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Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Female servant tax - Volume 26 - Counties (M-W) (see 'More info' for county details), E326/6/26

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6 at 5/- [£0.5.0] -- £1.10.0
6 at 10/- [£0.10.0] -- £3.0.0
10 at £20/- [£1.0.0] -- £10.0.0
19 at 2/6 [£0.2.6] -- £2.7.6
24 at 5/- [£0.5.0] -- £6.0.0
159 at 10/- [£0.10.0] -- £79.10.0 -- £102.7.6
£102.7.6 at 10 PCt [Percent] -- -- -- £10.4.9
......................................................£112.12.3

Perth 22nd November 1791 I Laurence Buchan Surveyor aforesaid do hereby certify That
upon careful Examination of the several foregoing Rates and Duties I find they amount in whole to
One Hundred and Twelve Pounds Twelve Shillings and Three pence Str [Sterling] and this date
I delivered to James Maxton Esqr Collector of the said Duties for the Shire aforesaid an Exact Duplicate
of the Above Account duly Examined and Compared with the foregoing Requisitions were left with
the several Masters and Mistresses at their dwelling houses of the respective dates and to which most
of them made returns
[Signed] Laurence Buchan Surveyor

Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Female servant tax - Volume 26 - Counties (M-W) (see 'More info' for county details), E326/6/26

Volume 26 contains female servant tax rolls for the following counties: Midlothian, Morayshire, Nairnshire, Orkney, Peeblesshire, Perthshire, Renfrewshire, Ross-shire, Roxburghshire, Selkirkshire, Shetland, Stirlingshire, Sutherland, West Lothian and Wigtownshire.

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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