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Ph [Parish] of Logie Durno
Copy/ File 270
Letter of 16th October 1925 from Messers Lumsden and Davidson
to Crown Receiver,

Dear Sir,

Casualties & Redemption - County of Aberdeen
Lands of Pitcaple and others

We refer to our letter of yesterday with regard to which we think we can give you fuller information, our attention having been drawn to certain particulars available through our dealing with the case of Conglas about which you wrote a seperate letter.

While our client's grandfather acquired the lands of Pitscurrie from Sir James Elphinstone of Logie and we have no prior titles to refer to as they would be with the Logie Writs, we find reference to Pitscurrie having been part of Mr Erskine's estate and contrary to what we had supposed. We find that the lands of Balhaggarty had also at one time belonged to the Erskines. This reconsiles the figure appearing in your valued rent roll

Henry Knight Erskine, Pittodry -- £891.3.0
The entry in our roll of 1850 for the lands of Pittodrie under the name of Major H. K. Erskine was -- £565.3.2
This leaves a balance to be accounted for of -- £325.19.10

This is evidently made up by the entry of Balhaggarty in name of James Gordon (of Manar) -- £234.19.10 and Pitscurrie in the name of Hugh Lumsden (of Pitcaple) -- £91.0.0

We should perhaps not that the above entry for Pittodry £565.3.2 although not, we understand, formally split and so recorded on the valued rent roll, has been by agreement allocated £424.3.2 to the lands of Pittodry retained by the Trustees of the late Captain George Smith, and £141.0.0 to the lands of Crowmallie conveyed to Mr R. W. Smith M.P.
yours faithfully,

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