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

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9 Carts at £0.2.0 Each £0.18.0 £0.1.9.6

I Charles Robb Assessor aforesaed do hereby certify that upon careful Examination
of the foregoing dutties I find they Amount in whole to Eighteen Shillings Stg. [Sterling] and the ten
per Cent duty to One Shilling and Nine pence Six tenths Sterlling and that upon the
Eight day November I delivered to Andrew Hutchison Collector of the said duties
for the Burgh aforesaed an Exact duplicate of the above Account duly Examined
and compared with the foregoing which contained My Oath that Notices 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 procure of the Carr: [Carriage] or Saddle horses of those whose lists is deficient neglected or
refused to give in alist there of in terms of the Nottices left with them as aforesaid
Charles Robb Assessor

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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