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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. In the Burgh of Dingwall for One Year to 5th April 1798 By William Murray Surveyor

Prooff 15 Horses a 2/- [£0.2.0] £1.10.0

18 Nov 1797 I William Murray Surveyor, Do Certify That Upon
Carefull examination, I find the above Rates &
Duties Amount to the Sum of One Pound ten Shillings Stg. [Sterling]
And I do further Certify that the above account
Contains the Number of Farm Horses Returned to me
or that I could Discover to be Kept - according to the
best of My Knowledge or Information. [Signed] W. Murray Sur. [Surveyor]
Patrick Hay Collector

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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