E326/9/28/95

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
1794
20 Aug 1794 Robert Romaines writer 1 1 £0.10.0 £0.1.0
Simon Watherton surgeon 1 1 £0.10.0 £0.1.0
James Edmonston 1 1 £0.10.0 £0.1.0
Alexander Allan mercht. [merchant] 1 1 £0.10.0 £0.1.0
John Johnston surgeon 1 1 £0.10.0 £0.1.0
5 5 £2.10.0 £0.5.0

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Survey of the Carriage and Saddle Horse Tax in the Royalty of Lauder from 5 April 1794 to 5 April 1795 by William Johnstone Surveyor.

Proof 5 Horses at £0.10.0 is £2.10.0
and 10 percent on £2.10.0 is £0.5.0
Amount of these Duties £2.15.0

I William Johnstone Surveyor aforesaid do hereby certify that upon carefull examination
I find the foregoing Duties amount to the sum of Two Pounds fifteen shillings Sterling
and that upon the 14th Oct [October] 1794 I delivered to Robert Romaines Collector of said
duties an exact duplicate of this Accompt duely examined and compared which contained my
Oath That the preceding Inhabitants were duely served with Requisitions And that
they were charged in conformity to their several returns Or according to my knowledge and
belief that they were liable in said Duties. William Johnstone Survr[Surveyor].

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