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Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Female servant tax - Volume 3 - Burghs (A-F) (see 'More info' for burgh details), E326/6/3

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I Archibald Duff Surveyor aforesaid do hereby certify that upon Careful
examination of the foregoing several rates and duties I find they amount in whole to
Thirteen pounds four shillings and fourpence halfpenny and that upon the
Twentyeth day of March Current I delivered to Mr James Anderson Collector of the said
Duties in the Town of Banff aforesaid an Exact Duplicate of the above Account
duly Examined and Compared with the foregoing which contained my Oath
that Notices were left with the Severall Inhabitants or at their dwelling
houses of the dates annexed to their respective names in order that they might
make a report of the greatest number of Female Servants retained and employ-
ed by them for the period therein mentioned which they did in substance as above
Archibald Duff Surveyor


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Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Female servant tax - Volume 3 - Burghs (A-F) (see 'More info' for burgh details), E326/6/3

Volume 3 contains female servant tax rolls for the following burghs: Aberdeen, 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).

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