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Date Masters/mistresses names and designations Actual # Carriage horses
(10s each)
Saddle horses
(10s each)
Duty
20 Sep 1787 Town of Forres. Doctor Strath 1 1 £0.10.0
James Hendrey 1 1 £0.10.0
John Gordon Esqr 1 1 £0.10.0
Alexander Masson Esqr 1 1 £0.10.0
James Mackie Mercht [Merchant] 1 1 £0.10.0
Doctor Dougal 1 1 £0.10.0
John Hoyes Merch [Merchant] 1 1 £0.10.0
Doctor Roy 1 1 £0.10.0
Joseph Dunbar Esqr 1 1 £0.10.0
George Gowans 1 1 £0.10.0
James Urquthart 1 1 £0.10.0
James Munroe 1 1 £0.10.0
12 12 £6.0.0

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Survey of the Carriage and Horse Tax Arisen within the Town
of Forres from 5th April 1787 to 5th April 1788 by Patrick McDonald Surveyor
[Page] 59

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12 Horses @ £0.10.0 each per annum is £6.0.0

I Patrick McDonald Surveyor aforesaid,do hereby certify that upon carefull
examination of the foregoing Several rates and duties in Carrage and Sadle horses
I find they amount in whole to the Sum of £6.0.0 Sterling and that upon the
eight day of November 1787 I delivered to Humphrey Grant Collector of the said
duties for the Town of Forres aforesaid an exact duplicate of the above accot [account]
duly examined and compared which contained my oath that the foregoing inhabitants
were duly Served with requisitions of the dates aforesaid and that the assessments
are made up from the lists and answers now in my possession
Patrick McDonald Surveyor

Sworn before me at Forres 15th. Decr [December] 1787
Alexander Grant J.P. [Justice of the Peace]

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