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<DATE>2009-03-03</DATE>
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<NAME>Mona Logarbo</NAME>
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<ITEM>Proofed and reviewed as part of batch B090013.pdcc.</ITEM>
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<P>_THe&s;e are to give notice, That the Commi&s;&s;io|ners of Cu&s;toms and Exci&s;e, in pur&s;uance of the power and authority to them given by his High|ne&s;&s;e Council in SCOTLAND for the Go|vernment thereof, Have re&s;olved, That the Ex|ci&s;e of Beer, Ale, and Aquavitae in the &s;everal Shires in SCOT|LAND (the Burghs therein included) be let to Farm upon the re&s;pective dayes following, at the Office in LEITH.</P>
<P>The Shires of 
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<ITEM>Berwick</ITEM>
<ITEM>Roxburgh</ITEM>
<ITEM>Selkirk</ITEM>
<ITEM>Pebles</ITEM>
<ITEM>Haddington</ITEM>
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<CELL>Upon the 22. <HI>Jan.</HI> 1656. 57.</CELL>
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<ITEM>Mid-Lothian</ITEM>
<ITEM>Linlithgow</ITEM>
<ITEM>Sterling</ITEM>
<ITEM>Fife &amp; Kinro&s;s</ITEM>
<ITEM>Clackmannon</ITEM>
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<CELL>Upon the 24. <HI>Jan.</HI></CELL>
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<ITEM>Lanerick</ITEM>
<ITEM>Renfrew</ITEM>
<ITEM>Dumbarton</ITEM>
<ITEM>Argile</ITEM>
<ITEM>Bute</ITEM>
<ITEM>Aire</ITEM>
<ITEM>Dumfrieze</ITEM>
<ITEM>Wigton and<LB>Kirkcudbright</ITEM>
</LIST></CELL>
<CELL>Upon the 26. <HI>Jan.</HI></CELL>
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<ITEM>Perth</ITEM>
<ITEM>Forfar</ITEM>
<ITEM>Kincardin</ITEM>
<ITEM>Aberdeen</ITEM>
<ITEM>Bamff</ITEM>
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<CELL>Upon the 28. <HI>Jan.</HI></CELL>
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<ITEM>Elgin</ITEM>
<ITEM>Nairn</ITEM>
<ITEM>Cromerty</ITEM>
<ITEM>Ro&s;&s;e</ITEM>
<ITEM>Inverne&s;s</ITEM>
<ITEM>Sutherland</ITEM>
<ITEM>Caithne&s;s</ITEM>
<ITEM>Orknay and<LB>Zethland</ITEM>
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<CELL>Upon the 30. <HI>Jan.</HI></CELL>
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<P>ANd to the end all Per&s;ons that de&s;ire to treat with the Commi&s;&s;ioners touching the farming of all, or any the Counties afore&s;aid, may make their repair to them at LEITH; It is ordered, That Publication hereof be made in every County with all convenient &s;peed.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>LEITH <DATE>the 29. December, 1656.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED>E. <HI>William Welch,</HI> Cl. of the Commi&s;&s;.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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