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Date Masters/mistresses names Actual # 2 wheel carriages 4 wheel carriages Duty
1785 Belly Parish
30 Nov 1785 Duke of Gordon Gordon Castle 2 2 £10.10.0
2 2 £10.10.0
Rathven Parish
1 Dec 1785 Alexander Gordon Esqr. of Carn Canno 1 1 £5.5.0
John Gordon Esqr. of Cairnfield 1 1 £2.12.6
Andrew Hay Esqr. of Rannas 1 1 £5.5.0
3 1 2 £13.2.6
Fordyce Parish
Mr. James Gordon Portsoy 1 1 £2.12.6
George Ruddach Inn Keeper 1 1 £5.5.0
Captain Abercromby by Glassa 1 1 £5.5.0
3 1 2 £13.2.6
Banff Parish
2 Dec 1785 Earl of Fife Duff House 2 2 £10.10.0
Lady Findlater Banff Castle 1 1 £5.5.0
3 3 £15.15.0
Forglen Parish
3 Dec 1785 Lady Banff Forglen 1 1 £5.5.0
1 1 £5.5.0
Rothiemay Parish
6 Dec 1785 Lady Fife Rothiemay 1 1 £5.5.0
1 1 £5.5.0
Parishes Collected
Belly Parish 2 2 £10.10.0
Rathven Parish 3 1 2 £13.2.6
Fordyce Parish 3 1 2 £13.2.6
Banff Parish 3 3 £15.15.0
Forglen Parish 1 1 £5.5.0
Rothiemay Parish 1 1 £5.5.0
Prooff
2 Chaises at £3.10.0 each yearly for the 3 quarters of a year is £5.5.0
11 Chaises at £7.0.0 each yearly for the 3 quarters of a year is £57.15.0
13 Sum as before £63.0.0
13 2 11 £63.0.0

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Survey of the Wheel Carriage Tax arisen within the County
of Banff from the 5th day of July 1785, To the 5th day of April 1786 By Archibald Duff Surveyor

I Archibald Duff Surveyor aforesaid do hereby certify that upon carefull
examination of the foregoing several rates and duties I find they
amount in whole to Sixty three pounds sterling and that upon the
Twentieth day of March Current I delivered to James Duff Esqr. Collr. [Collector]
of the said Duties for the County of Banff aforesaid an exact Duplicate
of the above Account duly examined and Compaired with the foregoing
which Contained my oath that notices were left with the several Inhabitants
or at their dwelling Houses of the dates annexed to their respective names
In order that they might make a report of the greatest number of Wheel
Carriages employed by them for the Period therein mentioned which they
did in Substance as above.
Archibald Duff Surveyor

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