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Survey of the Covered Carts Tax in the Shire of Peebles from the 5 of April 1797 to the
5 of April 1798 By William Brunton Surveyor
PEEBLES SHIRE 18

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4 Carts @ £0.10.0 Each is £2.0.0
£2.0.0 @ 10 per Cent is. £0.4.0
Sum Total. £2.4.0

I William Brunton Surveyor aforesaid do hereby certify that upon carefull
examination of the forgoing duties I find they amount to the Sum of Two pound
four Shillings And that upon the ... day of ... I delivered to
Gideon Neidham Collector of Said duties for the Shire aforesaid an exact
duplicat of the above duly Compared which contained my Oath that the
preceeding inhabitants were duly Served with Requisitions of the aforgoing
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 Covered Carts used
and employed by them from the 5 of April 1797 to the 5 of April 1798
from the best information I coud procure or from my own certain knowledge
of their Respective Establishment
William Brunton