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Edinburgh 12th January 1788
I John Taitt Surveyor aforesaid, do hereby Certify that
upon carefull examination of the foregoing several
Rates and Duties, I find they amount in whole to
Eight Hundred and Sixty four Pounds Ten Shillings and that
upon this twelfth day of January, Instant,Ii delivered
to Mr George Cranston Collector of the Cess or his
Depute at their office in Edinburgh , an exact
duplicate of the above Account, duly examined
and compared with the foregoing, in so which I
certified that Requisitions were left with the several
Inhabitants. or at their dwelling houses, at the dates
annexed , and that they are Charged with the sums
or Duties set against their several names, conforms
to Returns made by themselves.
John Taitt Surveyor
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