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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
1788 Royal Burgh of Ayr Brought forward 31 £156.0.0 £10.0.0 £20.0.0 £25.0.0 £6.7.5
27 Jun 1788 Peter McTaggart Merchant 32 £6.0.0 £0.2.0
Samuel Wilson & Co. [Company] Mercht. [Merchant] 33 £7.0.0 £0.2.4
28Jun 1788 William Boag Merchant 34 £6.0.0 £0.2.0
Provost Hutchison 35 £6.0.0 £0.2.0
Total 35 £181.0.0 £10.0.0 £20.0.0 £25.0.0 £6.15.9

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£181 @ 4d per £ is ....£3.0.4
10@ 8d per £ is .........£0.6.8
20 @ 1s 3d per £ is... £1.5.0
25 @ 1s 9d per £ is ...£2.3.9

Total by Proof ...........£6.15.9

I Robert Aiken Surveyor aforesaid Do hereby
Certify That upon careful Examination of the foregoing
Rates and Duties I find they amount to in whole to
six pounds fifteen shillings and ninepence Sterling
And that upon the seventeenth day of December Current
I delivered to James Johnstone Collector of said Duties for
said Burgh an exact Duplicate of, and duly examined
and compares with the foregoing account which contained
my Oath That Notification were delivered or left
of the dates aforesaid, and that the Rates charged in
said account were just and true to the best of my skill
and knowledge, And to the best of my belief no
person liable to be charged was omitted.
Robert Aiken Surveyor

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