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

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Survey of the MALE SERVANT TAX. arisen within the County of
Nairn from the 5th day of JuLY 1785, To the 5th day of April 1786, By Archibald Duff Surveyor

Proof
3 Servants at £1.5.0 each yearly for 3 Quarters is £2.16.3
3 Servants at £1.10.0 each yearly for 3 Quarters is £3.7.6
6 £6.3.9


I Archibald Duff Surveyor aforesaid do hereby Certify that upon Careful examination of the foregoing
several rates and duties, I find they amount in whole to six pounds three shillings and nine pence St [Sterling]
And that upon the Eighteenth day of March Current I delivered to Mr. Duncan Campbell Collr. [Collector]
of the said duties for the County of Nairn aforesaid, An exact Duplicate of the above Acct. [Account] duly examined
and Compaired with the foregoing Which Contained my oath that notices were left with the severall
Inhabitants or at their dwelling houses of the dates annexed to their respective names, In order that they
might make a report of the greatest number of Male servants retained and employed by them for the
period therein mentioned, Which they did in Substance as above
Archibald Duff Surveyor

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

Volume 5 contains male servant tax rolls, 1785-1786, for each county except the county of Buteshire. Royal burghs are covered by volume 6.

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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