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Date Inhabitants names, residence, and parish Actual # of shops Shops at £5 to £10 Shops at £10 to £15 Shops at £15 to £20 Shops at £20 to £25 Shops at £25 and up Duty
27 --- 1785 The Burgh of Dumfries
John McNight Mercht. [Merchant] Dumfries 1 £10.0.0 £0.7.6
John Courtas Merchant Dumfries 2 £5.0.0 £0.1.10½
William Kirkpatrick Senr. [Senior] Merchant Dumfries 3 £5.0.0 £0.1.10½
George Douglas Dumfries 4 £14.0.0 £0.10.6
William Carson Dumfries 5 £6.0.0 £0.2.3
William McNight Dumfries 6 £5.0.0 £0.1.10½
John Wilson Dumfries 7 £5.0.0 £0.1.10½
Robert McCanahie Dumfries 8 £5.0.0 £0.1.10½
James Rea Dumfries 8 £5.0.0 £0.2.3
John Allan Dumfries 10 £5.0.0 £0.1.10½
William Grierson Dumfries 11 £8.0.0 £0.3.10
William Chalmers 12 £5.0.0 £0.1.10½
Robert Donald 13 £5.0.0 £0.1.10½
William McKinal 14 £5.0.0 £0.1.10½
Nickoal Shaw 15 £5.0.0 £0.1.10½
James Crobie 16 £9.0.0 £0.3.4½
David Pagain 17 £6.0.0 £0.2.3
James Findlaw 18 £5.0.0 £0.1.10½
Robert McLachlan 19 £5.0.0 £0.1.10½
William Heron 20 £5.0.0 £0.1.10½
Alexander Wylie 21 £5.0.0 £0.1.10½
William Watson 22 £7.0.0 £0.2.7½
John Henderson 23 £6.0.0 £0.2.3
William Wilson 24 £5.0.0 £0.1.10½
Samuel Kirkpatrick 25 £5.0.0 £0.1.10½
James Anderson 26 £5.0.0 £0.1.10½
William Johnston 27 £5.0.0 £0.1.10½
William Boyd 28 £6.0.0 £0.2.3
William Clark Bailie 29 £6.0.0 £0.2.3
Andrew Johnston 30 £6.0.0 £0.2.3
Robert Haladay 31 £5.0.0 £0.1.10½
31 £161.0.0 £24.0.0 £3.18.4½

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A Survey of the SHOP-TAX in Burgh of Dumfries
from the 5 of July 1785 to 5 of April 1786 by William Brunton Syr. [Surveyor]

161 Pound at 4½ Pound £3.0.4½
24 Pound at 9 Pound 0.18.0.
3.18.4½

I William Brunton Surveyor aforsaid Do hereby Certify that upon
Careful examination of the foregoing Rates & Duties find they
amount in whole to the sum of £ 3.18.4½ Sterling & that upon the
18 March 1786 I sent by post to Francis Maxwell Collector of the said Duties
for they Burgh aforesaid an exact Duplicate of the acct. Duly examined
& Compared with foregoing and I do make Oath that the above is a
just list returned by the several Inhabitants when requisitions
were made of the several Dates aforsaid - William Brunton

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