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Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Cart tax - Volume 9 - Burghs (see 'More info' for burgh details), E326/7/9

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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 Two pounds Sixteen Shillings Sterling, and upon the
-- I delivered to James Waggateshaw Collector of the [said]
duties for the Burgh aforesaid, an exact Duplicate of the above account [duly]
Examined & 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 thair respective names that they were to be
Charged with the Sums hereby Certified to be due from them
William Mure

Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Cart tax - Volume 9 - Burghs (see 'More info' for burgh details), E326/7/9

This volume contains information on the cart tax collected from the burghs of Aberdeen, Arbroath, Annan, Ayr, Anstruther, Banff, Bervie, Brechin, Crail, Culross, Campbeltown, Cupar, Dumbarton, Dunbar, Dunfermline, Dumfries, Dundee, Edinburgh, Elgin, Forres, Forfar, Glasgow, Haddington, Inverkeithing, Inverness, Inverary, Irvine, Jedburgh, Kirkcudbright, Kirkcaldy, Kilrenny, Kinghorn, Lanark, Lauder, Linlithgow, Lochmaben, Montrose, Nairn, New Galloway, North Berwick, Perth, Pittenweem, Peebles, Queensferry, Rothesay, Renfrew, Rutherglen, Sanquhar, Selkirk, St Andrews, Stranraer, and Stirling in 1789-1790.

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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