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Date Masters/mistresses names Actual # 2 wheel carriages 4 wheel carriages Duty
25 Oct 1785 North Berwick Royalty
Requisitioned 20 Sep 1785 Hew Dalrymple Esqr 1 Chaise £5.5.0
Charles Dalrymple Esqr 1 Coach £5.5.0
Charles Dalrymple Esqr 1 Whisky £2.12.6
3 1 2 £13.2.6
Proof
1 Carriage with 2 Wheels at £3.10.0 per annum is for ¾ £2.12.6
2 Carriages with 4 Wheels at £7 per annum is for ¾ £5.5.0 each £10.10.0
£13.2.6

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Wheel Carriage Tax.

In the Royalty of the Burgh of North Berwick from 5 July 1785 to 5 April 1786



I William Hogg Surveyor of Taxes Do Hereby Certify that upon
Carefull Examination of the Foregoing Account of Duty and Rates
on Wheel Carriages in the Burgh of North Berwick I find
the Amount to be Thirteen Pounds, Two Shilling and Six pence
Sterling And that upon the 2nd January 1786 I Delivered to Mr
Henry Watson Collector of the Said Dutys an Exact Duplicate
of the Above Account which Contained my Oath that the different
Inhabitants were Served with Requisitions of the date aforesaid
And that the Assessments were made out from the Answers & Lists
returned by them & now in my Possession

William Hogg Survr [Surveyor]

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