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Kirkcaldy continued

..and a small weekly newspaper is published [on] Saturday. The burgh is governed by a Provost, two bailies, a dean of Guild, a treasurer, 16 other councillors and a town Clerk.
The principal street is so far as it is within the burgh, is about one mile in length, yet it stretches in the same irregular manner into the neighbouring parishes of Abbotshall on the [West] and of Dysart on the east, and from its extreme length when [taken] altogether has obtained for Kirkcaldy its well known appellation of the "Lang Town". The harbour is situated near the east end of the burgh, it is large and has good stone piers, but has [the] disadvantages of being dry at low water. It enjoys a [considerable] coasting trade, and also a trade with the continent and the Baltic.