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Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Farm horse tax - Volume 5 - Counties (Renfrew - Wigtown) (see 'More info' for county details), E326/10/5

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A supplementary Survey in the County of Roxburgh of
the Work Horse from 5th April 1797
to 5th April 1798 by George Rodger, Surveyor
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I George Rodger Surveyor aforesaid do hereby Certify
that upon careful Examination I find the forgoing duties
amount to the sum of Four Shillings 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 Mr Elliot was duly served with
a Requisition and that he was charged according to his
Return [signed] George Rodger. 26 Feb 1798

Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Farm horse tax - Volume 5 - Counties (Renfrew - Wigtown) (see 'More info' for county details), E326/10/5

Volume 5 contains farm horse tax information on the following counties: Renfrewshire, Ross and Cromarty, Roxburghshire, Selkirkshire (Ettrick Forest), Stirlingshire, Sutherland, West Lothian (Linlithgowshire), and Wigtownshire.

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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