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Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Male servant tax - Volume 17 - Counties (see 'More info' for county details), E326/5/17

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Parishes Collected

Perth 22nd November 1791 I Laurence Buchan Surveyor aforesaid do hereby certify That upon
careful Examination of the foregoing rates and Duties I find they amount in Whole to Five hundred and
Sixty Nine Pounds Sixteen Shillings Sterling and that this date [22 Nov 1791] I delivered to James Maxton Esqr. Collector of
the Said Duties for the Shire aforesaid an Exact Duplicate of the Above Account duly Examined and compared
with the foregoing Requisitions being left with the several Masters and Mistresses or at their dwelling houses of the dates
anexed to their respective names and to which most of them made Returns
[Signed] Laurence Buchan Surveyor

Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Male servant tax - Volume 17 - Counties (see 'More info' for county details), E326/5/17

Volume 17 contains male servant tax rolls, 1791-1792, for each county except Orkney. Royal burghs are covered in volume 18.

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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