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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Booness [Borrowstouness] Town | |||||||||
| 24 Jul 1787 | Mr. William Baird Merchant | 1 | £5.0.0 | £0.1.8 | |||||
| Mr. James Aitken Merchant | 1 | £5.0.0 | £0.1.8 | ||||||
| Mr. James Smith Merchant | 1 | £5.0.0 | £0.1.8 | ||||||
| Mr. Robert Henderson Merchant | 1 | £5.0.0 | £0.1.8 | ||||||
| Mr. Peter Lawson Merchant | 1 | £8.0.0 | £0.2.8 | ||||||
| Mr. Henry Rymer Merchant | 1 | £5.0.0 | £0.1.8 | ||||||
| Mr. Andrew Forgie Merchant | 1 | £5.0.0 | £0.1.8 | ||||||
| Totale | 7 | £38.0.0 | £0.12.8 |
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Survey of the Shop Tax of the County of Linlithgowfrom the 5th of April 1787 to the 5th of April 1788 by James Watsone Surveyor
I James Watsone Surveyor aforesaid Do hereby Certify that upon Carefull examination
of the foregoing Duties I find they amount in whole to twelve Shillings & eight
pence total. And that upon the fifth of October last I delivered to Mr. James Taylor
Collector for this County an Exact Duplicate hereof which contained my oath that the
severale persons beforenamed were duly served with Notices intimating they
were to be Charged with the Sums hereby Certified to be due from them.
Linlithgow 6th November 1787 James Watsone Surveyor
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