E326/8/5/27

Transcribe other information

[Page] 27
WHEEL CARRIAGE TAX.
From 5th April 1787 to 5th April 1788 By Robert Aiken Surveyor
Within the Country Parishes of Bute Shire

I Robert Aiken Surveyor aforesaid, Do hereby certify
that upon careful Examination of the foregoing
Rates and duties, I find they Amount in whole to
Seven pounds sterling; And that upon the twenty
sixth day of January current, I caused to be delivered to Alexander May Esquire Collector of said
duties, an exact duplicate of, and duly examined
and compared with the foregoing Account which
contained my Oath, that Notifications were
delivered or left of the dates foresaid, and that
the Rates charged in said account were just
(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. And I am now
possessed of the said Alexander Mays Letter of the
above date acknowledging the Receipt of said
duplicate. Robert Aiken Surveyor