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Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Male servant tax - Volume 20 - Burghs (see 'More info' for burgh details), E326/5/20

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Report. Survey of the MALE SERVANTS TAX. in the Burgh of Nairn
for one year To 5th April 1793 By Patrick McDonald Surveyor

The above is a just and true duplicate as pr [per] Mr Patrick McDonalds letter of date
given to John Strath Collector of the said duties for the Burgh Aforesaid Amounting to
One pound Seven Shillings and Six pence.
Signed Patrick McDonald Surveyor

Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Male servant tax - Volume 20 - Burghs (see 'More info' for burgh details), E326/5/20

Volume 20 contains male servant tax rolls, 1792-1793, for each of the following burghs: Aberdeen, Arbroath, Ayr, Banff, Brechin, Cullen, Cupar, Dumbarton, Dumfries, Dunbar, Dundee, Dunfermline, Edinburgh, Elgin, Forres, Glasgow, Haddington, Inveraray, Irvine, Kinghorn, Kirkcudbright, Kirkcaldy, Kirkwall, Lanark, Linlithgow, Montrose, Nairn, North Berwick, Peebles, Perth, Queensferry, St. Andrews, Stirling, 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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