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Date Masters/mistresses names Actual # 2 wheel carts (2s) 3-4 wheel wains/wagons (4s) Duty
28 Jul 1788 James Reid Gardener 1 £0.2.0
John Falconer brewer 1 £0.2.0
Mrs. Sibbald 1 £0.2.0
William Purves brewer 1 £0.2.0
John Miller Carrier 2 £0.4.0
James Henderson 1 £0.2.0
John Mathieson 1 £0.2.0
Alexander Raeburn 1 £0.2.0
John Purves 1 £0.2.0
John Yorston jun. [junior] 1 £0.2.0
James Reid 1 £0.2.0
William Paterson 1 £0.2.0
James Wallace 1 £0.2.0
James Raeburn sen. [senior] 1 £0.2.0
John Barnet 2 £0.4.0
William Haigs 1 £0.2.0
18 18 £1.16.0

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[Page] 37

Survey of the CART TAX. in the Royalty of
Dunbar from 5 April 1788 to 5 April 1789 By William Johnstone Surveyor

Proof 18 Carts at £0.2.0 is £1.16.0

I Willam Johnstone Surveyor aforesaid do hereby Certify that upon carefull exami-
nation I find the foregoing Duties amount to One pound Sixteen Shillings Sterling
and that upon the 20 Oct. [October] I delivered to William Kirkwood Collector of these duties an
exact duplicate of this Account duely examined & compared which contained my Oath
that the foregoing Inhabitants were duely served with requisitions And that they were
charged in Conformity to their several Returns Or according to my knowledge & belief
that they were liable in said duties
William Johnstone Surveyor

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