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Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Male servant tax - Volume 16 - Burghs (see 'More info' for burgh details), E326/5/16

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Survey of the Male Servants Tax in the Royalty of
North Berwick from 5 April 1790 to 5 April 1791. by William Johnstone Surveyor

Proof. 1 Batchelor Servant at £1.5.0 is £1.5.0
3 Servants at £1.5.0 is £3.15.0
3 Servants at £1.10 is £4.10.0
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£9.10.0
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I William Johnstone Surveyor aforesaid do hereby Certify that upon carefull examination of the foregoing duties I find that they
amount to the sum of nine Pounds ten shillings sterling And that upon the 19 Nov [November] 1790. I delivered to Mr Kirk Collector of said
duties an exact duplicate of this Accompt duely examined & compared which contained my Oath that the foregoing Inhabitants
were duely served with Requisitions and that they were charged according to their Returns, or my knowledge & belief that they
were liable in said duties, William Johnstone Surveyor

Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Male servant tax - Volume 16 - Burghs (see 'More info' for burgh details), E326/5/16

Volume 16 contains male servant tax rolls, 1790-1791, for each of the following burghs: Aberdeen, Annan, Anstruther Easter, Arbroath, Ayr, Banff, Brechin, Cullen, Cupar, Dumbarton, Dumfries, Dunbar, Dundee, Dunfermline, Edinburgh, Elgin, Forres, Glasgow, Haddington, Inveraray, Irvine, Jedburgh, Kinghorn, Kirkcaldy, Kirkwall, Lanark, Linlithgow, Montrose, North Berwick, Peebles, Perth, Queensferry, Rothesay, St. Andrews, Stirling, Stranraer, Tain and Wigtown.

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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