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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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I James Allan Surveyor Aforesaid do hereby certify that upon Examination of the foregoing Several Rates
And Duties I find they Amount in Whole to One Hundred & thirty one pounds Eight Shillings and Ninepence
Sterg [Sterling] and that upon 16th Current I Delivered to Mr James Taylor Collector for the County Aforesaid an exact
Duplicate of the Above Account duly examined and 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
James Allan Surveyor
Alloa 20th March
1786

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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