The Sun.
London, England, 1829-04-30 00:00:00

VALUABLE ESTATE IN SCOTLAND.

VALUABLE AND EXTENSIVE ESTATE IN TUE
COUNTY OF INVERNESS FOR SALE.
TO BE EXPOSED TO SALE,
BY PUBLIC ROUP,

Within the Royal Exchange Coffee-house, Edinburgh,
upon WEDNESDAY, the 22d day of July, 1829, at Two
o'clock afternoon.

UPSET PRICE 120,0001. ONLY.

THE ESTATE of CLANRANALD,
lying in the parish of South Uist and county of In-
verness, consisting of the whole Island of Benbecula and
the greater part of the Island of South Uist, with the small
Isles adjacent. This fine property extends about thirty-
five miles in length from Not th to South, and Eight miles
in breadth from East to West, containing 56,277 Scotch
or 70,746 Imperial Acres of Land, whereof 14,537 Scotch
or 18,274 Imperial Acres are Arable, 3,043 Scotch or
3,826 Imperial Acres Low Pasture, and 33,696 Scotch
or 48,646 Imperial Acres Hill Pasture, or thereby. The
Arable Land is of excellent quality, yielding oats, barley,
and green crops of the best description. There is an in-
exhaustible quantity of shell-sand and sea-weed (inde-
pendent of the weed used for kelp) on the shores of the
Estate, which not only supply abundant manure for the
lands already arable, but afford the means to the tenants of
bringing many hundred acres of waste land annually into
cultivation. The pasture is equal in quality to any in the
West Highlands. The cattle reared on the Estate are well
known in the south country markets, and have long com-
ma,rizi gi..t.ttsfp W esc
shire. The Estate abounds in ezntment harbours, to which
there are goad roads from the imiseur, and the public roads
through the islands, as well as ' farm roads, are in the
best condition.

Herrings annually &event tl'..e numerous lochs inter-
secting the property, and the cod and ling fishery may be
carried on to any extent, the fishing banks being quite
contiguous. Deer are to be found on the hills of South
Uist, and the lands abound with grouse and other kinds of
gains, with all sorts of water-fowl. There are trout in
the fresh-water lakes, and abundance of salmon in the
rivers.

A packet sails twice a week from Loch Skipport in
South That, in the middle of the estate, to Dunvegan in
Skye, and there is an .easy and constant communication
with the Clyde and Liverpool at all seasons of the year, by
means of steam-boats and coasting vessels.
The rental of the Estate at Martinmas, 1828, was
4610/. 13s. 3d., which may be greatly augmented by the
cultivation of waste land, and the partial introduction of
sheep-farming, a very extensive tract of hill ground well
adapted for sheep grazing being at present in a great mea-
sure unproductive.
About 1300 tons of kelp of excellent quality are also
annually manufactured on the shores of the Estate for the
benefit of the Proprietor, which, during the war, sold at
from 10/. to 15/. per ton, and new sells at about 5/. ss.
ton, with every prospect of a rise.
The Minister's stipend and schoolmaster's salaries
amount only to 1111. 13s. Bd., and the teinds are valued.
The lands hold partly of the Crown, and partly of subject
superiors ; and one freehold qualification in the county will
be sold with the Estate.

There is a comfortable mansion-house, with a complete
steading of offices, and a large garden inclosed by a stose
wall, ten feet high, at Nunton in Benbecula, in one of the
most pleasant situations in the Hebrides. In short, a more
desirable or more improvable Estate has not for many years
been offered for sale in the Highlands, and no better invest-
ment for capital is anywhere to be found.
The whole Estate will he exposed to sale at the upset
price of 120,000/. Should the Estate net be sold in one
lot, it will he exposed in the following lots, at upset prices
for each lot proportioned to the upset price of the whole
Estate above mentioned : .

Lot I. The ISLAND of I3ENBECULA, with the
Small Isles contiguous, (excepting Upper and Lower
He,timulls,) containing about 13,599 Scotch Acres, of
which 4440 are Arable, 1446 Low Pasture, and 7712 Hill
and Green Pasture.

The rental of this lot at Martinmas, 1828, was 17941.
16s. ; and there are annually ►manufactured on the shores
about 670 tons of kelp of the very best quality.

.Lot H. That PART of the ISLAND of SOUTH UIST
extending from the Sound of Benbecula on the north to
the river Howmore on the south, including the Island of
Hestimull in the Sound of Benbecula, and containing
11,302 Scotch Acres, whereof 4,667 are Arable, 1,351
Low Pasture, and 5,253 Hill and Green Pasture.

The Rental of this Lot, at Martinmas, 1828, was 882/.
18s., and there are annually manufactured on the Shores
about 245 tons of kelp.
Lot 111. That PART of the ISLAND of SOUTH
UIST, extending from the river of Howmore on the north
to the north boundary of the farm of Upper Borinish on
the south, containing about 17,125 Scotch Acres, whereof
2,211 are Arable, 112 Low Pasture, and 14,802 Hill
Pasture.
The Rental of this Lot, at Martinmas, 1828,

£759 I 0
Feu-duty payable by Mr. R. M'Donald for
Upper Borinish,—the converted value,
whereof, omen average, is 37 9 5

Total Rental .X 796 10 5
And the quantity of kelp annually manufactured on this
shore is about 150 tons.
Lot IV. That PART of SOUTII UIST extending
from the South March of Upper Borinish on the north to
the March with the Estate of Boisdale on the south, con-
taining 14,249 Scotch Acres, whereof 3,217 are Arable,
133 Low Pasture, and 10,898 Green and Hill p;stare.
The Rental of this Lot, at Martinmas, 1828, was
1,1731. 18% 3(1.--, and there is annua;ly manufactured on
the shores about 230 tons of kelp.
Farther information 'will be given at Edinburgh by
Messrs. Hunter, CamPbell, and Cathcart, W.S., or Archi-
bald Swinton, Esq., W. S. ;:at Hamilton by Mr. Brriwn ;
and at London by Mr. Mundell, Great GeOrge-street ; any
of whom will furnish Rentals and Reduced Plans of the
Properties; and Mr. Duncan Shaw; Factor for Clan_
repaid, at Minton in Benbecula, will give directions for
showing the -Land'.