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Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Cart tax - Volume 2 - Burghs (see 'More info' for burgh details), E326/7/2

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A Survey of the Duty on Carts in the Town of
Perth from 10th Octr [October] 1785 to 5th April 1786 by Laurence Buchan Surveyor

Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Cart tax - Volume 2 - Burghs (see 'More info' for burgh details), E326/7/2

This volume contains information on the cart tax collected from the burghs of Aberdeen, Arbroath, Annan, Ayr, Brechine, Campbeltown, Culross, Dunbar, Dundee, Forfar, Glasgow, Haddington, Inverary, Irvine, Kirkcudbright, Linlithgow, Lochmaben, Montrose, North Berwick, Peebles, Rutherglen, Sanchor, Selkirk, Stirling, Whithorn, and Wigtown 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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