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	Caithness
		Caithness remains in use as the name of a Lieutenancy Area, and of an area committee of Highland Council.
		The Caithness constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom represented essentially the traditional county from 1708 to 1918.
		Caithness is a land of open, rolling Farmland, moorland and scattered settlements.
	www.ufaqs.com /wiki/en/ca/Caithness.htm (1311 words)

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		They are different from the local government council areas, the committee areas, the sheriffdoms, the registration counties, the former regions and districts, the former counties of Scotland, and the various other subdivisions of Scotland.
		Districts of Cunninghame, Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Kyle and Carrick and Cumnock and Doon Valley
		Districts of Ross and Cromarty and Skye and Lochalsh
	www.gamecheatz.net /games.php?title=Lieutenancy_areas_of_Scotland (238 words)

	Scotland History: Scotland's Counties
		In 1996 the region was abolished and Angus was established as a unitary authority.
		In 1975 the county area was divided between the Argyll and Cunninghame districts of the Strathclyde region.
		Caithness (Gallaibh in Gaelic)[1] is a committee area of Highland Council, Scotland; a lieutenancy area; and a registration county, Caithness was formerly a district within the Highland region from 1975 to 1996 and a local government county with its own county council from 1891 to 1975.
	www.scotlandhistory.net /counties.html (1956 words)

	Caithness (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Caithness is a traditional county in northeast Scotland.
		It persisted as a local district until 1996 when it too was The name Caithness is retained as a Lieutenancy Area and also for an area committee Highland Council.
		Caithness is a land of open rolling moorland and scattered settlements.
	www.freeglossary.com /Caithness (540 words)

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		The district of Kilmarnock and Loudoun, the district of Cumnock and Doon Valley, the district of Cunninghame and the district of Kyle and Carrick
		The district of Dumbarton, the district of Clydebank, the district of Bearsden and Milngavie, the district of Strathkelvin, the district of Cumbernauld and Kilsyth and the South Lenzie/Waterside district ward in electoral division 46 (Chryston) of Strathclyde region
		The district of Ross and Cromarty and the district of Skye and Lochalsh
	www.gwydir.demon.co.uk /uklocalgov/counswni.htm (629 words)

	Caithness - Toseeka Search Results
		The general aspect of Caithness, which measures in area about 712 square miles (1844 km²), is flat; and this peculiarity is rendered still more striking by the almost total absence of forest.Most of Caithness is old red sandstone to an estimated depth of over 4,000 metres.
		Prior to implementation of the Local Government Act 1889, these were also parishes of the Church of Scotland, and one Caithness parish, Reay, straddled the boundary between the county of Caithness and the county of Sutherland, and another, Thurso had a separate fragment bounded by Reay and Halkirk.
		Between 1708 and 1832 the Caithness constituency was one of the Buteshire and Caithness alternating constituencies: one constituency elected a Member of Parliament to one parliament and then the other elected an MP to the next.
	www.toseeka.com /subject/Caithness (2572 words)

	Caithness - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The general aspect of Caithness, which measures in area about 712 square miles (1844 km²), is flat, in contrast to the majority of Highland Region.
		Of these 1,248 were born in Caithness, 273 in Sutherland, 77 in Ross and Cromarty, and 87 elsewhere.
		For civil administration purposes, implementation of the act redefined parish boundaries, transferring part of Reay to the Sutherland parish of Farr and the fragment of Thurso to the parish of Halkirk.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Caithness (2116 words)

	Caithness (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Caithness is a traditional county and former administrative county which is now within the Highland area of Scotland.
		Caithness is represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and in the Scottish Parliament as part of the constituencies of Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross.
		In 2001 Caithness had a usually resident population of 23,866 and settlement centres include those of Berriedale, Burnside, Castletown, Dunnet, Halkirk, Haster, John O'Groats, Latheron, Mey, Reay, Sibster, Thurso, Watten and Wick.
	caithness.iqnaut.net (990 words)

	Scotland - MSN Encarta
		A reorganization of local government in Scotland was made effective in 1975, when the counties and burghs were abolished and replaced by nine regions and three island areas.
		The 62 existing regional and district councils on the mainland were replaced by 29 new single-tier authorities whose borders have in some cases affinity with many of the old authorities.
		Viking invaders penetrated only a short distance into the mainland, occupying Caithness and some of Ross and Cromarty and stopping short of modern-day Inverness, but their influence can be seen throughout almost the entire length of the western coast, marking the way to the Viking bases in Dublin and the Isle of Man.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761561065_6/Scotland.html (2092 words)

	Wick, Highland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The main offices of The John O Groat Journal and The Caithness Courier are located in Wick, as are Caithness General Hospital (run by NHS Highland), the Wick Carnegie Library and area offices of Highland Council.
		In 1975 Wick and Caithness became part of the then new Highland Region, with Inverness as its administrative centre, and the burgh and county councils were abolished.
		In 1996 district councils were abolished and the Inverness-centred council became the Highland unitary authority.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wick,_Caithness (1583 words)

