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Date Masters/mistresses names and designations Actual # 1 horse (10s) 2 horses 3-5 horses 6 or more horses Duty 10% per 31 George III
22 Jun 1791 James Hog baker Dunbar 1 1 £0.10.0 £0.1.0
Joseph Forrest writer Dunbar 1 1 £0.10.0 £0.1.0
Revd. [Reverend] Mr. Bruce Minr. [Minister] Dunbar 1 1 £0.10.0 £0.1.0
Robert Brown baker Dunbar 1 1 £0.10.0 £0.1.0
Andrew Oliver sadler Dunbar 1 1 £0.10.0 £0.1.0
Thomas Christie mercht. [merchant] Dunbar 1 1 £0.10.0 £0.1.0
Capt. [Captain] William Clerk Dunbar 1 1 £0.10.0 £0.1.0
Dr. [Doctor] Alexander Johnston Dunbar 1 1 £0.10.0 £0.1.0
Dr. [Doctor] William Wightman Dunbar 1 1 £0.10.0 £0.1.0
Adam Watson mercht. [merchant] Dunbar 1 1 £0.10.0 £0.1.0
Thomas Mitchel Dunbar 1 1 £0.10.0 £0.1.0
Alexander Kelly Dunbar 1 1 £0.10.0 £0.1.0
John Tait Town Clerk Dunbar 1 1 £0.10.0 £0.1.0
Charles Hay mercht. [merchant] Dunbar 1 1 £0.10.0 £0.1.0
Christopher Middlemas Dunbar 1 1 £0.10.0 £0.1.0
George Johnston Belhaven 1 1 £0.10.0 £0.1.0
16 16 £8.0.0 £0.16.0
Proof 16 Horses at £0.10.0 each is £8.0.0
And 10 P [Per] Cent on £8.0.0 is £0.16.0
amounting in all to £8.16.0 Ster. [Sterling]

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Survey of the Carriage and Saddle Horse Tax in the Royalty
of Dunbar from 5 April 1791 to 5 April 1792 by William Johnstone Surv. [Suveyor]

I William Johnston Surveyor aforesaid do hereby Certify That upon carefull examination I find
the foregoing duties amount to the sum of Eight Pounds sixteen shillings Ster. [Sterling] And that upon the
26 Oct. 1791 I delivered to William Kirkwood Collector of said duties an exact duplicate of this
Accompt duely examined & compared which contained my Oath that the preceeding Inhabitants
were duely served with Requisitions And that they were charged in conformity to their several
Returns Or according to my knowledge & belief that they were liable in said duties.
William Johnstone Surveyor

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