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

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I James Millar Surveyor aforesaid do hereby Certify that upon careful Examination of the foregoing Rates and Duties I find they amount in whole to the Sum of Seven pounds twelve shillings sterling " " " " " " " " " " and that upon the [Date missing] Day of [ Date missing] I delivered to Mr Robert Hutton Collector of the said Duties for the Burgh aforesaid as will appear from his receipt, an exact duplicate of the foregoing account which contained my oath that notices were left with the several Inhabitants or at their dwelling Houses of the dates aforesaid that they were to be charged with the Sums hereby Certified to be due from them
[Signed] James Millar Surveyor

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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