	Scotland - Search View - MSN Encarta
		Low temperatures and heavy snowfalls are, however, common during the winter season in many areas, particularly the mountainous districts of the interior.
		Sheep are raised in the Highlands and on the islands and Southern Uplands.
		Scotland, however, is best known for its beef cattle, both in terms of the quality of their meat and as pedigree breeding stock, and was therefore adversely affected by the European Union’s ban on British beef in 1996.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /text_761561065__1/Scotland.html (15316 words)

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		This court reversed, reasoning that the plaintiffs' claim should receive priority on the principle of fairness, since their lives or businesses were adversely affected by the operator's continuing tortious violation of the injunction, which entitled the plaintiffs to compensation.
		A homeowner sued the District of Columbia for nuisance, negligence, and encroachment, alleging that the improper construction and maintenance of an alley next to her home caused cracks in the walls and ceilings of her home and garage.
		Affirming the District's liability on all counts, this court held that because no evidence that the District had created the nuisance was presented at trial, the District could only be held liable for damages due to its negligence that occurred after it received notice of the nuisance.
	classes.washburnlaw.edu /smit/coursemat/2003/advance/cases/822.html (8387 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Caithness
		Caithness (Gallaibh in Gaelic) is a committee area of Highland Council, Scotland; a lieutenancy area; and a registration county,
		Older metamorphic (granite) rock is apparent in the Scaraben and Ord area, in the relatively high southwest area of the county.
		Caithness' highest point (Morven) is in this area.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Caithness (1991 words)

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		Caithness Alaska Mining Co., 1990, 1989 annual report, Alaska field operations, appendix 7.2.1A, Doyon reconnaissance geochemical results, part A, volume 2 of 14: Doyon, Ltd. Report 90-06b, 149 p.
		Caithness Alaska Mining Co., 1990, 1989 annual report, Alaska field operations, plates and geophysical profiles, Seventymile block, volume 7 of 14: Doyon, Ltd. Report 90-06g.
		Caithness Alaska Mining Co., 1990, 1989 annual report, Alaska field operations, plates McGrath, Takotna, Fortymile central, Fortymile south, and Holy Cross blocks, volume 10 of 14: Doyon, Ltd. Report 90-06g.
	ardf.wr.usgs.gov /ardf_data/EA_refs.txt (5733 words)

	Caithness CWS - FPB - September 2006 - Zena Sinclair - Index (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		When the Town Council was disbanded in 1975, as part of local government reorganisation, Zena transferred to Market Square, Wick to work in the Chief Executive's office of Caithness District Council.
		At the most recent reorganisation in 1996, Zena continued to work in Market Square as a clerical assistant in the Law and Administration Section of The Highland Council.
		Zena is a "Friend of the Castle of Mey" and in this her retirement year she has been delighted to attend both the Queen's Garden Party at Holyrood and the Cocktail Party hosted by the Duke and Duchess of Rothesay at the Castle of Mey.
	www.caithness.org /fpb/2006/september/zenasinclair.htm (429 words)

	Index Ma-Mam
		He was appointed undersecretary of finance in October 1975 and from May 1979 occupied the post of secretary for planning and budget in Pres.
		He was defense minister in the short-lived BJP government of 1996, Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's political advisor in 1998, then was minister of information and broadcasting (1998-99), parliamentary affairs and water resources (1999), information technology and parliamentary affairs (1999-2001), and information technology, communications, and parliamentary affairs (2001-03), and BJP general secretary thereafter.
		By 1996 the Conservatives had lost their parliamentary majority and had to rely on the support of the Ulster Unionists.
	rulers.org /indexm1.html (17151 words)

	Wikinfo \| Highland
		It covers the mainland and inner-Hebridean parts of the traditional counties of Inverness-shire, Ross-shire, and Cromartyshire as well as all of Sutherland, Nairnshire and Caithness as well as the far north-west of Argyllshire.
		The region was created in 1975, and had the districts Badenoch and Strathspey, Caithness, Inverness, Lochaber, Nairn, Ross and Cromarty, Skye and Lochalsh, Sutherland.
		In 1996 these district councils were wound up and their functions were transferred to Highland Council, making it a unitary authority.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Highland (226 words)

	Caithness CWS - Front Page Bulletins - November 2001 - Winter Road Maintenance (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The demise of Thurso Town Council, the creation of Caithness District Council, Highland Regional Council and appointment as Depute Director of Finance for the District Council.
		This appointment was to last for the life of Caithness District Council.
		Now Caithness District Council had disappeared to be replaced by the Highland Council.
	www.caithness.org /fpb/november/thursoelection.htm (1046 words)

	Overview of Caithness (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		A former county of NE Scotland extending to 177,592 ha (438,833 acres), Caithness was a pendicle of the Norse Earldom of Orkney that was erected into a Scottish Earldom in the Middle Ages.
		With a coastline of 105 miles (168 km), Caithness is bounded to the west and south by Sutherland and to the north and east by the Pentland Firth and the Moray Firth.
		Between 1975 and 1996 Caithness was a district of Highland Region.
	www.geo.ed.ac.uk /scotgaz/features/featurefirst8790.html (186 words)

