Tickettyboo wrote on 10 sep 2013 in soc.genealogy.britain: > I can make out the following: > A copy of this register was sent to [*] , when R.H. applied for the ... was sent to London, ... > situation of Surveyor of [*} taxes; it was sent down to me to prove ... of surveyor of assessed taxes; > whether correct, and answer being given in the affirmative it was > returned to the Board, admitted, and the young man obtained the > situation. > > The two words I am unsure about are the place the register was sent to > (I am wavering between Durham and London, though it could be somewhere > totally different !) and the sort of taxes he wished to be a Surveyor > for. <http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/assessment-of-tax.html> -- Evertjan. The Netherlands. (Please change the x'es to dots in my emailaddress)

On 2013-09-09 22:36:09 +0000, Evertjan. said: > Tickettyboo wrote on 10 sep 2013 in soc.genealogy.britain: > >> I can make out the following: >> A copy of this register was sent to [*] , when R.H. applied for the > > ... was sent to London, ... > >> situation of Surveyor of [*} taxes; it was sent down to me to prove > > ... of surveyor of assessed taxes; > >> whether correct, and answer being given in the affirmative it was >> returned to the Board, admitted, and the young man obtained the >> situation. >> >> The two words I am unsure about are the place the register was sent to >> (I am wavering between Durham and London, though it could be somewhere >> totally different !) and the sort of taxes he wished to be a Surveyor >> for. > > <http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/assessment-of-tax.html> Thanks to Evertjan and Anne who I think both got it spot on. Now can anyone explain, why, when I have looked at it for ages, it seems obvious when someone else points out what it says :-) -- Tickettyboo