There are no towns or villages, no post-offices, and no turnpike-roads in the parish.

Ecclesiastical State.-The church is situated in the lowlands, and is a plain edifice, very neatly finished, sufficient to accommodate 300 sitters. The number of communicants at last sacrament was 255, of whom 79 are heads of families. There are 120 families, of which 10 families are Dissenters. About one-third of the population is upwards of ten miles distant from the church, scattered along the side of the lake, and in Glendow and Glenarklet. For them Divine service is occasionally, during summer, performed  at Inversnaid. It is most desirable that a missionary were estabushed in that district. The manse was built in 1797, at a little distance from the church. Previously the minister lived, at the distance of three miles, in the original manse which was situated on the bank of the lake opposite to Inchcaileoch. The glebe contains 85 acres, but mostly bad ground, not worth more than l0s. per acre. The stipend consists of L. 126 of money, and 24 bolls of oatmeal, with a small allowance from Government, to make up the annual value of L. 158, 6s. 8d.

Poor and Parochial Funds.-The number of paupers is 24. The ordinary funds for their maintenance are the collections at church, varying from L. 20 to L. 28 per annum, and the interest of L. 400 of poor's stock. The family of Montrose are also very liberal to the poorer parishioners, giving clothes, meal, money, and sometimes grass for a cow.

Education.- The parish school is attended by 50 scholars in winter, and by 40 in summer. During the latter season, the peeling of oak bark interferes with the attendance at school. The salary is L.31, with house and garden. There is a charity school at Salochy, in the upper part of the parish, attended by 40 scholars in winter, but scarcely by the half in summer. The teacher has, besides a house and cow's grass allowed by the proprietor, a salary of L.15 is paid by the Society in Edinburgh. A very few parents pay school-fees for their children. A small school is opened at Inversnaid. The teacher receives L.8.  from a lady in the neighbourhood, and is attended by 10 or 12 scholars. The best teacher there could not collect 20. To do justice to the scattered population, the school should be not fixed, but ambulatory.