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Volume contents
- 1 - 1789-1790 , Aberdeen
- 7 - 1789-1790 , Ayr
- 14 - 1789-1790 , Parish Index
- 17 - 1789-1790 , Banff
- 19 - 1789-1790 , Berwickshire
- 21 - 1789-1790 , Parish Index
- 23 - 1789-1790 , Caithness
- 25 - 1789-1790 , Clackmannan
- 29 - 1789-1790 , Cromarty
- 33 - 1789-1790 , Dumbarton
- 39 - 1789-1790 , Dumfries
- 40 - 1789-1790 , Parish Index
- 43 - 1789-1790 , Haddington
- 46 - 1789-1790 , Parish Index
- 49 - 1789-1790 , Fife
- 57 - 1789-1790 , Forfar
- 61 - 1789-1790 , Inverness
- 63 - 1789-1790 , Kincardine
- 65 - 1789-1790 , Kinross
- 67 - 1789-1790 , Kirkcudbright
- 73 - 1789-1790 , Lanark
- 89 - 1789-1790 , Edinburgh
- 105 - 1789-1790 , Morray
- 107 - 1789-1790 , Nairn
- 109 - 1789-1790 , Peebles
- 111 - 1789-1790 , Perth
- 117 - 1789-1790 , Renfrew
- 121 - 1789-1790 , Ross
- 123 - 1789-1790 , Jedburgh
- 127 - 1789-1790 , Selkirk
- 129 - 1789-1790 , Stirling
- 132 - 1789-1790 , Parish Index
- 135 - 1789-1790 , Linlithgow
- 137 - 1789-1790 , Parish Index
- 139 - 1789-1790 , Wigtown
| Date | Masters/mistresses names | Actual # | One carriage | Two carriages | Three or more | Duty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 [Jul] 1789 | The Country Part of Selkirk Parish | |||||
| John Pringle of Hainin | 1 | 1 | £0.15.0 | |||
| Andrew Plumer of Midlestead | 1 | 1 | £0.15.0 | |||
| 2 | 2 | £1.10.0 | ||||
| 18 Jul 1789 | Part of Stow Parish | |||||
| James Pringle of Torwoodlee | 1 | 1 | £0.15.0 | |||
| 19 Jul 1789 | Gallashiels Parish | |||||
| Thomas Ogilvie Gallashiels House | 1 | 1 | £0.15.0 | |||
| 24 Jul 1789 | Part of Roberton Parish | |||||
| John Eliott of Borthwick Brae | 1 | 1 | £0.15.0 | |||
| Parishes Collectted | ||||||
| The Country part of Selkirk Parish | 2 | 2 | £1.10.0 | |||
| Part of Stow Parish | 1 | 1 | £0.15.0 | |||
| Gallashiels Parish | 1 | 1 | £0.15.0 | |||
| Part of Roberton Parish | 1 | 1 | £0.15.0 | |||
| 5 | 5 | £3.15.0 | ||||
| Proof | ||||||
| 5 Carriages @ £0.15.0 Each is | £3.15.0 |
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Survey of the ADDITIONAL WHEEL CARRIAGE TAX in the
Shire of Selkirk from the 5 of July 1789 to the 5 of Aprile 1790 By William Brunton Surveyor
I William Brunton Surveyor aforesaid do herby Certify that upon carefull
examination of the forgoing Tax I find they amount in whole to the Sum of
Three Pound fifteen Shillings and that upon the Thirty day of December
I delivered to John Scott Collector of Said dutys for the Shire aforesaid a Copy of
the Above Tax duly compared which Contained my Oath that Requisitions
were left with the forgoing persons that they were to be charged with the Sums Sett
against their Several Names.
William Brunton
Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Carriage tax - Volume 9 - Counties (see 'More info' for county details), E326/8/9
This volume contains information about carriage tax paid in the counties of Aberdeenshire, Argyll, Ayrshire, Banffshire, Berwickshire, Bute, Caithness, Clackmannanshire, Cromartyshire, Dunbartonshire, Dumfriesshire, East Lothian Haddingtonshire), Fife, Forfarshire (Angus), Inverness-shire, Kincardineshire, Kinross-shire, Kirkcudbrightshire, Lanarkshire, Midlothian (Edinburghshire), Moray (Elgin and Forres), Nairnshire, Orkney, Peebles-shire, Perthshire, Renfrewshire, Ross-shire, Roxburghshire, Selkirkshire, Shetland (lordship of Zetland), Stirlingshire, Sutherland, West Lothian (Linlithgowshire), and Wigtownshire 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).