.

ABERDOUR is also the name of a parish in Aberdeenshire, containing 1857 inhabitants. It lies six miles west of Fraserburgh.