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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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Survey of the Cart Tax in the Burgh of
Annan from the 5th of April 1786 to the 5th of April 1787 by William Currie Surveyor

Proof 5 Carts at 2/ [£0.2.0] Each is £0.10.0

I William Currie Surveyor aforesaid do hereby certify that upon
carefooll examination of the foregoing Sevl. [Several] rates and duties I find
the amount in Whole to ten Shillings Stg. [Sterling] and that upon the
22 Day of dec. [December] 1786 I delivered to Provest Irvin Colltr. [Collector] of the said
Duties for the Burgh aforesaid an exact duplicate of the foregoing
which contained my Oath that notices were Left with the sevl. [several]
Inhabitants or at their dwelling Houses of the date anexed to
their respective names that were to be charged with the Sums
hereby certified to be due from them
[signed] William Currie
John Alves JP [Justice of the Peace]

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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