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* INVENTOBY. 727 INVEKSION. the outset as to the amount and character of property coming into their hands, than as a niPiins of relieving the Iieir from liability, as that ri'form had apparently already been accom- plished. The ecclesiastical courts assumed juris- diction of estates, and inventories of the personal ])roperty were required to be filed in these courts, where they were open to the inspection of all persons interested therein. This practice is sub- stantially followed to-day. The inventory usually contains a list of all the personal property of the decedent, with the appraised value set op- posite each item, as well as a schedule of his debts and liabilities, the executor or administra- tor certifying by oath or allirniation that the whole is true to the best of his knowledge and belief, and attached is a sworn statement of the appraisers to the effect that they have faith- fully and carefully performed their duties. It is filed in the court having jurisdiction of decedents' estates, and may be examined by the heirs, next of kin, legatees, and creditors of the deceased, who may object to it if anything is omitted or improperly entered. AfteT the in- ventorj' is filed, the executor or administrator becomes accountable for the disposition or dis- tribution of every item set forth therein, and it is (herefore a most efficient means of insuring the honest administration of estates. The term inventory is also properly employed to designate the lists of assets prepared by the trustees of bankrupts' or insolvents' estates, and by guardians of infants or other legally incom- petent jjersonr;. for the information of the court having jurisdiction over them, and for con- venience in the discharge of their fiduciary duties. The same publicity as in case of dece- dents' estates is obtained by filing and oppor- tunity for examination. See E.state: Executob. IN'VERA'RAY. A small fishing-port, the county town of Arg^-llshire, Scotland, on Loch Fj-ne. 45 miles northwest of Glasgow (ilap: Scotland, C 3). An obelisk commemorates the death of seventeen Campbells, who were executed here without trial, in 168.5, for their adherence to Presbyterianisni. Inveraray Castle, the seat of the dukes of Arg>-ll. heads of the Campbell elan, is close to the town. Population, in 1901. 735. IN'VERCAR'GILL. A to«-n in the Province of Otago. Xew Zealand, and the capital of the County of Southland, situated at the mouth of the Xew River, 139 miles by rail, southwest of Dunedin (Map: Xew Zealand. B 7). The harbor has a good anchorage for vessels under 1000 tons, and an important export trade is carried on in wool, mutton, timber, and grain. Its in- dustries include numerous sawmills, flour-mills, and meat-refrigerating establishments. The town is well built on a rectangular plan ; has Govern- ment buildings and a hospital. It is lighted by gas and has street railways. Population, in 1891, including suburbs, 8550; in 1901, 9950. INVERLOCHY, In'ver-loK'e. A castle in In- verness-shire, near which, on February 2. lOto. the army of Archibald Campbell. Jfarquis of Argyll, was utterly routed by the Marquis of Montrose (q.v.). The castle is now in ruins. Consult Gardiner, Bisloii/ of the Oreat Civil Mar, vol. ii. (London. 1886-91). See Graham, .J.MES. IN'VERNESS'. A royal, Parliamentary, and municipal burgh and seaport, the county town of Inverness-shire, Scotland, on the Ness, near its embouchure, in the Moray Firth, at the northeast end of the Caledonian Canal (Map: Scotland. D 2). The town, picturesquely sur- rounded by wooded hills, has haiuisome wide streets and many beautiful residences. Its prin- cipal buildings are the cathedral, the county hall, infinnary, lunatic asylum, and Royal Acad- emy; other features are tlie fountain, containing the famous blach-na-eudain, long regarded as the town palladium; the suspension bridge, and the Islands promenade. There are iron-foundries, shipbuilding yards, woolen manufactures, dis- tilleries, breweries, and thread-making and bleaching works. The harbor, docks, ami roads afford good accommodations, and a considerable domestic trade is carried on. The town owns its omi gas-works. Inverness is of great antiquity, having been one of the Pietish capitals. William the Lion gave it four charters and made it a royal burgh. In 1411 it was burned by Donald of the Isles. The old castle, where Maclieth mur- dered Duncan, was razed by Malcolm Canmore. who replaced it bv another which was destroyed by Prince Charles Stuart in 1740. The remains exist at the north of the town of the citadel which was built by Cromwell in 1652. and which was demolished at the Restoration. Population, in 1891, 19,200, of whom 4000 spoke Gaelic; in 1901, 21,193. Consult: Mackintosh, Invernes- siana (Inverness, 1875); Anderson, Inverness Before liailicai/s (Inverness, 1885) ; Grant. The Conunissariat Record of Inverness (TCdinburgh, 1897 ). INVERNESS-SHIRE. The largest county of Scotland, in the northwest division (Map: Scotland. D 2). It includes several of the west- ern islands, viz.: Skye, Harris, Xorth and South Uist. and Barra, etc., and is bounded east by the counties of Aberdeen, Banff. Elgin, and Xairn; .south by Perth and Arg>llshire; west by the Atlantic and Ross-shire; and north by Ross- shire. Area. 4088 square miles, of which more than two-thirds is barren heath. The county consists chiefly of deer forests, which are rented as hunting ranges. It has valuable coast fish- eries. Inverness, the county seat, is the only town. Population, in 1801, 72,700; in 1901, 90,200. INVERSION (Lat. inversio, from inrertere, to turn about, from in, in -|- vertcre, to turn). In music this term is applied to intervals, chords, and phrases or passages. An interval is said to be inverted where the position of its two notes is reversed by transposing one of them an octave higher or lower. The inveTsion changes the name and to some extent the character of the interval. The name or number of an in- verted inter-al will be found by subtracting ita original number from nine. Thus a unison in- verted becomes an octave, a second becomes a seventh, a th'rd becomes a sixth, and so on. as shown in the following table of inversions: Uiiison 8v. Uolson.