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Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Cart tax - Volume 1 - Counties (see 'More info' for county details), E326/7/1

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I William Hogg Surveyor of Taxes Do Hereby Certify that upon
Carefull Examination of the Foregoing Account of Dutys Arr [Arrisen]
From Carts in the County of Haddington I find the amount to
be Ten Pounds Eighteen shillings. And that upon the 10th December
1785 I Delivered to Mr William Mckie Deputy Collector of said
Dutys in the County aforesaid an Exact Duplicate of the foregoing
duily Examined and Compared, & which Contained my Oath that
From Answers to my Requisitions & the Personal Appearance of the
Different Inhabitants or on Legal Evidence of their Retaining Carts [they]
were Justly Charged with the Duty.
[signed] William Hogg Surveyr [Surveyor]

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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).

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