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CROMARTY 9 [Page] 83

A Survey of the Duty on Horses, Arisin in the Shire of Cromarty
from 5th April 1789 to 5th April 1790
By John Barclay Assis [Assistant] Surveyor

I John Barclay Surveyor Aforesaid,do hereby certify that upon
carefull examination of the foregoing Duties, I find they
Amount in whole to Nine pounds, And that upon the tenth
day of December current, I delivered to Mr. Walter Ross Collector
of the said duties for the Shire Aforesaid, An exact Duplicate
of the Above Acct. [Account] duly examined & compared with the
foregoing, which containd my Oath that the Above Acct. [Account]
containd the number of Horses returnd to me or were kept
or employed by the different masters, According to the best
of my knowledge or information
John Barclay asst [assistant] Surveyor
Tain 21st Decr. [December] 1789

Transcriber's notes

In Parishes Collected, where there is a combination of carriage
and saddle horses in a Parish, the Surveyor has listed these as 'horses'