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Date Inhabitants names, residence, and parish Actual # of shops Shops at £5 to £10 Shops at £10 to £15 Shops at £15 to £20 Shops at £20 to £25 Shops at £25 and up Duty
Brought over 19 £51.0.0 £12.0.0 £1.8.1½
Alexander Burns Merchs [Merchants] 20 £6.0.0 £0.2.3
Total of Hamilton Parish 10 £57.0.0 £12.0.0 £1.10.4½
13 Aug 1785 Biggar Parish 30th
William Baillie Surgeon 21 £5.0.0 £0.1.10½
William Bow Surgeon 22 £5.0.0 £0.1.10½
George Bertram 23 £7.0.0 £0.2.7½
William Hislop Sadler 24 £5.0.0 £0.1.10½
John Black Merchs [Merchants] 25 £7.0.0 £0.2.7½
James Bertram Surgeon 26 £7.0.0 £0.2.7½
William Vallance Merchs [Merchants] 27 £5.0.0 £0.1.10½
Total of Biggar Parish 7 £41.0.0 £0.15.4½
The Duties on Shops in the Country Parish in the Shire of Lanerk from the 5th
of July 1785 to the 5th of April 1786 Collected into one Total
from page 1st Barony Parish 1 3 £17.10.0 £0.6.6¾
from page 1 Gorbals Parish 2 7 £43.0.0 £0.16.1½
from page 2 Hamilton Parish 14 10 £57.0.0 £12.0.0 £1.10.4½
from page 2 Biggar Parish 30 7 £41.0.0 £0.15.4½
Total 27 £158.10.0 £12.0.0 £3.8.5¼

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Shops rented from £5.0.0 to £10.0.0 at £158.10.0 at £0.0.6 per pound per year for 3 Quarters of a year is £2.19.5¼
Shops rented from £10.0.0 to £15.0.0 at £12.0.0 at £0.1.0 per pound per year for 3 Quarters of a year is £0.9.0
Actual Number of shops 27 Grand Total £3.8.5¼

I William Mure Surveyor aforesaid, do hereby certify, That, upon carefull examination
of the foregoing several Rates and Duties, I find the Amount, in Whole, to Three pounds Eight shillings
and five pence One farthing stirling and that, upon the____________ I delivered to J
Hamilton Esqr Collector of the Said Duties for the Shire aforesaid, an exact Duplicate of the Above
Account, duly examined and compared with the foregoing, which contained my Oath, that [notices]
were left with the Several Inhabitants, or at their Dwelling-houses, of the Duties annexed to their
respective Names, that they were to be charged with the sums hereby certified to be Due from them
[signed] by me William Mure Surveyor

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