E326/9/29/97

Date Masters/mistresses names and designations Actual # 1 horse 2 horses 3-5 horses 6 or more horses Duty 10% per 31 George III 10% per 36 George III
1797 St Mungo
12 Oct 1797 General Ross of Castlemilk 1 1
Deduct duty in last Report
NB General Ross being charged a saddle horse in the former assessment, this horse must be £0.10.0 £0.15.0 £0.15.0
Sanquhar Country part
2 Jul 1797 Thomas Barker Newark
Dumfries country part
6 Nov 1797 John Forsyth Spittlefield 1 1 £0.10.0 £0.1.0 £0.10.0
Robert Thomson Caldside 1 1 £0.10.0 £0.1.0 £0.10.0
4 3 1 £2.5.0 £0.4.0 £2.5.0
£2.5.0
£4.10.0
20 per cent £0.18.0
£5.8.0 Total
Certified by William Laidlaw
Brought down £4.4.0
Add additional 20 per Cent in terms of Mr Jardines letter being 6/ [£0.6.0] upon the duty on General Ross's horse & 3/ [£0.3.0] upon each of the other duties £0.15.0
Total £4.19.0

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[Page] 97
Supplementary 11/2
Survey of the CARRIAGE AND SADDLE HORSE TAX in the County
of Dumfries from 5 April 1797 to 5 April 1798 by William Laidlaw Surveyor



Certified by William Laidlaw


Total £5.8.0
Genl [General] Ross £0.9.0
£5.17.0

Transcriber's notes

Transcribed as written.
Numbers in duty column have been scored through for General Ross and a note written on the page.

  Transcribers who have contributed to this page.

Jane F Jamieson, valrsl- Moderator, Chr1smac -Moderator, DANIALSAN