The Yes and No campaigns in the independence referendum have now received more than £4.5 million in donations, new figures show.
Campaigners for independence have received £1,822,120 in donations while those on the pro-union side have banked £2,742,723.
The final set of figures released by the Electoral Commission before Thursday's vote show £130,000 of donations made over the period August 22 to September 5.
Yes Scotland received £100,000 from William Tait senior and £20,000 from former Royal Bank of Scotland chairman Sir George Mathewson.
The main pro-UK campaign Better Together did not receive any donations over the period but Let's Stay Together, a UK-wide group urging Scots to vote No has been backed by celebrities such as Sir Paul McCartney, received £10,000 from Chelsea vice-president Joe Hemani.
Registered referendum campaigners that are not political parties have to declare any donations in excess of £7,500.
So far, the biggest donations to the official Yes Scotland campaign have been two £500,000 donations from Lottery winners Colin and Christine Weir while the most sizeable single donation to Better Together was £1 million from Harry Potter author JK Rowling.
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