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Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Male servant tax - Volume 23 - Counties (see 'More info' for county details), E326/5/23

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Parishes Collected


Perth 11 November 1794 I Laurence Buchan Surveyor aforesaid do hereby certify That
upon careful Examination of the foregoing several Rates and Duties I find they Amount in Whole to Five
hundred and fifteen pounds One Shilling and Six pence stg [sterling] - requisitions was left with
the several Inhabitants to which most of them made returns And this date an Exact Duplicate of
the Above Account was deliverd to James Maxton Esqr Collector of said Duties for the Shire aforesaid
[Signed] Laurence Buchan Surveyor

Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Male servant tax - Volume 23 - Counties (see 'More info' for county details), E326/5/23

Volume 23 contains male servant tax rolls, 1794-1795, for each county. Royal burghs are covered in volume 24.

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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