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

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Survey of the CART TAX. in the Royalty of
Dunbar from 5 April 1788 to 5 April 1789 By William Johnstone Surveyor

Proof 18 Carts at £0.2.0 is £1.16.0

I Willam Johnstone Surveyor aforesaid do hereby Certify that upon carefull exami-
nation I find the foregoing Duties amount to One pound Sixteen Shillings Sterling
and that upon the 20 Oct. [October] I delivered to William Kirkwood Collector of these duties an
exact duplicate of this Account duely examined & compared which contained my Oath
that the foregoing Inhabitants were duely served with requisitions And that they were
charged in Conformity to their several Returns Or according to my knowledge & belief
that they were liable in said duties
William Johnstone Surveyor

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

This volume contains information on the cart tax collected from the burghs of Aberdeen, Arbroath, Annan, Ayr, Anstruther, Banff, Bervie, Brechin, Burntisland, Crail, Culross, Campbeltown, Dumbarton, Dunfermline, Dysart, Dumfries, 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, and Stirling 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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