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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 the Male Servants Tax in the Royalty of
North Berwick from 5 April 1788 to the 5 April 1789.
by William Johnstone Surveyor
[Page] 85


I William Johnstone Surveyor aforesaid do hereby Certify that upon carefull examination I find the above Duties amount to Seven
Pounds ten shillings ster [sterling]. And that upon the 29 Oct. [October] 1788. I delivered to Henry Nelson Collector of these Duties an exact duplicate
of this account duely examined & compared which contained my Oath that the preceeding Inhabitants were duely served with requisitions
and that they were charged in conformity to their several Returns Or according to my knowledge or belief that they were liable in said
duties. William Johnstone Surveyor

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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