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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 |
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Brot. [Brought] over | 131 | £598.0.0 | £258.0.0 | £216.0.0 | £100.0.0 | £30.0.0 | £41.17.0 | |
John Syme Mert. [Merchant] | 1 | £6.0.0 | £0.2.3 | |||||
Mr Forsyth Merchant | 1 | £8.0.0 | £0.3.0 | |||||
Alexander Cushny Merchant | 1 | £7.0.0 | £0.2.7½ | |||||
James Neilson Merchant | 1 | £20.0.0 | £1.6.3 | |||||
Messers Simpson & Co. [Company] Merchant | 1 | £9.0.0 | £0.3.4½ | |||||
Alexander Abernethy Merchant | 1 | £9.0.0 | £0.3.4½ | |||||
John Bruce Merchant | 1 | £7.0.0 | £0.2.7½ | |||||
James Aitken Merchant | 1 | £13.0.0 | £0.9.9 | |||||
Provost William Cruden Merchant | 1 | £10.0.0 | £0.7.6 | |||||
Alexander Duguid Merchant | 1 | £10.0.0 | £0.7.6 | |||||
[Pattrick] Booth Merchant | 1 | £14.0.0 | £0.10.6 | |||||
John Leslie Merchant | 1 | £8.0.0 | £0.3.0 | |||||
William Malcome Merchant | 1 | £7.0.0 | £0.2.7½ | |||||
Mr Dalmahoy Merchant | 1 | £14.0.0 | £0.10.6 | |||||
Alexander Crombie Merchant | 1 | £5.0.0 | £0.1.10½ | |||||
George Fowler Merchant | 1 | £8.0.0 | £0.3.0 | |||||
Alexander Smith Merchant | 1 | £7.0.0 | £0.2.7½ | |||||
8 Oct 1785 | Alexander Garden Merchant | 1 | £5.0.0 | £0.1.10½ | ||||
Totall Retail Shops | 149 | £684.0.0 | £319.0.0 | £216.0.0 | £120.0.0 | £30.0.0 | £47.1.3 |
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Page 5th 5£684 at 6d [£0.0.6 ] per pound is £12.16.6.
£319 at 1/- [£0.1.0] per pound is £11.19.3.
£216 at 1/6 [£0.1.6] per pound is £12.3.0.
£120 at 1/9 [£0.1.9] per pound is £7.17.6.
£ 30 at 2/- [£0.2.0] per pound is £2.5.0.
[Total] £47.1.3.
I Hugh Richmond Surveyor aforesaid , do herby Certify That upon carefull Examination
of the foregoing Severall Rates & Duties I find they amount in whole to Forty Seven pounds
one shilling & three pence Sterl. [Sterling] And that upon the 24th day of December last I caused
deliver to Mr James Thomson Adt. [Advocate] Collector of the said duties for the Burgh aforesaid an
Exact duplicate of the above account duly Examined & compared with the foregoing And
I do make oath that Notices were left with the Severall Inhabitants, or at their Shops of the dates aforesaid
that they were to be Charged with the Sums hereby Certified to be due from them.
Hugh Richmond Surveyor
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