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Volume contents
- 1 - 1785-86 , Aberdeen burgh
- 25 - 1785-86 , Arbroath burgh
- 29 - 1785-86 , Ayr burgh
- 33 - 1785-86 , Banff burgh
- 37 - 1785-86 , Brechin burgh
- 39 - 1785-86 , Burntisland burgh
- 41 - 1785-86 , Campbeltown burgh
- 43 - 1785-86 , Crail burgh
- 45 - 1785-86 , Cullen burgh
- 49 - 1785-86 , Culross burgh
- 51 - 1785-86 , Cupar burgh
- 53 - 1785-86 , Dingwall burgh
- 55 - 1785-86 , Dumbarton burgh
- 57 - 1785-86 , Dumfries burgh
- 61 - 1785-86 , Dunbar burgh
- 65 - 1785-86 , Dundee burgh (1784-85)
- 71 - 1785-86 , Dunfermline burgh
- 73 - 1785-86 , Dysart burgh
- 75 - 1785-86 , Edinburgh burgh
- 121 - 1785-86 , Elgin burgh
- 125 - 1785-86 , Forfar burgh
- 127 - 1785-86 , Forres burgh
- 131 - 1785-86 , Fortrose burgh
| Date | Masters/mistresses names and designations | Servants names | Number of servants | Bachelor servants | One servant | Two servants | Three or more servants | Duty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1785 | Doctor Burnurd Burn | House Servt [Servant] | 1 | 1 | £0.1.10½ | |||
| Dec 1785 | Mr Murdoch McKenzie Mercht [Merchant] | Hellen Munro | 1 | 1 | £0.1.10½ | |||
| Mrs McKenzie Schoolmsts. [Schoolmistress] | Isobel Loban | 1 | 1 | £0.1.10½ | ||||
| Mr Petter Hay Mercht. [Merchant] | House maids | 2 | 2 | £0.7.6 | ||||
| Mr Daniel Rose Minr. [Minister] B. [Batchelor] | Isobel Mackay | 1 | 1 | £0.3.9 | ||||
| 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | £0.16.10½ |
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[Page] 53
DINGWALL
A Survey of the Rates & Duties on Female Servants Arisen in the Burgh of Dingwall
from 5th July 1785 to 5th April 1786. By Hugh MacFarquahar Surveyor
Prooff
1 Batchelor Servt [Servant] @ 3/9 is £0.3.9
3 Servants @ 1/10½ [£0.1.10½] is £0.5.7½
2 Servants @ 3/9 [£0.3.9] is £0.7.6
£0.16.10½ Total
I Hugh MacFarquhar Surveyor aforesaid hereby certify that upon carefull examination
of the foregoing Rates & Duties I find they Amount in Whole to Sixteen Shillings & tenpence
half pennie, And that upon the eleventh day of this current Month of Febry [February] I delivered
to Roderrik Morrison Collector of said Duties for the Burgh aforesaid, an exact Duplicate
of the above Acct [Account] duly examined and compared with the foregoing, which contained my Oath
that the above list contains the number of Servants returned to me by the aforesaid masters
and mistresses and that are kept as imployed by them according to the best of my knowledge
or information
H. MacFarquhar
Tain 14 Febry [February] 1786
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).