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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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I James Allan Surveyor aforesaid do hereby Certify that upon carefull
Examination of the foregoing Rates and duties I find they Amount in Whole
to Three pounds Eighteen Shillings Sterg. [Sterling] and upon the 16th Current I delivered
to Mr. William Napier Collector of the Said duties for the Borough aforesaid
an Exact duplicate of the above account duly Examined & Compared with
the foregoing which contained my Oath that Notices were left with the
severall foregoing Inhabitants or at their Dwelling Houses that they were
to be Charged with the Duties Set against their Several Names
[signed] James Allan Surveyor
Alloa 18th December
1786

Linlithgow Town
Survey upon Carts
from 5th April 1786 to 5th
April 1787 by James
Allan Surveyor
37
Edin. [Edinburgh] Copy
Exd. [Examined]

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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