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| Date | Masters/mistresses names and designations | Actual # | Carriage horses (10s each) |
Saddle horses (10s each) |
Duty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Sep 1787 | Mr. Thomson Sd. [Seceded] Minister Sanquhar | 1 | 1 | £0.10.0 | |
| Dr. [Doctor] Purdie Sanquhar | 1 | 1 | £0.10.0 | ||
| Mr. James Crichton Sanquhar | 1 | 1 | £0.10.0 | ||
| Mr. Robert Whigan Sanquhar | 1 | 1 | £0.10.0 | ||
| 4 | 4 | £2.0.0 |
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[Page] 127Survey of the Carriage and Horse Tax. in the Burgh of
Sanquhar from the 5th of April 1787 to the 5th April 1788 by William Currie Surveyor
Proof 4 Horses at £0.10.0 is £2.0.0
I William Currie Surveyor aforesaid hereby Certify that upon
carefull Examination of the foregoing several rates and duties I
find the Amount in Whole to four Shillings and two pence Sterl. [Sterling]
and that upon the 21 day of Novr. [November] 1787 I delivered to Mr. William Whigan
Collr. [Collector] for the said duties of the Burgh aforesaid an exact duplicate
of the foregoing which contained my Oath that notices were Left with
the several Inhabitants or a their dwelling houses of the date
anexed to their respective Names that was to be Charged with the
sums hereby Certified to be due from them
William Currie
Transcriber's notes
The duties collected total and proof total are 4 horses for £2.0.0, the amount in whole in Surveyor Statement is only four shillings and two pence.Transcribers who have contributed to this page.
Chr1smac -Moderator, Dauvit- Moderator
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