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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1785 Oct 17 | Dunbar | |||||||
| James Simpson Mercht [Merchant] | 1 | £6.0.0 | £0.2.3 | |||||
| Andrew Oliver Saddler | 2 | £5.0.0 | £0.1.10½ | |||||
| Doctor Hamilton | 3 | £5.0.0 | £0.1.10½ | |||||
| Andrew Brown Mercht [Merchant] | 4 | £8.0.0 | £0.3.0 | |||||
| George Comb Tobacconist | 5 | £5.0.0 | £0.1.10½ | |||||
| Grieve Wilson Mercht [Merchant] | 6 | £5.0.0 | £0.1.10½ | |||||
| Mr Cunningham Surgeon | 7 | £5.0.0 | £0.1.10½ | |||||
| Adam Watson Mercht [Merchant] | 8 | £15.0.0 | £0.16.10½ | |||||
| James Kilpatrick Merchant | 9 | £10.0.0 | £0.7.6 | |||||
| Joseph Hogg Tobacconist | 10 | £5.0.0 | £0.1.10½ | |||||
| Thomas Christie Mercht [Merchant] | 11 | £6.0.0 | £0.2.3 | |||||
| George Nielson Merchant | 12 | £5.0.0 | £0.1.10½ | |||||
| 12 | £55.0.0 | £10.0.0 | £15.0.0 | £2.5.0 | ||||
| Proof | ||||||||
| £55.0.0 a 6d [£0.0.6] per £ for a Year is for ¾ is | £1.0.7½ | |||||||
| £10.0.0 at 1/ [£0.1.0] p [per] £ for a year is for ¾ is | £0.7.6 | |||||||
| £15.0.0 at 1/6 [£0.1.6] for a year is for ¾ is | £0.16.10½ | |||||||
| £2.5.0 |
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In the Royalty of the Burgh of Dunbar from 5 July 1785 to 5 April 1786I William Hogg Surveyor of Taxes Do Hereby Certify that upon carefull Examination
of the Forgoing Account of Rates & Duties Arrising in the Burgh of Dunbar I
find the Amount to be Two Pound Five Shillings _ _ _ _ Sterling
And that upon the 1 December 1785 I Delivered to Mr John Tait Collector of Said Duties
an Exact Duplicate of the foregoing duely Examined & Compared, & which contain
=ed my Oath that Notices were left with the Different Inhabitants or at their Dwelling
Houses that they were to be Charged the forgoing Dutys (& of the date aforesaid) Certifyed
to be due by them by my Assessment
Will Hogg Surveyr [Surveyor]
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