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Volume contents
- 1 - 1788-1789 , Argyll
- 2 - 1788-1789 , Parish Index
- 5 - 1788-1789 , Ayr
- 25 - 1788-1789 , Parish Index
- 29 - 1788-1789 , Banff
- 31 - 1788-1789 , Berwick
- 40 - 1788-1789 , Parish Index
- 43 - 1788-1789 , Clackmanan
- 45 - 1788-1789 , Parish Index
- 49 - 1788-1789 , East Kilpatrick
- 52 - 1788-1789 , Bonhill
- 53 - 1788-1789 , Cardross
- 54 - 1788-1789 , West Kilpatrick
- 55 - 1788-1789 , Cumbernauld Parish
- 55 - 1788-1789 , Kirkintilloch
- 59 - 1788-1789 , Dumfries
- 73 - 1788-1789 , Parish Index
- 75 - 1788-1789 , East Lothian
- 83 - 1788-1789 , Parish Index
- 85 - 1788-1789 , Fife
- 97 - 1788-1789 , Forfar
- 99 - 1788-1789 , Parish Index
- 101 - 1788-1789 , Kingkardine
- 105 - 1788-1789 , Kinross
- 106 - 1788-1789 , Parish Index
- 109 - 1788-1789 , Kirkcudbright
- 111 - 1788-1789 , Lanakshire
- 151 - 1788-1789 , Midlothian
- 192 - 1788-1789 , Parish Index
- 195 - 1788-1789 , Elgin
- 198 - 1788-1789 , Peebles
- 203 - 1788-1789 , Perth
- 207 - 1788-1789 , Renfrew
- 233 - 1788-1789 , Parish Index
- 235 - 1788-1789 , Roxburgh
- 239 - 1788-1789 , Selkirk
- 241 - 1788-1789 , Stirling
- 255 - 1788-1789 , Linlithgow
- 260 - 1788-1789 , Parish Index
- 265 - 1788-1789 , Wigtown
| Date | Masters/mistresses names | Actual # | 2 wheel carts (2s) | 3-4 wheel wains/wagons (4s) | Duty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gallashiels Parish | |||||
| 5 Jun 1788 | George Richardson Gallashiels | 1 | 1 | £0.2.0 | |
| William Young Gallashiels | 1 | 1 | £0.2.0 | ||
| Walter Blakie Gallashiels | 1 | 1 | £0.2.0 | ||
| William Dobson Gallashiels | 1 | 1 | £0.2.0 | ||
| John Claperton Gallashiels | 1 | 1 | £0.2.0 | ||
| William Thomson Gallashiels | 1 | 1 | £0.2.0 | ||
| Walter William Gallashiels | 1 | 1 | £0.2.0 | ||
| George Paterson Gallashiels | 1 | 1 | £0.2.0 | ||
| Robert Aimers Gallashiels | 1 | 1 | £0.2.0 | ||
| William Lader Gallashiels | 1 | 1 | £0.2.0 | ||
| Walter Bold Gallashiels | 1 | 1 | £0.2.0 | ||
| Thomas Stenhouse Parkhouse | 1 | 1 | £0.2.0 | ||
| Thomas Ovens Hemphaugh | 1 | 1 | £0.2.0 | ||
| John Stewart Killknow | 1 | 1 | £0.2.0 | ||
| George Rae Gallashiels | 1 | 1 | £0.2.0 | ||
| Thomas Cleghorn Miller in Galashiels | 1 | 1 | £0.2.0 | ||
| 16 | 16 | £1.12.0 |
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[Page] 239
Survey of the CART TAX. in the Shire of Selkirk
from the 5 of April 1787 to the 5 of April 1788 By William Brunton Surveyor
I William Brunton Surveyor aforesaid do hereby Certify That upon carefull
examination of the foregoing Taxs I find they Amount in whole to the
Sum of One Pound Twelve Shills. [Shillings] And that upon the fourteenth day of
Octbr. [October] I delivered to John Scott Collector of Said dutys for the Shire aforesaid
a Copy of the above duly compared which Containd my Oath that requisitions
were left with the forgoing persons that they were to be Charged with the
Sums Set against their Several Names
William Brunton Survyr. [Surveyor]
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).