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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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17 Rates at £0.18.9 for ¾ years £15.18.9
33 Rates at £0.18.9 for ¾ years £49.13.9
29 Rates at £1.2.6 for ¾ years £32.12.6
10 Rates at £1.6.3 for ¾ years £13.2.6
.................................................£111.7.6
I James Allan Surveyor aforesaid do hereby Certify that upon Carefull examination of the foregoing Rates
and duties I find they Amount in Whole to One Hundred & Eleven pounds Seven Shillings & Sixpence Sterg [Sterling]
and that upon 22d Curt [Current] I delivered to Mr Thomas Wingate Collector for the County Aforesaid an exact Duplicate of the
Above Account duly Examined & Compared with the foregoing which contained my Oath that Notices were left
with the Several Inhabitants or at their dwelling Houses & that they were to be charged with the Sums hereby
Certified to be due from them
Alloa 23d March 1786 James Allan 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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