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Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Male servant tax - Volume 7 - Counties (see 'More info' for county details), E326/5/7

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Parishes Collected for a Proof of the Foregoing Survey of
MALE SERVANTS TAX Argyllshire

Proof
12 Servts[Servants] at £1.5.0 £15.0.0
36 Servants at £1.5.0 £45.0.0
6 Servants at £1.10.0 £9.0.0
10 Servants at £2.0.0 £20.0.0
18 servants at £3.0.0 £54.0.0
Sic Equee £143.0.0

I Duncan McNuier Surveyor aforesaid Do hereby Certify that upon careful Examination of the foregoing several Rates
and Dutys I find they Amount in whole to One Hundred and Forty three pounds sterling and that upon
the thirtieth day of March Jaivys [Seventeen Hundred] and Eighty seven years I Delivered to Donald Campbell Esqr Collector of the Cess and
of the said Duty for the Shire aforesaid an exact Duplicate of the above Accompt duely examined and Compared with
the foregoing which contained my Oath that Notifications were given to the whole foregoing Masters or left at their
Dwelling houses of the respective Dates aforesaid And that the foregoing Survey or Assessment was made up from
the returns made to me in consequence thereof And from the best Information I could otherwise obtain
Inveraray 30 March 1787 Duncan McNuier

Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Male servant tax - Volume 7 - Counties (see 'More info' for county details), E326/5/7

Volume 7 contains male servant tax rolls, 1786-1787, for each county. Royal burghs are covered by volume 8.

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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