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Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Cart tax - Volume 13 - Burghs (see 'More info' for burgh details), E326/7/13

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A Survey in the Burgh of Pittenweem from 5th day of April 1790 to
the 5th day of April 1791 By Charles Robb Assessor

Proof 12 Carts at £0.2.0 . £1.4.0 . £0.2.4.8

I Charles Robb Assessor aforesaid do hereby certify that upon careful Examination
of the foregoing duties I find they Amount in whole to One pound Four Shillings
Sterlling and the ten per Cent duty to Two Shillings and four pence Eight tents
and that upon the Second day November I delivered to John Byne Collector of the
said duties for the Burgh aforesaed an Exact duplicat of the Above Account
duly Examined and compared with the foregoing which contained My Oath that
Nottices were left with the Several persons befor named or at their dwelling houses
of the dates Annexed to their Respective Names requiring them within fourteen
dayes to give in a list of their Carriage or Saddle horses Retained or employed
by them from the 5 day of April 1790 to the 5 day of April 1791 and that the said
account or Survey is Made Out from the list returned to me and from the
best information I could prouere of the Carr. [Carriage] or Saddle horses of those whose
lists ar deficcaent Neglected or refused to give in a list there in terms of the
Nottices left with aforesaed
Charles Robb Assessor

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Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Cart tax - Volume 13 - Burghs (see 'More info' for burgh details), E326/7/13

This volume contains information on the cart tax collected from the burghs of Aberdeen, Arbroath, Ayr, Anstruther, Banff, Burntisland, Brechin, Crail, Campbeltown, Cupar, Dumbarton, Dunbar, Dunfermline, Dundee, Dysart, Edinburgh, Elgin, Forfar, Forres, Glasgow, Haddington, Inverkeithing, Inverness, Inverbervie, Inverary, Irvine, Jedburgh, Kirkcudbright, Kirkcaldy, Kilrenny, Kinghorn, Lanark, Lauder, Linlithgow, Lochmaben, Montrose, North Berwick, Perth, Pittenweem, Peebles, Queensferry, Rothesay, Renfrew, Rutherglen, Sanquhar, Selkirk, St Andrews, Stranraer, and Stirling in 1791-1792.

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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