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Volume contents
- 1 - , Aberdeenshire
- 17 - , Argyll
- 23 - , Ayrshire
- 43 - , Banffshire
- 47 - , Berwickshire
- 55 - , Buteshire
- 57 - , Caithness
- 61 - , Clackmannanshire
- 65 - , Cromartyshire
- 67 - , Dunbartonshire
- 73 - , Haddingtonshire (East Lothian)
- 81 - , Fife
- 97 - , Angus (Forfarshire)
- 105 - , Inverness-shire
- 109 - , Kincardineshire
- 113 - , Kinross-shire
- 117 - , Lanarkshire
| 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 | 10% per 31 George III |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parishes Collected | ||||||||||
| Bower Parish | 3 | 2 | 1 | £0.12.6 | £0.1.3 | |||||
| Canisbay Parish | 5 | 1 | 4 | £1.2.6 | £0.2.3 | |||||
| Dunnet Parish | 3 | 3 | £0.7.6 | £0.9.0 | ||||||
| Halkirk Parish | 4 | 1 | 3 | £0.12.6 | £0.1.3 | |||||
| Latheron Parish | 5 | 3 | 2 | £1.0.0 | £0.2.0 | |||||
| Olrick Parish | 4 | 2 | 2 | £0.15.0 | £0.1.6 | |||||
| Reay Parish | 3 | 3 | £0.7.6 | £0.0.9 | ||||||
| Thurso Parish | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | £1.5.0 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| Thurso Burgh | 21 | 1 | 20 | £2.15.0 | £0.5.6 | |||||
| Watten Parish | 3 | 3 | £0.7.6 | £0.0.9 | ||||||
| Wick Burgh | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | £!.10.0 | £0.5.0 | ||||
| Wick Parish | 7 | 3 | 4 | £1.7.6 | £0.2.9 | |||||
| 72 | 10 | 49 | 12 | 1 | £12.2.6 | £1.4.3 | ||||
| !0 per cent | £1.4.3 | |||||||||
| Total | £13.6.9 |
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1 Servant at £0.10.0 is £0.10.0
12 Servants at £0.5.0 each is £3.0.0
49 Servants at £0.2.6 each is £6.2.6
10 Servants at £0.5.0 each is £2.10.0
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72 £12.2.6
10per cent £ 1. 4.3
Total £13.6.9
I David Brodie Surveyor do hereby Certify that upon careful examination of the foregoing [Rates]
and Duties I find they amount in whole to Thirteen Pounds six shillings and nine pence and that
upon the 1st October last I delivered to Mr John Davidson Collector of the said Duties an exact Duplicate
of the above Account duly examined and Compared with the foregoing, which contained my Oath
that Requisitions were left with the several Masters and Mistresses on 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 Brodie Surveyor
Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Female servant tax - Volume 25 - Counties (A-L) (see 'More info' for county details), E326/6/25
Volume 25 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).