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Volume contents
- 1 - 1789-90 , Aberdeen burgh
- 13 - 1789-90 , Annan burgh
- 15 - 1789-90 , Anstruther Easter burgh
- 17 - 1789-90 , Anstruther Wester burgh
- 19 - 1789-90 , Arbroath burgh
- 21 - 1789-90 , Ayr burgh
- 25 - 1789-90 , Banff burgh
- 29 - 1789-90 , Brechin burgh
- 31 - 1789-90 , Burntisland burgh
- 33 - 1789-90 , Campbeltown burgh
- 35 - 1789-90 , Crail burgh
- 37 - 1789-90 , Cullen burgh
- 39 - 1789-90 , Culross burgh
- 41 - 1789-90 , Cupar burgh
- 43 - 1789-90 , Dingwall burgh
- 45 - 1789-90 , Dumbarton burgh
- 47 - 1789-90 , Dumfries burgh
- 51 - 1789-90 , Dunbar burgh
- 55 - 1789-90 , Dundee burgh
- 65 - 1789-90 , Dunfermline burgh
- 67 - 1789-90 , Dysart burgh
- 69 - 1789-90 , Edinburgh burgh
- 125 - 1789-90 , Elgin burgh
- 129 - 1789-90 , Forfar burgh
- 131 - 1789-90 , Forres burgh
- 135 - 1789-90 , Fortrose burgh
| Date | Masters/mistresses names and designations | Children under 14 | Servants names | Number of servants | Bachelor servants | One servant | Two servants | Three or more servants | Duty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Town of Banff Brought over | 94 | 4+2 | 60 | 30 | 4 | £18.0.0 | |||
| Mr Hutton | 1 | 1 | 1 | £0.5.0 | |||||
| Miss Duff Kingedward | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||||
| James Webster | 1 | 1 | 1 | £0.5.0 | |||||
| Miss Scott | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||||
| Doctor Cave | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||||
| Mr Rhind | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||||
| Mrs Gibson | |||||||||
| Mrs Eld | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||||
| Capt [Captain] John Stewart | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||||
| John Clark on the Shore | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||||
| Mr Skeen Minr [Minister] | 2 | 2 | £0.10.0 | ||||||
| 105 | 6+2 | 69 | 32 | 4 | £19.17.6 | ||||
| 105 | 6+2 | 63 | 30 | 4 | £19.17.6 |
Transcribe other information
6 Batchlers Servants @ £0.2.6 each above Duty £0.15.0
2 (Batchlers Servants) @ £0.5.0 each above Duty £0.10.0
69 Servants @ £0.2.6 each £8.12.6
32 Servants @ £0.5.0 each £8.0.0
4 Servants a@ £0.10.0 each £2.0.0
£19.17.6
Inserted in last column:
1.50
1.
7.17.6
7.10
2.
19.17.6
I, Patrick McDonald, Surveyor. Do hereby Certify that upon carefull examination
of the forgoing Rates & Dutys. I find the Amount Nineteen pounds Seventeen shillings &
Sixpence. And have delivered to James Anderson Collector of said Duties in the Town of
Banff an exact Duplicate of the foregoing Account duly examined & Compared which
contained my Oath. That the several Inhabitants were duly served with requisitions
and the assessment made up from the lists and answers now in my posession.
[Signed] Patrick McDonald Surveyor
Sworn before me at Forres 5th January 1790 Amount of forgoing survey £19.17.6
William Moyes J. P. [Justice of the Peace]
Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Female servant tax - Volume 19 - Burghs (A-F) (see 'More info' for burgh details), E326/6/19
Volume 19 contains female servant tax rolls for the following burghs: Aberdeen, Annan, Anstruther Easter, Anstruther Wester, Arbroath, Ayr, Banff, Brechin, Burntisland, Campbeltown, Crail, Cullen, Culross, Cupar, Dingwall, Dumbarton, Dumfries, Dunbar, Dundee, Dunfermline, Dysart, Edinburgh, Elgin, Forfar, Forres, and Fortrose.
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).