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Date Masters/mistresses names Actual # 2 wheel carts (2s) 3-4 wheel wains/wagons (4s) Duty
21 Sep 1787 Dunbar Brot. [Brought] over 4 4 £0.8.0
Andrew Affleck Brand mill 1 1 £0.2.0
Thomas Meik Brocksburn mill 1 1 £0.2.0
6 6 £0.12.0
The Parishes Collected
Oldhamstocks 2 2 £0.4.0
Innerwick 4 4 £0.8.0
Spott 2 2 £0.4.0
Stenton 1 1 £0.2.0
Whittinghame 8 8 £0.16.0
Garvald 7 7 £0.14.0
Giffordhall 5 5 £0.10.0
Salton 8 8 £0.16.0
Humbie 5 5 £0.10.0
Pencaitland 9 9 £0.18.0
Ormiston 6 6 £0.12.0
Gladesmuir 25 25 £2.10.0
Tranent 56 56 £5.12.0
Prestonpans 31 31 £3.2.0
Aberlady 12 12 £1.4.0
Dirleton 14 14 £1.8.0
North Berwick 4 4 £0.8.0
Whitekirk 2 2 £0.4.0
Athelstaneford 8 8 £0.16.0
Preston 13 13 £1.6.0
Haddington 14 14 £1.8.0
Dunbar 6 6 £0.12.0
242 242 £24.4.0

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[page] 75
Page 7. Survey of the CART TAX. Continued

Proof 242 Carts at 2/- [£0.2.0] each is £24.4.0

I William Johnstone Surveyor aforesaid do hereby Certify That upon carefull examina:
:tion of the above duties I find they amount to the Sum of Twenty four pounds
four shillings Sterling and that upon the seventh day of November 1787 I
delivered to William Wilkie an exact duplicate of this Accompt duely examined
& Compared which Contained my Oath That Requisitions of the dates foresaid were
sent to the foregoing Inhabitants And that they were charged according to their
answers thereto, or according to my knowledge and belief that they were liable to
said duties,

[signed] Will Johnstone Surveyor,

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