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Volume contents
- 1 - 1787-1788 , Aberdeen
- 5 - 1787-1788 , Parish Index
- 7 - 1787-1788 , Argyll
- 9 - 1787-1788 , Ayr
- 30 - 1787-1788 , Parish Index
- 33 - 1787-1788 , Banff
- 37 - 1787-1788 , Berwick
- 44 - 1787-1788 , Parish Index
- 47 - 1787-1788 , Clackmanan
- 51 - 1787-1788 , Dumbarton
- 57 - 1787-1788 , Dumfries
- 67 - 1787-1788 , Parish Index
- 69 - 1787-1788 , East Lothian
- 78 - 1787-1788 , Fife
- 87 - 1787-1788 , Parish Index
- 89 - 1787-1788 , Forfar
- 91 - 1787-1788 , Parish Index
- 93 - 1787-1788 , Kingkardine
- 97 - 1787-1788 , Kinross
- 99 - 1787-1788 , Parish Index
- 101 - 1787-1788 , Lanark
- 149 - 1787-1788 , Edinburgh
- 160 - 1787-1788 , Parish Index
- 163 - 1787-1788 , Edinburgh
- 177 - 1787-1788 , Elgin
- 179 - 1787-1788 , Peebles
- 183 - 1787-1788 , Perth
- 184 - 1787-1788 , Parish Index
- 187 - 1787-1788 , Renfrew
- 205 - 1787-1788 , Roxburgh
- 211 - 1787-1788 , Selkirk
- 213 - 1787-1788 , Stirling
- 226 - 1787-1788 , Parish Index
- 229 - 1787-1788 , Linlithgow
- 239 - 1787-1788 , Wigtoun
| Date | Masters/mistresses names | Actual # | 2 wheel carts (2s) | 3-4 wheel wains/wagons (4s) | Duty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1787 | Parishes Collected | ||||
| 1 | Linlithgow Parish | 20 | 20 | £2.0.0 | |
| 2 | Bor"ness [Borrowstounness] Town & Parish | 41 | 41 | £4.2.0 | |
| 3 | Carridden Parish | 49 | 49 | £4.18.0 | |
| 4 | Abercorn Parish | 4 | 4 | £0.8.0 | |
| 5 | Kirkliston Parish | 7 | 7 | £0.14.0 | |
| 6 | Dalmaney Parish | 4 | 4 | £0.8.0 | |
| 7 | Ecclesmachan Parish | 7 | 7 | £0.14.0 | |
| 8 | Uphall Parish | 5 | 5 | £0.10.0 | |
| 9 | Livingston Parish | 5 | 5 | £0.10.0 | |
| 10 | Bathgate Parish | 19 | 19 | £1.18.0 | |
| 11 | Torphichen Parish | 8 | 8 | £0.16.0 | |
| 12 | Whitburn Parish | 19 | 19 | £1.18.0 | |
| Total | 188 | 188 | £18.16.0 |
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Linlithgow County CART TAX. Survey Continued
I James Watson Surveyor aforesaid Do hereby Certify that upon
carefull examination of the foregoing Duties I find they amount to
in whole to the sum of Eighteen Pounds Sixteen shillings Ster. [Sterling] And
that upon the fifth of October last I delivered to Mr James Taylor
Collector for this County an Exact Duplicate hereof which contained
my oath that the Severall persons beforenamed were duly Served
with Requisitions whereby they were to be Charged with the
Returns made and sums hereby Certified to be due from them
Linlithgow 6th Novemr [November] -- [signed] James Watsone Surveyor
1787
Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Cart tax - Volume 4 - Counties (see 'More info' for county details), E326/7/4
This volume contains information on the cart tax collected from the counties of Aberdeenshire, Ayrshire, Argyll, Banffshire, Berwickshire, Clackmannanshire, Dunbartonshire, Dumfriesshire, East Lothian, Fife, Forfarshire (Angus), Kincardineshire, Kinross-shire, Lanarkshire, Midlothian (Edinburghshire), Morayshire (Elgin), Peeblesshire, Perthshire, Renfrewshire, Roxburghshire, Selkirkshire, Stirlingshire, West Lothian (Linlithgowshire) and Wigtownshire in 1787-1788.
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).