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Date Masters/mistresses names Actual # 2 wheel carts (2s) 3-4 wheel wains/wagons (4s) Duty
Town of Forres
5 Jan 1786 William Ralph Hyrer 1 1 £0.1.0
David Tory Hyrer 1 1 £0.1.0
David Wood Hyrer 1 1 £0.1.0
James Munro Hyrer 1 1 £0.1.0
James Calder Hyrer 1 1 £0.1.0
William Watson Hyrer 1 1 £0.1.0
John Miller Hyrer 1 1 £0.1.0
James Simpson Hyrer 1 1 £0.1.0
John Sim Hyrer 1 1 £0.1.0
John Purse Hyrer 2 2 £0.2.0
Lachlan Rose Hyrer 2 2 £0.2.0
Alexander Henery Hyrer 1 1 £0.1.0
William Bremner Hyrer 2 2 £0.2.0
William Taylor Forres 2 2 £0.2.0
John Clunas Forres 2 2 £0.2.0
James Donaldson Forres 2 2 £0.2.0
22 22 £1.2.0

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[page] 53
Survey of the Cart Tax Arisen within the Town of
Forres from the 10th day of Octr. [October] 1785, to the 5th day of April 1786 By Archibald Duff Surveyor

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22 Carts at 2/ [£0.2.0] per Annum for half a year is £1.2.0

I Archibald Duff Surveyor aforesaid do hereby Certify that
upon careful examination of the foregoing several Rates and
Duties I find they amount in whole to one pound two shillings
sterling And that upon the Eighteenth day of March Currt. [Current]
I delivered to Mr. Humphrey Grant Collector of the said Duties
for the Town of Forres aforesaid an Exact Duplicate of the above
Accot. [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 number of
Carts, Wains or Waggons employed by them for the period
therein mentioned, which they did in Substance as
above.
[signed] Archibald Duff Surveyor

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