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Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Male servant tax - Volume 15 - Counties (see 'More info' for county details), E326/5/15

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Survey Male Servants Tax Argyllshire Continued
[Page] 23

Proof 11 Rates at £2.10.0 £27.10.0
36 Rates at £1.5.0 £45.0.0
5 Rates at £1.15.0 £8.15.0
10 Rates at £2.0.0 £20.0.0
17 Rates at £3.0.0 £51.0.0 £152.5.0


I Duncan MacNuier Surveyor aforesaid do hereby Certify That upon carefull examination of the foregoing several rates
and dutys I find they ammount in whole to One hundred and fifty two pounds five shillings Sterling And that
on the Twelfth day of March Jaivys and Ninety One years [1791] I delivered to Donald Campbell Esqr. Collector
Supply for the Shire aforesaid an exact Dupplicate of the above Account duly examined and Com; [Compared]
with the foregoing which contained my Oath that Requisitions were given to whole foregoing
persons or left at their dwelling houses of the require dates foresaid; And that the foregoing Survey was
made up from the Returns made to me in consequence thereof and from the best information I could
therewith obtain.
Duncan MacNuier
Inveraray 12th March 1791

Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Male servant tax - Volume 15 - Counties (see 'More info' for county details), E326/5/15

Volume 15 contains male servant tax rolls, 1790-1791, for each county except Orkney. Royal burghs are covered in volume 16.

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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