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Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Male servant tax - Volume 12 - Burghs (see 'More info' for burgh details), E326/5/12

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Survey of Duties on MALE SERVANTS TAX. in the Burgh of Dumbarton
from 5th April 1788 till 5th April 1789 by David Hutcheson Surveyor

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I David Hutcheson Surveyor aforesaid do hereby Certify, that upon carefull examination of the foregoing
several Rates and Duties, I find they amount in whole to One pounds five Shillings Sterling & that this day
I delivered to John Mcaulay Collector of said Duties, for the Burgh aforesaid an exact Duplicate of the above acct [account]
duly examin'd and Compar'd with the foregoing, which contain'd my oath that notices were left with the
several Inhabitants or at their Dwelling houses of the dates annexed to their respective names, that the were
to be charged with the sums hereby certifyed to be due from them.
David Hutcheson
Glasgow 27 December 1788

Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Male servant tax - Volume 12 - Burghs (see 'More info' for burgh details), E326/5/12

Volume 12 contains male servant tax rolls, 1788-1789, for each of the following burghs: Aberdeen, Annan, Anstruther Easter, Arbroath, Ayr, Banff, Brechin, Cullen, Cupar, Dumbarton, Dumfries, Dunbar, Dundee, Dunfermline, Edinburgh, Elgin, Glasgow, Haddington, Inveraray, Irvine, Jedburgh, Kinghorn, Kirkcaldy, Kirkwall, Lanark, Linlithgow, Montrose, North Berwick, Peebles, Perth, Queensferry, Rothesay, St. Andrews, Stirling, Stranraer, and Tain.

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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