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Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Carriage tax - Volume 4 - Burghs (see 'More info' for burgh details), E326/8/4

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Survey of the [Wheel Carriage Tax] in the Burgh of
Annan from the 5th of April 1786 to 5th April 1787 by William Currie Surveyor

Proof 1 Four Wheel Carriage at £7.0.0 is £7.0.0

I William Currie Surveyor aforesaid do hereby certify that upon
carefull examinations of the foregoing sevl[several] rates and duties I find
the amount in whole to Seven pounds and that upon the 22
day of dec [december] 1786 I delivered to Provt [Provost] Irven Collr [Collector] of the said duties for
the Burgh aforesaid an exact duplicate of the foregoing which
contained my Oath that notices were left with the sevl[several]
Inhabitants or at their dwelling Houses of the date anexed to their
respectives names that were to be charged with the sums hereby
certified to be due from them
William Currie
John Alves J.P. [Justice of the Peace]

Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Carriage tax - Volume 4 - Burghs (see 'More info' for burgh details), E326/8/4

This volume contains information about carriage tax paid in the burghs of Aberdeen, Annan, Anstruther Easter, Anstruther Wester, Arbroath (Aberbrothock), Ayr, Banff, Brechin, Burntisland, Campbeltown, Crail, Cullen, Culross, Cupar, Dingwall, Dumbarton, Dumfries, Dunbar, Dundee, Dunfermline, Dysart, Edinburgh, Elgin, Forfar, Forres, Fortrose and Rosemarkie, Glasgow, Haddington, Inveraray, Inverbervie (Bervie), Inverkeithing, Inverness, Irvine, Jedburgh, Kilrenny, Kinghorn, Kirkcaldy, Kirkcudbright, Kirkwall, Lanark, Lauder, Linlithgow, Lochmaben, Montrose, Nairn, New Galloway, North Berwick, Peebles, Perth, Pittenweem, Queensferry (South Queensferry), Renfrew, Rothesay, Rutherglen, St. Andrews, Sanquhar, Selkirk, Stirling, Stranraer, Tain, Whithorn, and Wigtown, in 1786-1787.

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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