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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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Abstract of the MALE SERVANTS TAX. within the Shire of Inverness
from the 5th April 1792 to the 5th April 1793 by John Rose Surveyor

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12 batchelor servants @ £2.10.0 each is £30.0.0
34 servants of colum one & two @ £1.5.0 is £42.10.0
11 servants of colum three & four @ £1.10.0 is £16.0.0
12 servants of colum five & seven @ £1.15.0 is £24.0.0
9 servants of colum eight & ten @ £2.0.0 is £18.0.0
[Total] £128.0.0
Interest Yr[thereon] at 10pr C per An [Annum] £12.16.0
Grand Total £140.16.0

I John Rose Surveyor Aforesaid do hereby Certify that upon carefull examination of the above dutys, I find they amount to One
hundred and forty pounds Sixteen Shillings Sterling, and that upon the twenty third Current I delivered to Mr. James
Grant Collector of the said duty for the town aforesaid an exact duplicate of the above account which contains my oath that the
preceeding Inhabitants are dully served with Requisitions of the dates aforesaid requiring them within fourteen
days to deliver to me an attested list of the Horses and Carriages used and employed by them from the 5th
April 91 to the 5th April 92 and that the above a Account was made up from their several Returns to me, from the
best information or my own certain knowledge of their Respective establishments
John Rose Surveyor

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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