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DUNDEE 535 Flax, codilla, and hemp 51,300 tons. Jute 106,727 Coals 146,399 Timber 46,256 loads. "Whale and seal blubber 1,694 tons. Breadstuifs 6,808 ,, The principal exports were Linen and jute manufactures first six months 346,472 pieces. second ,, 19, 11 7 tons. Bags and sacks first 12,001,032. second ,, 8, 853 tons. Yarns 8,630 Grain 3,506 There were built at Dundee, in 1876, 32 vessels with a tonnage of 18,794, and at the end of that year the shipping belonging to the port consisted o* 156 sailing vessels tonnage 68,314 38 steamers 17,078 Total 194 tonnage 85,392 Eleven of the steamers are in the seal and whale fishing trade, each making two voyages yearly to the Arctic Seas. The principal public buildings are the following : The Town-House, designed by " the elder Adam," and erected in 1734, a plain but pleasing structure; the C us torn-House ; the Post-Office ; the Town Churches, an imposing group, surmounted by a noble old tower ; St Paul s Free Church, with spire 167 feet high; St Paul s Episcopalian Church, designed by Sir G. G. Scott, with spire 211 feet high; the High. School, a fine specimen of Grecian Doric, designed by Angus ; Morgan (Hospital, erected and endowed by bequest (amounting to nearly 80,000) of the late Mr John Morgan, a native of Dundee, for the board and education of a hundred boys; the Royal Infirmary, a magnificent structure in the Tudor style, designed by Coe and Godwin, and costing about 15,000; the Lunatic Asylum ; the New Orphan Institution ; the Industrial Schools ; the Convalescent Hospital ; the Asylum for Imbecile Children ; the Deaf and Dumb Institution, the Royal Exchange ; the Clydesdale Bank ; the court-house and police buildings, with a fine bold portico ; the Eastern Club, designed by Pilkington and Bell ; the Christian Young Men s Association Buildings ; the Theatre Royal, drill hall, newspaper offices, and public baths. To these may be added as deserving of notice the Royal Arch, designed by Mr Rochead, and commemorating Her Majesty s visit to Dundee in 1844, and the Albert Institute, a Gothic building in memory of the late Prince Consort (mainly designed by Sir G. Gilbert Scott), and erected, at a cost of upwards of 20,000, on a site purchased for 8000. Bronze statues of George Kinloch, the first M.P. for Dundee in the Reformed Parliament, and James Carmichael, the engineer, have been erected in Albert Square. The most notable of the few antiquities of Dundee is the "Old Steeple" (dating from the 14th century), 156 feet high, which has been recently restored, under the direction of Sir G. Gilbert Scott, R.A., at a cost of 7000. Dudhope Castle, the old seat of the Scrym- seoures, hereditary constables of the burgh, and granted by James II. to Viscount Dundee, is now used as bar racks. The old custom-house, in the Green Market, is a quaint building of the 16th century. The East Port, the sole relic of the ancient walls, is allowed to stand in commemoration of George Wishart the martyr, who, according to tradition, preached from it during the plague in 1544. The pillar of the old town cross, bearing date 1586, has been re-erected. In High Street, Vault, Castle Court, and Fish Street there still remain a few buildings of the 16th and 17th centuries. But the castle, the mint, and the numerous convents have entirely dis appeared, the last of the monastic buildings, once occupied by the nuns of St Clare, having been demolished only a few years ago. The old buryiug-ground (or " HowOf "), now closed, contains many interesting monuments and epitaphs. Three spacious suburban burying-grounds have taken its place the Western Cemetery, the Eastern Necropolis, and the Bal- gay Cemetery. Till the middle of the present century, or even later, many of the streets were narrow and irregular, and many of the buildings unhealthy and unsightly ; but of late a great change for the better has taken place. Under the Improvement Act of 1871, the narrow gorge Arms of Dundee. of the Murraygate has been swept away ; the ugly and tortuous Bucklemaker Wynd has been transformed into the spacious Victoria Road, with the Victoria Bridge at its upper end ; and a dense and dingy mass of buildings between Meadowside and Seagate has been replaced by Commercial Street, which, when completed, will be one of the finest civic thoroughfares in Britain. Many improve ments still remain to be accomplished, and although the total cost will probably amount to 400,000, it is expected that there will be ultimately a profit on the street im provements. By the aid of local building societies a large number of working men s houses have recently been erected ; and a double line of tramways has been laid from the post-office to the west end of the town. Dundee is well supplied with recreation grounds. The Baxter Park, 35 acres in extent, designed by Sir Joseph Paxton, was presented by Sir David Baxter to the com munity in 1863; the pavilion contains a marble statue of the donor by Sir John Steell, erected by public subscription. The Balgay Park, a picturesque wooded hill commanding fine prospects on every side, was secured by the police commissioners and opened to the public in 1871. Besides these there are the Magdalen Green, the Barrack Park, the Bleaching Green, and Dundee Law. A magnificent pro menade along the river side between Magdalen Point and the Craig Pier has lately been opened. It is called the Es planade, and incloses a space of 54 acres, which when filled up will give ample station and traffic accommodation for the Caledonian and North British railways, and leave the public a clear carriage-way and foot-path by the river side. The expense of the undertaking (about 40,000) is borne in nearly equal proportions by the two railway companies and the Harbour Trustees. An extensive abattoir and cattle market have recently been constructed by the police commis sioners at the east end of the town. Dundee haa regular and frequent steam-boat traffic with London, Hull, Newcastle, Liverpool, Leith, and Rotterdam. To render communica tion with the south more direct, the North British Rail way Company designed the Tay Bridge, a colossal work, completed in 1877 (see BRIDGES, vol. iv. p. 340). The water supply of Dundee is copious and excellent. Thirty years ago works were established at Monikie, but in time the quantity (about 2 million gallons per day) proved insufficient, while the quality deteriorated. The loch of Lintrathen, 20 miles distant, with necessary grounds, was accordingly purchased for 33,108. The surface of the loch, originally 180 acres, has been raised 20 feet, and is now 405 acres in extent ; the storage capacity is 257,000,000 cubic feet ; the drainage area, 19,000 acres. The main pipe from Lintrathen , 27 inches in diameter, transmittin g 8 million gallons per day, conveys the water to Clatto reservoir, four miles from the town, which haa an area of 21 acres, and holds 80 million gallons ; two pipes from Clatto lead to the service reservoirs. The total cost of the works exceeds

305,000.