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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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A Survey of the MALE SERVANTS TAX in the Shire of Selkirk from the
5 of April 1794 to the 5 of April 1795
By William Brunton Surveyor

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4 Male Servants @ £1.5.0 Each is £5.0.0
2 Male Servants @ £1.5.0 Each is £2.10.0
16 Male Servants @ £1.10.0 Each is £24.0.0
£31.10.0
£31.10.0 @ Ten per Cent is £3.3.0
Sum Total £34.13.0

I William Brunton Surveyor aforesaid do Hereby certify that upon carefull examination I find the above duties amount to the Sum
of Thirty four pound Thirteen Shillings and that upon the ------- day of ------ I delivered to John Scott Collector of these
duties for the Shire aforesaid an exact duplicate of the above which Contained my Oath that the preceeding inhabitants were duly served
with Requisitions of the dates foresaid desiring them within 14 days to deliver or cause to be delivered to me on calling for that purpose
an Attested liist of all the Servants Horses and Carriages used and employed by them from the 5 of April 1794 to the 5 of April 1795 as well
as an Account of what Servants Horses and Carriages they might use and employ anywhere Else And that the forgoing report was made
up from the Several Attested lists or Returns to me from the best information I could procure or from my own knowledge of their
Respective Establishments.
William Brunton

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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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