ESTATES IN SCOTLAND.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1352, 27 September 1886, Page 3

ESTATES IN SCOTLAND.

Half a dczsn estates situated in the noitb of Scotland were offered for sale in Loudon lately. OfLra were made for all of them, but not one changed owners The reason w s tha. in every instance the price bidden came c naide r ab y short ef thirty yea: s’ purchase, and thus f-dl under the reserve which was assigned to the auctioneer. The mo»t valuab'o propel ty pm forward was the Aberdeenshire possession of the Bsrl of Crawford and Balcarrei, who has recently acquired an estate ia Fifeahire wh f ch had long b - longed to (ha family, Hr Coutta ' indsay being the last possessor. Uuneoht Is a beautiful place, ranch Improved of late, with a rental of £60 : .0, and a spacious mansion house built f-om des ; gns by the late Mr Street, tha architect of the new Law Courts in London. £170,000 was the highest sum offered. Less proportionate y was bidden for estates in Argyleshire and in Perthshire, and for the island of Kura in loverness-shire, which once bel nged to Old Lord Saba bury. It Is interesting to note that, wherever on these Highland properties it could be done, it was specified as a teccormnendaVoo tha' there are neither crofters, nor cottars on tha property. This inducement failed to attract purchasers. Nor is this to be wondered at. wheo the low rents for such sporiieg estates a* want tenants sre taken jnto accoui-t. Obviously a ch* nge n coming over tha c >udi'ion of the Highland*