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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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A Survey of the Rates and Duties on Carts in The Town of Culross
from 5th April 1787 to 5th April 1788 by Laurence Buchan Surveyor

Proof 4 at £0.2.0 £0.8.0

Perth 29 January 1788 I Laurence Buchan Surveyor
aforesaid do hereby certify that upon careful Examination of the [foregoing]
Duties they amount in Whole to Eight Shillings Str [sterling] and this
I Sent by the Carrier to Mr David Ireland Town Clerk of [the]
Town of Culross an Exact Duplicate of the Above Account duly
Examined and Compared with the foregoing Notes were [left with]
the Several Inhabitants or at their dwelling houses
Laurence Buchan Surv [Surveyor]

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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