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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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A Survey of the Rates & Duties on Male Servants, Arisen in the Burgh of Tain from 5th Aprile
1792 to 5th Aprile 1793. By David Ross Assistant Surveyor

I David Ross Assistant Surveyor Aforesaid, Do hereby certify, That I find the above Duties Amount in whole
to one pound Seven Shillings & Six pence, and that upon the Sixth day of Octr. [October] currt. [current] I delivered to Mr
George Murray present Treasurer & Collector of said Duties, An exact Duplicate of the Above
Acct. [account] which contained my Oath that the Above Servant is the only one that was returned to me, or
is kept within the Burgh lyable to be charged, According to the best of my knowledge or Information
Tain 10th Octr. [October] 1792 .. David Ross Assistant

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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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