8vo. 8pp. Unopened, folded as issued. Slight spotting, else fine.

A fresh and unsophisticated copy of a rare Ayrshire printed collection of excerpts relating to the payment of, and exemption from, turnpike tolls. Signed by Robert Spier, Writer, who presumably also served as Clerk to the Beith Turnpike, the excerpts enumerate the details of general toll exemptions, and specific clauses on fraudulent evasion, regarding what is to be considered a load, stipulations regarding payment for Post Horses, carriages of four wheels, Post Chaises and Stage Coaches.

Particular attention is paid to the situation on 'The Payment of Tolls and Duties by virtue of an Act made in the Fifty-third year of the Reign of His Majesty King George the Third, intituled An Act to repeal the Exemption from Toll granted for or in respect of Carriages with more than Two Wheels carrying the Mail in Scotland, and for granting a rate of postage as an indemnity for the loss which may arise to the Revenue of the Post office from the payment of such Tolls'; this relates to the 1813 imposition of the half-penny surcharge on letters taken in such a manner on Scottish toll roads.

OCLC and COPAC together locate just two copies worldwide, at BL and NLS.