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Volume contents
- 1 - 1789-90 , Aberdeenshire
- 21 - 1789-90 , Argyll
- 27 - 1789-90 , Ayrshire
- 43 - 1789-90 , Banffshire
- 47 - 1789-90 , Berwickshire
- 55 - 1789-90 , Buteshire
- 59 - 1789-90 , Caithness
- 63 - 1789-90 , Clackmannanshire
- 69 - 1789-90 , Cromartyshire
- 73 - 1789-90 , Dunbartonshire
- 79 - 1789-90 , Dumfriesshire
- 87 - 1789-90 , East Lothian (Haddingtonshire)
- 95 - 1789-90 , Fife
- 107 - 1789-90 , Angus (Forfarshire)
- 115 - 1789-90 , Inverness-shire
- 117 - 1789-90 , Kincardineshire
- 121 - 1789-90 , Kinross-shire
- 125 - 1789-90 , Kirkcudbrightshire
- 131 - 1789-90 , Lanarkshire
| Date | Masters/mistresses names and designations | Servants names | Number of servants | Bachelor servants | One servant | Two servants | Three or more servants | Duty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1789 | Parishes Collected | |||||||
| 1. | Kinross Town | 6 | 1 | 5 | £0.17.6 | |||
| 2. | Kinross Parish | 5 | 4 | 1 | £4.2.6 | |||
| 3. | Cleish Parish | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| 4. | Portmoak Parish | 2 | 1 | 2 | £0.7.6 | |||
| 5. | Orwell Parish | 2 | 2 | £0.5.0 | ||||
| Totall | 16 | 2-0-4 | 10 | £5.15.0 |
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2d Kinross County FEMALE SERVANTS TAX. Survey Continued
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10 Servants @ 2/6 [£0.2.6] each £1.5.0
4 Batchelors @ £1 [£1.0.0] each £4.0.0
2 Batchelors @ 5/- [£0.5.0] each £0.10.0
£5.15.0
I James Watson Surveyor aforesaid do hereby Certify that upon Carefull
Examination of the foregoing Rates and Duties I find they amount in whole
to the sum of Five pounds Fifteen shillings Sterling And that upon the fifth
day of January current I delivered to Mr. George Peal Collector for the said
County of Kinross an Exact Duplicate of the foregoing Survey which
contained my Oath that the several persons before mentioned were duly
served with Notices and Requisitions whereby they were to be Charged
with the sums hereby Certified to be due by them
James Watson Surveyor
Linlithgow 12 January 1790
Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Female servant tax - Volume 17 - Counties (A-L) (see 'More info' for county details), E326/6/17
Volume 17 contains female servant tax rolls for the following counties: Aberdeenshire, Argyll, Ayrshire, Banffshire, Berwickshire, Buteshire, Caithness, Clackmannanshire, Cromartyshire, Dunbartonshire, Dumfriesshire, East Lothian, Fife, Angus, Inverness-shire, Kincardineshire, Kinross-shire, Kirkcudbrightshire and Lanarkshire.
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).