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Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Cart tax - Volume 6 - Counties (see 'More info' for county details), E326/7/6

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Kinross County Cart Tax Survey Continued

I James Watson Surveyor aforesaid do hereby Certify that upon
carefull examination of the forgoing Duties I find they amount in
whole to one pound sixteen shillings Str. [Sterling] And that upon the
twenty first day of November Curt. [Current] I delivered to Mr. George
Peat Collector of the said County an exact Dupplecate of the
above Survey which contained my oath that the Severall
persons above named were duly served with Requisitions
& Notices whereby they were to be Charged with the
sums hereby Certified to be due by them
Linlithgow 4 Decemr. [December] -- [signed] James Watsone Surveyor
1788

Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Cart tax - Volume 6 - Counties (see 'More info' for county details), E326/7/6

This volume contains information on the cart tax collected from the counties of Ayrshire, Argyll, Banffshire, Berwickshire, Clackmannanshire, Dunbartonshire, Dumfriesshire, East Lothian, Fife, Forfarshire (Angus), Kincardineshire, Kinross-shire, Kirkcudbrightshire, Lanarkshire, Midlothian (Edinburghshire), Morayshire (Elgin), Peeblesshire, Perthshire, Renfrewshire, Roxburghshire, Selkirkshire, Stirlingshire, West Lothian (Linlithgowshire) and Wigtownshire in 1788-1789.

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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