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Date Masters/mistresses names Actual # 2 wheel carriages 4 wheel carriages Private: one carriage Private: two carriages Private: three + carriages Duty 10% per 31 10% per 36
11 Aug 1797 The Country Part of Selkirk Parish
Mark Pringle of Clifton 1 1 £8.0.0 £0.16.0 £0.16.0
Andrew Plumer of Midlestead 1 1 £8.0.0 £0.16.0 £0.16.0
Alexander Pringle of Whitebank 1 1 £8.0.0 £0.16.0 £0.16.0
Thomas Mill Newark 1 1 £3.10.0 £0.7.0 £0.7.0
4 1 3 £27.10.0 £2.15.0 £2.15.0
18 Aug 1797 Part of Stow Parish
James Pringle of Torwoodlee 1 1 £8.0.0 £0.16.0 £0.16.0
11 Aug 1797 Yarrow Parish
William Russel of Ashiesteel 1 1 £8.0.0 £0.16.0 £0.16.0
15 Aug 1797 Gallashiels Parish
Mrs. Pringle of Galla 1 1 £8.0.0 £0.16.0 £0.16.0
The Rev. [Reverend] Doctor Douglas 1 1 £3.10.0 £0.7.0 £0.7.0
Miss Wood at Fernalee 1 1 £8.0.0 £0.16.0 £0.16.0
3 1 2 £19.10.0 £1.19.0 £1.19.0
Parishes Collected
Part of Selkirk Parish 4 1 3 £27.10.0 £2.15.0 £2.15.0
Part of Stow Parish 1 1 £8.0.0 £0.16.0 £0.16.0
Yarrow Parish 1 1 £8.0.0 £0.16.0 £0.16.0
Gallashiels Parish 3 1 2 £19.10.0 £1.19.0 £1.19.0
9 2 7 £63.0.0 £6.6.0 £6.6.0
Proof
2 Carriages @ £3.10.0 Each is £7.0.0
7 Carriages @ £8.0.0 Each is £56.0.0
£63.0.0
£63.0.0 @ 10 per Cent is £6.6.0
£63.0.0 @ 10 per Cent is £6.6.0
Sum Total £75.12.0

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A Survey of the WHEEL-CARRIAGE TAX in the Shire of Selkirk from
the 5 of April 1797 to the 5 of April 1798
By William Brunton Surveyor

I William Brunton Surveyor aforesaid do hereby certify that upon carefull examination
of the forgoing duties I find they Amount to Seventy five pound twelve Shillings and that upon
the -- day of -- I delivered to John Scott Collector of these duties for the
Shire aforesaid an exact duplicate of the above duty compared which contained my Oath that
the preceeding inhabitants were duly Served with requisitions of the forsaid dates desiring them
within fourteen days to deliver or cause to be delivered to me upon calling for that purpose An
Attested list of All the Servants horses and Carriages used or employed by them from the 5 of
April 1797 to the 5 of April 1798 as well as an account of what Servants horses and Carriages
they might use and employ any where Else and that the forgoing report was made up from
their Several Attested lists or Returns to me from the best information I could procure or from my
own knowledge of their Respective Establishments.
William Brunton

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