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Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Dog tax - Volume 1 - Counties (A-K) (see 'More info' for county details), E326/11/1

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Clackmanan County Survey Continued 57

1797 I John Boyd 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 Eleven Pounds five shillings sterling And that
upon the Twentieth day of November last I delivered
to Mr John Jameson Collector for the foresaid County
of Clackmanan an Exact Duplicate of the foregoing
Survey which contained my oath that the several
persons before named were duly Served with
Requisitions and Notices whereby they were to be
Charged with the several duties hereby Certified
to be due by them John Boyd Surveyor
Linlithgow 30 December
1797

Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Dog tax - Volume 1 - Counties (A-K) (see 'More info' for county details), E326/11/1

This volume contains information on dog taxes paid in Aberdeenshire, Argyll, Ayrshire, Banffshire, Berwickshire, Buteshire, Caithness, Clackmannanshire, Cromartyshire, Dunbartonshire, Dumfriesshire, East Lothian, Fife, Angus (Forfarshire), Inverness-shire, Kincardineshire, Kinross-shire, and Kirkcudbrightshire.

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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