| £. | s. | d. | ||||
| The annual value of Real Property, as returned to Parliament in 1815 | 7288 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Poor Rate in 1831 | 350 | 0 | 0 | |||
| The parish feast is kept on the nearest Sunday to oldMay day. | ||||||
| Population,— | |||
| in 1801, 1161 | in 1811, 1188 | in 1821, 1495 | in 1831, 1707; |
being an increase of 47 in a hundred in 30 years.
Present Rector, the Hon. F. Stanhope.
GEOLOGY, BY DR. BOASE.
The whole of this parish, with the exception of a small patch of slate at Rosemodris, rests on granite. Judging from what occurs in the eastern part of Cornwall, one might be led to expect that the land of St. Burian must be sterile. In some elevated spots it undoubtedly is so, but in general the parish is well cultivated and highly productive.
This difference in the granitic soils of east and of west Cornwall, may be, in part, explained by the gradual diminution of height towards the west, accompanied by a corresponding improvement of the climate; but in this part of the county more of the debris, especially of diluvial clay, is retained on the surface, that of the more elevated eastern ridges having been in great measure swept away.
This circumstance must not, however, be omitted. The granite of Burian exhibits more varieties than have been yet found in the eastern district. The slate in the cliffs at Rosemodris is a felspar rock, and its contact with the granite is distinctly seen; where it may be observed at the eastern extremity traversed by numerous granite veins; and the granite near this junction abounds in shorl.
NOTE BY THE EDITOR.