	The Educational Endowments (Highland Region) Transfer Scheme Order 1996
		This Scheme may be cited as the Educational Endowments (Highland Region) Transfer Scheme 1996.
		(c) "relevant district council" means any of Caithness, Sutherland, Ross and Cromarty, Skye and Lochalsh, Lochaber, Inverness, Badenoch and Strathspey and Nairn District Councils.
		(2) Where immediately before 1st April 1996 there were vested by virtue of his office in the holder of an office connected with a relevant district council, or in a person nominated by that council—
	www.opsi.gov.uk /si/si1996/Uksi_19960307_en_2.htm (795 words)

	United Kingdom Divisions
		England's new primary subdivisions are 34 counties, 47 unitary authorities, 36 metropolitan districts, and 33 London boroughs.
		The 34 counties are subdivided into 238 districts; the other divisions are all unitary, meaning that they have no smaller units of local government under them.
		The counties were divided into districts of several types: non-county boroughs (cities too small to become county boroughs), urban districts, and rural districts.
	www.statoids.com /ugb.html (4111 words)

	Example of "Genealog*" Catalog Database Search - Using the Melvyl® Legacy System: Section "W"
		Ne'er forgot shall be : a genealogy of Clan McGillivray of Glenelg and Skye, Inverness-shire, 1761-1979 /, by Marjory McGillivray Waters.
		Waters in depth, 1648-1978 : a genealogy of the Waters family of Caithness, Scotland and the Livermore family of Devonshire, England (1736-1978) in Canada and U.S.A. /, by Marjory McGillivray Waters.
		The founders and builders of the Oranges comprising a history of the outlying district of Newark, subsequently known as Orange, and of the later internal divisions...
	www.academic-genealogy.com /melvylcatw.htm (15288 words)

	Wikinfo \| Sutherland
		Sutherland (also Sutherlandshire) is a traditional county in the north of Scotland, bordering on Caithness to the north and both Ross-shire and Cromartyshire to the south.
		From 1975 Sutherland was a local government district in
		the Highland Region of Scotland; in 1996 administrative functions were taken over by the Highland unitary council (see: Subdivisions of Scotland).
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Sutherland (195 words)

	Reno Industrial Park Geothermal District Heating System - Geo-Heat Bulletin Vol. 18 No. 2 Article
		Ten miles south of Reno, on U.S. 395 near the junction of the road to historic Virginia City, is Steamboat Hot Springs, a popular stop for travelers since the mid-1800s.
		Since the mid-1980s five geothermal power plants have been built at Steamboat Springs and in December 1996 it was announced that the proposed largest geothermal district heating system in the U.S. would supply an industrial park in the area.
		It is proposed that the exit fluids from the electric power plants be used for the geothermal district heating system.
	geoheat.oit.edu /bulletin/bull18-2/art41.htm (1034 words)

	speleogenesis.net :: R. Armstrong L. Osborne :: Dating ancient caves and related palaeokarsts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Solid limestone of high bearing capacity is interspersed with open and sediment-filled voids at shallow depth that threaten foundation integrity and excavatability.
		The processes and landforms of gypsum karst (Klimchouk et al, 1996) are broadly comparable to those on limestone, except that gypsum is dissolved more rapidly in natural waters and is mechanically weaker than most limestones.
		Each pile tip is probed to ensure lack of voids beneath, and narrow unstable pinnacles may require assessment by probes splayed 15° from the vertical.
	www.speleogenesis.info /archive/SG7_artId3275.php (9322 words)

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		It lay in the upper Waikato district between the Mangapiko and Puniu rivers, at the border of the King Country.
		This narrow valley, bordering on Caithness, was the country of Clan Gunn, a dour and hard people, more Norse than Gael, who had been made increasingly uneasy by the stories they had heard [of evictions] from Assynt, Farr and Rogart.
		The Treaty of Waitangi Act of 1975 established a tribunal to "make recommendations on claims relating to the practical application of the principles of the Treaty [of Waitangi of 1840] and, for that purpose, to determine its meaning and effect and whether certain matters are inconsistent with those principles" [Orange 1987: 246].
	www.case.edu /affil/GAIR/papers/96papers/Constructs/gunn/Gunn.htm (16510 words)

	Sutherland Information - Online Prescription Medication Directory
		New boundaries are planned for the next round of local government elections, in 2007, when elections will be by the single transferable vote system.
		Sutherland has two main names in the county's indigenous Scottish Gaelic: Cataibh may be used for the whole county, but tended historically to apply to the south east, and Dùthaich MhicAoidh (MacKay Country) which was used for the north west, sometimes referred to as Reay Country in English.
		Cataibh can be read as meaning land of the Cat people and the Cat element appears as Cait in Caithness.
	www.prescriptiondrug-info.com /drug_information_online.asp?title=Sutherland (698 words)

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