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Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Farm horse tax - Volume 12 - Counties (Ross and Cromarty - Wigtown) (see 'More info' for county details), E326/10/12

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A Supplementary Survey in the County of Roxburgh of the
Additional HORSE TAX, per 37 George III Cap. 108. for nine months
from 5th of July to 5th of April 1798 by George Rodgers Surveyor

Proof
2 Work horses at 2/3d each £0.0.4.6
20 per Cent thereon £0.0.10.8
Sum Total £0.5.4.8

I George Rodger Surveyor aforesaid do hereby Certify that upon
careful examination. I find the foregoing duties amount to the
sum of five shillings and ten pence and 8/10 Sterling and that of this
date I transmitted to Mr John Rutherford Collector of these
duties an Exact Duplicate of this Account containing my
oath that the above Gilbert Ellis Esquire was duly served
with a Requisition and that he was charged accordingly to
his return
26th February 1798 [signed] George Rodger

Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Farm horse tax - Volume 12 - Counties (Ross and Cromarty - Wigtown) (see 'More info' for county details), E326/10/12

Volume 12 contains farm horse tax information on the following counties: Ross and Cromarty, Roxburghshire, Selkirkshire (Ettrick Forest), Stirlingshire, Sutherland, West Lothian (Linlithgowshire), Wigtownshire, and Ross.

Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records)

The Scottish Exchequer, and subsequently the Court of Exchequer, were concerned with the accounting of collected taxes in Scotland. These taxes include the Carriage tax (1785-1798), Cart tax (1785-1798), Clock and watch tax (1797-1798), Dog tax (1797-1798), Farm horse tax (1797-1798), Servant tax (1777-1798), Hearth tax (1691-1695), Horse tax (1785-1798), Inhabited house tax (1778-1798), Land tax (1645-1831), Poll tax (1694-1698), Shop tax (1785-1789), Window tax (1748-1798). Following the Consolidating Acts (38 Geo. III cap. 40 and 41), the duties on windows, inhabited houses, male servants, carts, carriages and dogs were incorporated in Consolidated Schedules of Assessed Taxes (1798-1799).

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