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Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Male servant tax - Volume 21 - Counties (see 'More info' for county details), E326/5/21

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Survey of Forfar Shire Continued


I William Greig Surveyor aforesaid Do hereby Certify That upon carefull examination of the foregoing Rates and
duties They amount to Two hundred and eighty two pounds fifteen shillings with Twenty eight pounds five Shillings
and sixpence being tax p [per] part thereon of additional duty And that upon the [--] day of [---] 1794 I delivered to
Captain James Clayhills of Invergowie principal Collector of the said duties for the Shire aforesaid an exact duplicate
of the above Account as will appear from [----]
duly examined and compared with the foregoing which contained my oath That notices were left with the Several
persons before named or at their dwelling houses of the dates annexed to their respective names Requiring them within fourteen
days to give in a List of the Male Servants retained or employed by them from the fifth of April 1792 to fifth
April 1793 And that the said Survey or Account was made out from Lists returned to me and from the best information
I could procure of the Servants of those whose Lists were deficient and also of those who have neglected or refused to
give in Lists of their Servants in terms of the Notices left with them as aforesaid.
William Greig Surveyor

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Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Male servant tax - Volume 21 - Counties (see 'More info' for county details), E326/5/21

Volume 21 contains male servant tax rolls, 1793-1794, for each county except Orkney. This volume also contains information on the following burghs: Elgin, Inveraray, Queensferry, and Stirling (but see also volume 22 for rolls for these burghs).

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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