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Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Male servant tax - Volume 6 - Burghs (see 'More info' for burgh details), E326/5/6

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MALE SERVANTS TAX In Dumbarton
From 5th July 1785 to 5th April 1786 by John Veitch Surveyor

Proof
To 3 Male Servants at £0.18.9 £2.16.3

I John Veitch Surveyor aforesaid do hereby Certify that upon Carefull Examination of the Foregoing several rates & Duties I
find they amount in whole to Two pounds Sixteen Shillings & three pence Str [Sterling] and that upon the 7 of March 1786 I transmitted
to John McAulay Collr [Collector] of the said duties for Shire afforsaid an exact Duplicate of the above Acct [Account] duly Examined &
Compared with the forgoing which Contained my Oath that requisitions were left with the Several Inhabitants or at their
Dwelling houses of the Dates annexed to their respective names and that the Assessments were made from the Answers
sent me and now in my possession
John Veitch Surveyor

Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Male servant tax - Volume 6 - Burghs (see 'More info' for burgh details), E326/5/6

Volume 6 contains male servant tax rolls, 1785-1786, for each of the following burghs: Aberdeen, Arbroath, Ayr, Banff, Brechin, Cullen, Cupar, Dumbarton, Dumfries, Dunbar, Dundee, Dunfermline, Edinburgh, Elgin, Forfar, Forres, Glasgow, Haddington, Inverness, Inveraray, Irvine, Jedburgh, Kinghorn, Kirkcaldy, Kirkwall, Lanark, Linlithgow, Montrose, Nairn, North Berwick, Peebles, Perth, Queensferry, Rutherglen, St. Andrews, Stirling, and Tain.

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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