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Date Masters/mistresses names Actual # 2 wheel carriages 4 wheel carriages Duty
2-- 1786 Isle of Bute
John Gordon Esq. 1 1 £3.10.0
William Bannatyne 1 1 £3.10.0
Peter May Esq. 1 1 £3.10.10
3 3 £10.10.0
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3 Carriages at £3.10.0 is £10.10.0

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[Page] 53
WHEEL CARRIAGE TAX.
From 5th April 1786 to 5th April 1787
By John Veitch Surveyor

I John Veitch Surveyor aforesaid do hereby Certify that
upon Careful examination of the foregoing several rates
and Duties I find the amount in whole to the sum of
ten pounds and ten Shillings sterling and that upon the 8th
December 1786 I transmitted to Allexander May Collector
of said Duties for the shire aforesaid an exact Duplicate
of the above Duly examined and Compared with the
foregoing which contained my oath that requisitions were
left with the several foregoing Inhabitants or at their
Dwelling houses of the Dates annexed to their respective
names and that the Assessments were made from the
answers sent me and now in my possession
John Veitch Jun.[Junior] Surveyor

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Writing in the left margin is hidden, but visible on the previous page. It looks like DC, perhaps for December.

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