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Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Cart tax - Volume 3 - Burghs (see 'More info' for burgh details), E326/7/3

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Cart Tax
In the Royalty of Lauder From 5th April 1786 to 5th April 1787 by Henry Watson Surveyor

Proof 6 Carts @ 2/ [£0.2.0] -- £0.12.0

I Henry Watson Surveyor Aforsaid do hereby Certify That upon
carefull Examination of the forgoing several Rates and Duty's
I find They Amount to the Sum of Twelve Shillings Sterling
and that upon the [--] I deliverd to Robert
Romanis Collector of the said Duty's for the Royalty of
Lauder an exact duplicate of the forgoing Acct. [Account] duely Examined
and Compared with the forgoing and which Contained my
Oath that the Persons therein mentioned are charged the Sums
sett against their respective Names According to the answers
made to my Requisitions or according to my knowledge and
beleif that They are lyable to the said Duty's
[signed]Henry Watson Surveyor

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Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Cart tax - Volume 3 - Burghs (see 'More info' for burgh details), E326/7/3

This volume contains information on the cart tax collected from the burghs of Aberdeen, Arbroath, Annan, Ayr, Banff, Berrie, Brechin, Campbeltown, Culross, Dunbarton, Dumfries, Dunbar, Dundee, Edinburgh, Elgin, Forres, Forfar, Glasgow, Haddington, Inverness, Inverary, Irvine, Jedburgh, Kirkcudbright, Lanark, Lauder, Linlithgow, Montrose, Nairn, North Berwick, Perth, Peebles, Queensferry, Renfrew, Rutherglen, Selkirk, Stirling, and Sanquhar in 1786-1787.

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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