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Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Male servant tax - Volume 9 - Counties (see 'More info' for county details), E326/5/9

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I David Hutcheson Surveyor aforesaid do hereby Certify That upon carefull
examination of the foregoing several rates & Duties I find they amount
to Two hundred and three pounds fifteen shillings Sterling, and upon the
date hereof I delivered to Mr James Blair Collector of the said duties
for the County of Renfrew an exact duplicate of the foregoing account
duly examined and compared with the above, which contained my oath
That notices were left with the several Inhabitants or at their dwelling
houses of the dates annexed to their respective names That they were to
be charged with the sums hereby certified to be due from them
David Hutcheson
Glasgow 28 December 1787

Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Male servant tax - Volume 9 - Counties (see 'More info' for county details), E326/5/9

Volume 9 contains male servant tax rolls, 1787-1788, for each county. Royal burghs are covered in volume 10.

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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