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Volume contents
- 1 - 1785-1786 , Aberdeen
- 3 - 1785-1786 , Parish Collected
- 5 - 1785-1786 , Argyll
- 7 - 1785-1786 , Ayr
- 24 - 1785-1786 , Parish Index
- 27 - 1785-1786 , Berwickshire
- 35 - 1785-1786 , Parish Index
- 39 - 1785-1786 , Clackmannan
- 41 - 1785-1786 , Parish Index
- 43 - 1785-1786 , Dumbarton
- 45 - 1785-1786 , Parish Index
- 47 - 1785-1786 , Dumfries
- 54 - 1785-1786 , Parish Index
- 57 - 1785-1786 , East Lothian
- 57 - 1785-1786 , Haddington
- 65 - 1785-1786 , Parish Index
- 69 - 1785-1786 , Fife
- 81 - 1785-1786 , Forfar
- 83 - 1785-1786 , Parish Index
- 85 - 1785-1786 , Kincardine
- 87 - 1785-1786 , Parish Index
- 89 - 1785-1786 , Kinross
- 93 - 1785-1786 , Kirkbright
- 97 - 1785-1786 , Lanarkshire
- 136 - 1785-1786 , Parish Index
- 139 - 1785-1786 , Edinburgh
- 154 - 1785-1786 , Parish Index
- 163 - 1785-1786 , Moray
- 165 - 1785-1786 , Peebles
- 169 - 1785-1786 , Perthshire
- 170 - 1785-1786 , Parish Index
- 173 - 1785-1786 , Renfrewshire
- 182 - 1785-1786 , Parish Index
- 187 - 1785-1786 , Roxburgh
- 190 - 1785-1786 , Parish Index
- 193 - 1785-1786 , Selkirk
- 194 - 1785-1786 , Parish Index
- 197 - 1785-1786 , Stirling
- 210 - 1785-1786 , Parish Index
- 213 - 1785-1786 , West Lothian
- 221 - 1785-1786 , Wigtownshire
| Date | Masters/mistresses names | Actual # | 2 wheel carts (2s) | 3-4 wheel wains/wagons (4s) | Duty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £SD [Pounds, Shillings, Pence] | |||||
| Maybole Parish brot [brought] forward | 38 | 38 | £1.18.0 | ||
| John Watt in Balligg | 1 | 1 | £0.1.0 | ||
| Margaret Bell in Burton | 1 | 1 | £0.1.0 | ||
| David Ramsay in Schoolvennal of Maybole | 1 | 1 | £0.1.0 | ||
| Total | 41 | 41 | £2.1.0 |
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[page] 23
I Robert Aiken Surveyor aforesaid do hereby Certify that upon Careful
Examination of the foregoing several Rates and duties I find they Amount
to Thirty One pounds five shillings sterling, And that upon the fourth
day of April I delivered at the Office of Messrs William Logan &
John Montgomery principal Collectors of said Duties And to Mr
Charles Shaw their depute An Exact Duplicate of Acct [Account] duly
Examined and Compared with the foregoing Account which contained
my Oath that notices were left with the several Inhabitants or
at their dwelling houses And that the Rates Annexed to their
respective Names are just and true Charges against them
According to the best of my skill and knowledge.
[signed] Robert Aiken Surveyor
Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Cart tax - Volume 1 - Counties (see 'More info' for county details), E326/7/1
This volume contains information on the cart tax collected from Aberdeenshire, Ayrshire, Argyll, Berwickshire, Clackmannanshire, Dunbartonshire, Dumfriesshire, East Lothian, Fife, Forfarshire (Angus), Kincardineshire, Kinross-shire, Kirkcudbrightshire, Lanarkshire, Midlothian (Edinburghshire), Morayshire, Peeblesshire, Perthshire, Renfrewshire, Roxburghshire, Selkirkshire, Stirlingshire, West Lothian and Wigtownshire in 1785-1786.
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).