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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
1794 The Burgh of Peebles
James Reid in Peebles 1 1 £0.10.0 £0.1.0
John Reid in Peebles 1 1 £0.10.0 £0.1.0
The Revd. [Reverend] Doctor Dalglish in Peebles 1 1 £0.10.0 £0.1.0
James Bertram in Peebles 1 1 £0.10.0 £0.1.0
Robert Marshal Surgeon in Peebles 1 1 £0.10.0 £0.1.0
Alexander Turnbull in Peebles 1 1 £0.10.0 £0.1.0
The Revd. [Reverend] Mr. Handyside in Peebles 1 1 £0.10.0 £0.1.0
William Brunton Surveyor of Taxs in Peebles 1 1 £0.10.0 £0.1.0
Robert Steel Flesher in Peebles 1 1 £0.10.0 £0.1.0
Robert Smith Flesher in Peebles 1 1 £0.10.0 £0.1.0
William Turnbull Wright in Peebles 1 1 £0.10.0 £0.1.0
Adam Govan in Peebles 1 1 £0.10.0 £0.1.0
12 12 £6.0.0 £0.12.0

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A Survey of CARRIAGE AND SADDLE HORSE TAX. in the Burgh of Peebles
from the 5 of April 1794 to the 5 of April 1795 by William Brunton Surveyor.

Proof
12 horses at £0.10.0 each £6.0.0
£6.0.0 at 10 per Cent is £0.12.0
Sum Total £6.12.0

I William Brunton Surveyor aforesaid do hereby certify that upon carefull examination I find
the above duties amount to the Sum of Six pounds and twelve Shillings and that upon the fourth day of
November 1794 I delivered to James Hall Collector of Said Taxs for the Burgh aforesaid an
exact duplicate of the above which containd my Oath that the preceeding inhabitants were duly
served with requisitions of the dates foresaid desiring them within fourteen days to deliver or
cause to be delivered to me upon calling for that purpose An Attested list of All the Servants Horses
and Carriages employed by them from the 5 of April 1794 to the 5 of April 1795 as well
as an account of what Servants Horses and Carriages they might use and employ any where Else
and that the forgoing report was made up from their Several Attested lists or returns to me
from the best information I could procure or from my own certain knowledge of their
Respective Establishments.
William Brunton Surveyor.

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