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| Date | Inhabitants names, residence, and parish | Actual # of shops | Shops at £5 to £9 | Shops at £10 to £14 | Shops at £15 to £19 | Shops at £20 to £24 | Shops at £25 to under £30 | Shops at £30 and upwards | Duty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1788 | Borness [Borrowstouness] Town | ||||||||
| James Aitkin Merchant | 1 | £7.0.0 | £0.2.4 | ||||||
| 14 Jun 1788 | James Smith Merchant | 1 | £5.0.0 | £0.1.8 | |||||
| William Baird Merchant | 1 | £5.0.0 | £0.1.8 | ||||||
| Robert Henderson Merchant | 1 | £5.0.0 | £0.1.8 | ||||||
| 16 Jun 1788 | Henry Rymer Merchant | 1 | £5.0.0 | £0.1.8 | |||||
| Andrew Forgie Merchant | 1 | £5.0.0 | £0.1.8 | ||||||
| William Mathie Merchant | 1 | £5.0.0 | £0.1.8 | ||||||
| Totall | 7 | £37.0.0 | £0.12.4 | ||||||
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Page 47Survey of the Shop Tax of the County of Linlithgow
from the 5 April 1788 to the 5 April 1789 by James Watsone Surveyor
I James Watsone Surveyor aforesaid do hereby certify that upon careful examination
of the foregoing Rates and Duties I find they amount in whole to twelve shillings
and four pence Stg [Sterling] and that upon the twenty first day of November last I
delivered to Mr. James Taylor Collector for this County an exact Duplicate
of the foregoing survey which contained my oath that the several persons
before named were duly served with Notices intimating they were to be
charged with the sums hereby Certified to be due by them
James Watson Surveyor
Linlithgow 3rd Decemr [December] 1788
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