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Volume contents
- 1 - 1790-91 , Aberdeen burgh
- 13 - 1790-91 , Annan burgh
- 15 - 1790-91 , Anstruther Easter burgh
- 17 - 1790-91 , Anstruther Wester burgh
- 19 - 1790-91 , Arbroath burgh
- 23 - 1790-91 , Ayr burgh
- 27 - 1790-91 , Banff burgh
- 31 - 1790-91 , Brechin burgh
- 33 - 1790-91 , Burntisland burgh
- 35 - 1790-91 , Campbeltown burgh
- 37 - 1790-91 , Crail burgh
- 39 - 1790-91 , Cullen burgh
- 41 - 1790-91 , Culross burgh
- 45 - 1790-91 , Cupar burgh
- 49 - 1790-91 , Dingwall burgh
- 51 - 1790-91 , Dumbarton burgh
- 55 - 1790-91 , Dumfries burgh
- 61 - 1790-91 , Dunbar burgh
- 65 - 1790-91 , Dundee burgh
- 71 - 1790-91 , Dunfermline burgh
- 73 - 1790-91 , Dysart burgh
- 75 - 1790-91 , Edinburgh burgh
- 119 - 1790-91 , Elgin burgh
- 123 - 1790-91 , Forfar burgh
- 125 - 1790-91 , Forres burgh
- 127 - 1790-91 , 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1790 | Banff Brought over | 87 | 4+2 | 53 | 24 | 4 | £16.12.6 | ||
| Mrs Charles Forbes | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||||
| Mr Cruickshanks | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||||
| James Webster | 1 | 1 | £0.5.0 | ||||||
| Miss Duff King Edd [Edward] | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||||
| Miss Scott | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||||
| Doctor Cave | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||||
| Mrs Eld | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||||
| Capt. [Captain] John Stewart | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||||
| John Clark | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||||
| Mr Skeen Minr [Minister] | 2 | 2 | £0.10.0 | ||||||
| John Keith Wright | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||||
| 99 | 5 | 62 | 26 | 4 | £18.10.0 |
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Survey Female Servants Tax continued
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5 Bachelor Sevts [Servants] at £0.5.0 each is £1.5.0
2 Bachelor Sevrs [Servants] at £0.10.0 each is £1.0.0
62 Servants at £0.2.6 each is £7.15.0
26 Servants at £0.5.0 each is £6.10.0
4 Servants at £0.10.0 each is £2.0.0
£18.10.0
I Patrick MacDonald Surveyor aforesaid do hereby Certify that upon careful Examination
of the foregoing rates & duties upon Female Servants, I find the amount in whole to the Sum
of eighteen Pound Ten Shillings Sterl [Sterling] & that upon the 20th of Decr [December] I transmitted James
Anderson Collector of Said Duties in the town of Banff an Exact duplicate of the above
Accot [Account] examined & Compared with the forgoing which contained my Oath that the
several Inhabitants were Served with the requisitions and the Assessment made up
from the Lists and Answers now in my possession
[Signed] Patrick MacDonald Survr [Surveyor]
Sworn before Me John Grant J.P. [Justice of the Peace]
Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Female servant tax - Volume 23 - Burghs (A-F) (see 'More info' for burgh details), E326/6/23
Volume 23 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).