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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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Proof as now corrected

Batchelor servants 66 @ £1.5.0 each is £82.10.0
73 Servants @ £1.5.0............................£91.5.0
53 Servants @ £1.10.0..........................£79.10.0
22 Servants @ £1.15.0 .........................£38.10.0
8 Servants @ £2.0.0 ...........................£6.0.0
27 Servants @ £3.0.0 ...........................£81.0.0

Total 183 servants - Total duties by proof £388.15.0

I Robert AIken Surveyor aforesaid, Do hereby Certify, that upon Careful
Examination of the foresaid rates and duties, I find they amount in
whole to Three hundred and eighty eight pounds fifteen shillings sterling
And that upon the sixth day of January current, I delivered to Mr
Charles Shaw deputy Collector of said duties at the Office of John Montgomery
Esquire principal Collector of said duties for said County an
Exact duplicate of and duly examined and compared with the
forgoing Account, which contained my Oath, that Notifications were
delivered or left of the dates foresaid, And that the Rates & duties
charged in said Account were just and true to the best of my skill
and knowledge; and to the best of my belief no person liable to be charged
was omitted
Rob Aiken Surveyor

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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