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Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Farm horse tax - Volume 6 - Royal Burghs, E326/10/6

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Survey of the HORSE TAX, per 36 Geo III. Cap. xv. Burgh of Kirkcudt. [Kirkcudbright]


1797
I David McMillan Survr. [Surveyor] aforesaid do hereby certify that upon careful
examination of the foregoing several Rates & duties I find they amt. [amount] to
the Sum of Two pounds sixteen sh [Shillings] Sterling; and that upon the
[date missing] day of January ane [one] thousand seven hundred
& ninety eight yrs. [years] I delivered to Mr David McLelland [ ]
Kircudbt. [Kirkcudbright] Collector of the sd [said] Duties for the Burgh aforsd. [aforesaid]
an exact Duplicate of the foregoing which contained my Oath
that Requisitions or notices were delivered to or left for
the several foregoing Persons at their dwelling place and
the charge made out from their returns or my best Information.
David McMillan Surveyor


I.O.C
Survey of the Horse Tax
Pr 36 Geo. III. C. 15. in the Burgh
of Kirkcudbright from the 5th April
1797 to the 5th April 1798
£2.16.0

Exd. pr GS [Examined per General Surveyor]
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Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Farm horse tax - Volume 6 - Royal Burghs, E326/10/6

Volume 6 contains farm horse tax information for many of the royal burghs in Scotland.

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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