Aberdeen Council Register: volume 69 - extract dated 21 May 1810 Council meeting, 21 May 1810 [Sederunt given] The Council set 28 May 1810 for the annual Perambulation of the Inner Marches and the Visitation of the Bridge of Dee and Bridge of Don. (145v) The Council remitted to Baillies Shepherd and Tower, the Dean of Guild, Mr John Young and Mr John Forbes, the consideration of the correspondence between the Provost and Mr Gordon, the solicitor in charge of the Harbour Bill, detailing evidence given by John Rae, merchant, and others before a House of Commons committee concerning the letting of the present lease of the Shore and Harbour Dues and to report to a future meeting. (145v - 146r) Baillie Shepherd laid before the Council a letter from Mr Alexander Gordon, solicitor in London, to Mr Carnegie, Town Clerk, anouncing that the Harbour Improvements Bill had passed both Houses and would receive royal assent in a few days. On the motion of Baillie Shepherd a vote of thanks was accorded Provost Hadden for his zealous and indefatigable conduct in forwarding the Harbour Bill in both Aberdeen and London. (146r - 147r) 21 May 1810