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A Survey of the Rates and Duties on Wheel Carriages Arisen in the Burgh of Montrose for three quarters of one year from the fifth day of July 1784 to the fifth day of April 1785 of William Greig Surveyor


I William Greig Surveyor aforesaid do hereby Certify that upon carefull examination of the
foregoing Duties I find they amount in whole to Sixtie pounds Seven Shillings and Sixpence
Sterling and that upon the --- day of ---- 1786 I delivered Mr Robert Napier Junr. [Junior] Collector
of the Cess and of the Said duties for the Burgh aforesaid an exact duplicate of the above
duties as will appear from [ --- ] duly examined and compared with
the foregoing which contained my Oath that notices were left with the Several persons beforehand
or at the dwelling houses of the dates annexed to their respective names, requesting them with[in]
fourteen days to give in a list of their Carriages retained or employed by them from the fifth
day of July 1784 to the fifth day of April 1785 And that the Said Account or Survey was made
out from the lists returned to me, and from the best information I could procure of the Chaise
Carriages of those who neglected or refused to give in a list there of in terms of the Notices
left with them as aforesaid
William Greig Surveyor
[writing can be seen in the Margin "Wheel Carriage Tax Montrose ending 5th Apr [April] 86 - written vertically on the page ]