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I John Scott Asst. [Assistant] Surveyor aforesaid do hereby certify that upon
careful examination of the foregoing rates and duties I find they amount
to the sum of Eighty Eight pounds and twelve Shillings Sterg. [Sterling] and
that upon the 3d day of March 1798 I delivered into the office
of George Cranstoun Esqr collector of said duties a duplicate
of this amount which contained my oath that the preceding
inhabitants were duly served with notices, and that this accot. [Account]
is made up from their several returns to me or from the
best information I could procure when they failed to make
such returns John Scott
Edin [Edinburgh] 22 March 1798