Abstract
June 16, 1798 Memorial of the Magistrates of Canongate, arguing that their right to levy customs at the Water-Gate is based on immemorial possession and historical grants.
Appendix (from p. 27)
- Report of the Act and Commission for the Magistrates of Canongate regarding the Watergate custom, 1758.
- Table of the duties or customs to be exacted at the Watergate, Canongate, 1st July 1723.
- Table of the duties and customs to be exacted at the Watergate, Canongate, 28th September 1734.
- Table of the duties and customs to be exacted at the Watergate, Canongate, 16th December 1745.
- Table of the duties and customs to be exacted at the Watergate, Canongate, 28th September 1751.
- Table of the duties and customs empowering Robert Davidson, tackman, 1754–1759.
- Table of the duties and customs to be exacted at the Watergate, Canongate, 1759.
- Table of the duties and customs to be exacted at the Watergate, Canongate, 18th August 1768.
- Table of the duties and customs at the Watergate, Canongate, 1792.
- Table of the duties and customs payable at the Watergate, Canongate, 6th September 1795.
