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Date Masters/mistresses names and designations Actual # 1 horse (10s) 2 horses 3-5 horses 6 or more horses Duty 10% per 31 George III
Brought Over 59 45 6 8 £34.0.0 £3.8.0
Mr. Baird farmer 1 1 £0.10.0 £0.1.0
Mr. Benjamin Yule Baker 1 1 £0.10.0 £0.1.0
61 47 6 8 £35.0.0 £3.10.0
Parishes Collected
West Church 124 70 19 13 22 £82.12.6 £8.5.3
Cannogate 45 20 9 4 12 £32.5.0 £3.4.6
South Leith 61 47 6 8 £35.0.0 £3.10.0
230 137 34 25 34 £149.17.6 £14.19.9

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Proof
137 Horses at £0.10.0 £68.10.0
34 Horses at £0.15.0 £25.10.0
25 Horses at £0.17.6 £21.17.6
34 Horses at £1.0.0 £34.0.0
....................................£149.17.6
10 Per Cent on the above £14.19.9
....................................£164.17.3 Amount

I John Taitt Surv. [Surveyor] aforesaid, do hereby Certify that the
foregoing Duties amount to the Sum of One hundred &
Sixty four pounds, Seventeen Shillings and three pence
And that on 26th day of March 1792 I
delivered to George Cranston Coll. [Collector] of said duties for
the Shire aforesaid, an exact duplicate the Acct. [Account]
duly examined and compared, which contained my oath
that the precedg Inhts. [preceding Inhabitants] were duly Served with reqns. [requisitions] of the dates
forsd [foresaid] that are charged according to their returns or the
best information John Taitt

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