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Date Inhabitants names, residence, and parish Actual # of shops Shops at £5 to £9 Shops at £10 to £14 Shops at £15 to £19 Shops at £20 to £24 Shops at £25 to under £30 Shops at £30 and upwards Duty
21 Burgh Aberdn [Aberdeen] Bt [Brought] over 133 £647.0.0 £266.0.0 £167.0.0 £60.0.0 £30.0.0 £34.15.0
Messrs Simpson & Co [Company] 1 £9.0.0 £0.3.0
Alexander Abernethie Mert [Merchant] 1 £9.0.0 £0.3.0
John Bruce Mert [Merchant] 1 £6.0.0 £0.2.0
James Aitken Mert [Merchant] 1 £7.0.0 £0.2.4
Provost William Cruden Mert [Merchant] 1 £10.0.0 £0.6.8
Alexander Duguid Mert [Merchant] 1 £10.0.0 £0.6.8
Patrick Booth Mert [Merchant] 1 £14.0.0 £0.9.4
John Leslie Mert [Merchant] 1 £8.0.0 £0.2.8
William Malcome Mert [Merchant] 1 £7.0.0 £0.2.4
Alexander Scott Upholsterer 1 £7.0.0 £0.2.4
Alexander Crombie Mert [Merchant] 1 £5.0.0 £0.1.8
George Fowler Mert [Merchant] 1 £8.0.0 £0.2.8
Mr Robert Innes Mert [Merchant] 1 £5.0.0 £0.1.8
Alexander Smith Mert [Merchant] 1 £7.0.0 £0.2.4
James Christy Sadler 1 £5.0.0 £0.1.8
George Syme Sadler 1 £5.0.0 £0.1.8
Alexander Garden Mert [Merchant] 1 £5.0.0 £0.1.8
Total of the Burgh of Aberdn [Aberdeen] 150 £740.0.0 £300.0.0 £167.0.0 £60.0.0 £30.0.0 £37.8.8
£740 at 4d [£0.0.4] each is £12.6.8
£300 at 8d [£0.0.8] each is £10.0.0
167 at 1/- [£0.1.0] each is £8.7.0
£60 at 1/3 [£0.1.3] each is £3.15.0
£30 at 2/- [£0.2.0] each is £3.0.0 £37.8.8

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I Hugh Richmond Surveyor aforesaid, do hereby Certify, That upon carefull Examination of the foregoing
Severale Rates & Duties I find they amount in whole to Thirty Seven pounds Eight Shillings & Eightpence
And that upon the 13th day of December Current I delivered to James Thomson as a Collector
of the said duties for the Burgh aforesaid an Exact duplicate of the above Account, duly Examined
& Compared with the foregoing, which Contd my oath that Notices were left with the Several Inhabitants
or at their dwellinghouse of the dates Annexed to their Respective names, that they were to be Charged
with the Sums hereby Certified to be due from them....................Hugh Richmond Surveyor

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