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Date Masters/mistresses names and designations Actual # 1 horse 2 horses 3-5 horses 6 or more horses Duty 10% per 31 George III 10% per 36 George III
1797 Royal Burgh of Irvine
7 Oct 1797 Capn. [Captain] Davidson 1 1 £0.10.0 £0.1.0 £0.10.0
Honbl. [Honourable] Patrick Boyle 3 1 2 £2.5.0 £0.4.6 £2.5.0
Dr. [Doctor] Walker 1 1 £0.10.0 £0.1.0 £0.10.0
9 Oct 1797 Capn. [Captain] John Campbell 2 1 1 £1.5.0 £0.2.6 £1.5.0
Collector Cunningham 1 1 £0.10.0 £0.1.0 £0.10.0
Messr. J and D Bryces Mercht. [Merchants] 1 1 £0.10.0 £0.1.0 £0.10.0
10 Oct 1797 Mr. Maxwell Writer 1 1 £0.10.0 £0.1.0 £0.10.0
John Syms Horse Setter 1 1 £0.10.0 £0.1.0 £0.10.0
William Fletcher Flesher 1 1 £0.10.0 £0.1.0 £0.10.0
James Smith Flesher 1 1 £0.10.0 £0.1.0 £0.10.0
Thomas Young Horse Setter 1 1 £0.10.0 £0.1.0 £0.10.0
Total 14 11 1 2 £8.0.0 £0.16.0 £8.0.0

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Survey of the Rates and Duties on Carriage and Saddle Horses within the Royal Burgh
of Irvine From 5th April 1797 to 5th April 1790 By Robert Aiken

Proof
11 Horses at 10/ [£0.10.0] each is £5.10.0
1 horse at 15/ [0.15.0] each is £0.15.0
2 Horses at 17/6 [0.17.6] each is £1.15.0
£8.0.0
10 pr [per] Cent pr [per] 31 George III £0.16.0
£8.16.0
Add. [Additional] Duty pr [per] 36 George III £8.0.0
£16.16.0

I Robert Aiken Surveyor aforsaid Do hereby Certify
That upon Careful Examination of the foregoing Rates & Duties
I find they Amount by the above proof to Sixteen pounds
Sixteen shillings Sterling And that (conform to his Receipt)
there was delivered to Mr William Templeton Collector of said
Duties an exact Duplicate of this Account which contained my
Oath that Requisitions were delivered or left, And that the
Rates and Duties charged in said Account were just and true
to the best of my Skill knowledge and belief And no person
known to me, Omitted who ought to have been Charged
Robert Aiken

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