IV

1855

Repairs and Improvements on the Estate

Dec

8

Paid Hugh McNeil for repairing the sides of the large lane which had fallen in.

£1

12

9

Dec

17

Paid James Boddan to account, for buildings at Blackbelly

£30

0

0

1856

Feb

4

Paid Hugh McNeil for drainage on Gelston Lodge

£4

12

6

4

Paid Andrew Dobie for Spouts for Screel House and putting them up.

£4

10

0

18

Paid for drains on Potterland

£67

14

8

Paid for slates for Potterland

£13

10

0

Paid for states for Potterland

£13

10

0

Paid for tiles for Potterland

£1

17

0

Paid for states for Potterland

£13

10

0

Account paid Hugh McNeil for repairing embankment on Chapelcroft and deepening lane between Chapelcroft and Orchardton on 18th Aug. last.

£23

8

3

Account paid Hugh McNeil for new repairs to embankment rendered necessary from injury done by high tide and storm on 10th Nov. last

£6

14

11

Account paid for 506 bushels of lime laid on pasture field in terms of Col. Maxwell's agreement £25.6.0 - half thereof:

£12

13

0

Allowed William Milligan the following accounts for drainage:

Account paid for tiles  

£20

10

2

Account paid for slates for bottoms  

£20

16

0

Account paid for cutting drains  

£78

3

0

Account paid for laying drains  

£11

16

3

Allowed Thomas Gordon the following accounts:

Amount paid Robert Rae for building garden dykes and shed court

£5

10

4

Account paid for tiles for drainage

£59

9

0

Account paid for cutting drains

£69

18

0

Account paid for slates for bottoms

£30

13

6

Feb

25

Paid Thomas Halliday for ridge stone for Chapelcroft House

£1

16

6

March

10

Paid Andrew Thomson for carting wood and branches for preventing the earth falling in - in the deep cuts required for drainage.

£4

15

0

Paid Adam Thomson for thorns for new dyke at Screel House.

-

12

6

Paid James Cannon for finding stones and building dyke at Screel house, and assisting in forming new road.

£12

14

6

May

12

Paid James Boddan to account of buildings at Blackbelly

£30

0

0

July

28

Paid James Cannon for building dyke between Douganhill and Isle: £3.2.10. Half thereof -

£1

11

5

August

11

Paid James Cannon for half of expense of March Dyke between Orchardton and Almorness

£15

15

0

August

18

Paid William Milligan's account for building dyke in Chapelcroft

8

15

0

Paid William Milligan's account for lime laid on land in terms of Col. Maxwell's agreement £25.19.0. (half thereof)

12

19

6

Allowed Alexander Livingstone for the following accounts paid by him:

Account paid James Cannon for 70 roods of dyke

£7

11

8

Account paid by him for tiles

£24

6

11

Account paid Peter Donly for repairing fence between Douganhill and Isle

£1

1

8

Account paid Peter Donely for cutting and filling drains

£43

0

0

Sep

1

Paid John McCrackan to account of repairs to Orchardton Lane

£3

4

0

Oct

30

Paid William Martin for repairs made on Auchencairn Mill last year.

£2

1

0

Paid William Martin for wood got last year for Potterland Mill.

£5

8

3

Nov

3

Paid James Caven for re-slating stable at Chapelcroft

£4

15

6

Paid William Martin for wood for re-slating above, and Joiner's wages, and for hair for plaster.

£1

18

5

Paid George Wilson for 9 bushels of lime for above.

-

9

9

Paid James Beattie for 2 years allowance for road thro' his farm for John Dobbin

£1

0

0

Nov

10

Paid James Boddan balance of his account for buildings at Blackbelly

£16

19

10

£663

15

9