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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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Proof
64 Dogs at 3/ [£0.3.0] £ 9.12.0
438 Dogs at 5/ [£0.5.0] £109.10.0
Total £119.2.0

I William Laidlaw Surveyor aforesaid hereby certify that upon
careful examination I find the foregoing duties amount to the sum of
one hundred & nineteen pounds two shillings sterling and that I
declared an oath that the persons before named were served with requisitions & are charged
agreeable to their returns or according to my knowledge & belief
that they were liable in said duties. William Laidlaw

Survey
of the Duty on Dogs
in the County of Dumfries
ending 5th April 1798

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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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