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Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Cart tax - Volume 5 - Burghs (see 'More info' for burgh details), E326/7/5

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36 Carts with 2 Wheels at £0.2.0 Each per year is £3.12.0
Grand Total £3.12.0

I William Mure Surveyor Aforesaid, do hereby Certify that upon Carefull
Examination of the foregoing Several Rates & Duties, I find they Amount in
Whole to Three Pounds Twelve Shillings and that upon the --
I Delivered to Mr David Park Collector of the said Duties for the Royal [Burgh]
Aforesaid, an Exact Duplicate of the above Account, duely examined and
Compared with the foregoing, which Contained my Oath, that Notices, were [left]
with the Several Inhabitants,or at their Dwelling houses, of the dates [Annexed]
to their Respective names that they were to be Charged with the Sums hereby
Certified to be due from them. by me William Mure Surveyor

Cart Tax
Rutherglen
Ending 5th April 1788
Exd. [Examined]
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Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Cart tax - Volume 5 - Burghs (see 'More info' for burgh details), E326/7/5

This volume contains information on the cart tax collected from the burghs of Aberdeen, Arbroath, Annan, Ayr, Banff, Bervie, Brechin, Campbeltown, Cupar, Dumbarton, Dunfermline, Dysart, Dumfries, Dunbar, Dundee, Edinburgh, Elgin, Forres, Forfar, Glasgow, Haddington, Inverkeithing, Inverness, Inverary, Irvine, Jedburgh, Kirkcudbright, Kirkcaldy, Kilrenny, Kinghorn, Lanark, Lauder, Linlithgow, Montrose, Nairn, North Berwick, Perth, Pittenweem, Peebles, Queensferry, Rothesay, Renfrew, Rutherglen, Selkirk, St Andrews, Stranraer, Stirling, and Sanquhar 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).

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