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Volume contents
- 1 - Counties 1887-8 , Ayrshire
- 5 - Counties 1887-8 , Banffshire
- 7 - Counties 1887-8 , Berwickshire
- 9 - Counties 1887-8 , Clackmannanshire
- 11 - Counties 1887-8 , Dunbartonshire
- 13 - Counties 1887-8 , Midlothian
- 33 - Counties 1887-8 , Lanarkshire
- 37 - Counties 1887-8 , West Lothian
- 41 - Counties 1887-8 , Renfrewshire
- 51 - Counties 1887-8 , Roxburghshire
- 55 - Counties 1887-8 , Stirlingshire
| Date | Inhabitants names, residence, and parish | Actual # of shops | Shops at £5 to £9 | Shops at £10 to £14 | Shops at £15 to £19 | Shops at £20 to £24 | Shops at £25 to under £30 | Shops at £30 and upwards | Duty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1787 | Preston parish | ||||||||
| 15 | Alexander Brown mercht [merchant] Linton | 1 | £8.0.0 | £0.2.8 |
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Survey of the Shop Tax in the County of East
Lothian from 5th April 1787 to the 5 April 1788 by William Johnstone Surveyor
I William Johnstone Surveyor aforesaid do hereby certify that upon carefull examination I find the
above duty amount to Two Shillings and Eight pence sterling and that upon the seventh day of Novemr [November]
(1787) I delivered to William Wilkie depute Collr [Collector] for the County of East Lothian an exact duplicate of
this ammnt [amount] duely examined & Compared which contained my Oath that the above person was served with
Notice of the foresaid date intimating that He was to be charged with the sum Sett against his name.
William Johnstone Surveyor.
Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Shop tax - Volume 5 - Counties (see 'More info' for county details), E326/4/5
This volume contains information on who paid late 18th century shop tax in the counties of Ayrshire, Berwickshire, Clackmannanshire, East Lothian, Midlothian, Lanarkshire, West Lothian, Renfrewshire, Roxburghshire, and Stirlingshire.
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).