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Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Male servant tax - Volume 19 - Counties (see 'More info' for county details), E326/5/19

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Survey Continued

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10 Bachelors Servants at £1.5.0 £12.10.0
35 Servants at £1.5.0 £43.15.0
17 Servants at £1.10.0 £25.10.0
3 Servants at £1.15.0 £5.5.0
7 Servants at £3.0.0 £21.0.0
62..................................£108.0.0
10 P [Per] Cent £10.16.0
Total..............................£118.16.0

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10 B [Bachelor] Servants £1.5.0 £12.10.0
34 Servants £1.5.0 £42.10.0
17 Servants £1.10.0 £25.10.0
4 Servants £1.15.0 £7.0.0
7 Servants £3.0.0 £21.0.0
£108.10.0 £10.17.0

Dumfries 12th Novem. [November] 1792
I William Laidlaw Assist. [Assistant] Surveyor aforesaid Do hereby Certify that upon
careful Examination I find the foregoing Duties Amount to the Sum of One Hundred
and Eighteen pounds sixteen shillings And that on this date I delivered to Mr.
David Newall Collector of the said Duties an exact Duplicate hereof duly examined
and compared which contained my Oath that the preceding persons were duly
served with Requisitions and that they were charged agreeable to their returns or
according to my knowledge And belief that they were liable in said duties.
William Laidlaw
Robert Henderson J.P. [Justice of the Peace]

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Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Male servant tax - Volume 19 - Counties (see 'More info' for county details), E326/5/19

Volume 19 contains male servant tax rolls, 1792-1793, for each county except Orkney. Royal burghs are covered in volume 20.

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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