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Date Masters/mistresses names Actual # 2 wheel carts (2s) 3-4 wheel wains/wagons (4s) Duty
Royal Burgh of Lanerk
11 & 17 Aug 1785 James Watson Glasgow Carrier 2 2 £0.2.0
James Buchanan Glasgow Carrier 1 1 £0.1.0
15 Sep 1785 William Hastie Edinr. [Edinburgh] Carrier 2 2 £0.2.0
James Rannie Edinburgh Carrier 2 2 £0.2.0
William Crawford 1 1 £0.1.0
Charles Aiken 1 1 £0.1.0
James Martine 1 1 £0.1.0
Thomas Martine 1 1 £0.1.0
John Hutchison 1 1 £0.1.0
James Muir Carrier 1 1 £0.1.0
William Young 1 1 £0.1.0
Gilbert Fairservice 1 1 £0.1.0
John Prentice 1 1 £0.1.0
James Gairdner 1 1 £0.1.0
John Purdie Mason 1 1 £0.1.0
Total of the Royal Burgh of Lanerk 18 18 £0.18.0

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[page] 93
A Survey of the Duties on Carts in the Royal Burgh of Lanerk from the 10th of Octr. [October]
1785 to the 5th of April 1786 by William Mure Surveyor

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18 Carts at £0.2.0 each per Year for one half Year is £0.18.0
Grand Total £0.18.0

I William Mure Surveyor aforesaid, do hereby certify, That upon carefull
Examination of the foregoing Several Rates and Duties, I find they Amount,
in Whole, to Eighteen Shillings Sterling, and that upon the [--]
I delivered to Richard Watson Collector of the Said duties for the Burgh
aforesaid, an exact Duplicate of the Above Account, duly examined and
compared 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, that they were to be charged with the
sums hereby certified to be due from them
[signed] by me William Mure Surveyor

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