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Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Horse tax - Volume 1 - Counties (A-K) (see 'More info' for county details), E326/9/1

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I James Allan Surveyor Aforesaid do hereby certify that upon
Carefull Examination of the foregoing several Rates & duties
I find they Amount in the Whole to Forteen pounds five Shillings Sterg [Sterling]
and that upon the 4th Feby [February] last I delivered to Mr John Jameson
Collector of the said duties for the County Aforesaid an exact duplicate
of the Above Acct [Account] duly examined & Compared with the foregoing which
Contained my Oath that Notices were left with the several Inhabitants
or at their Dwelling houses & that they are chargeable with the sums hereby
Certified to be due from them
James Allan Surveyor
Alloa 11th Feby [February] 1786

Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Horse tax - Volume 1 - Counties (A-K) (see 'More info' for county details), E326/9/1

This volume contains information on who paid horse tax in the counties of Aberdeenshire, Argyll, Ayrshire, Banffshire, Berwickshire, Bute, Caithness, Clackmannanshire, Cromartyshire, Dunbartonshire, Dumfriesshire, Haddingtonshire (East Lothian), Fife, Forfarshire (Angus), Inverness-shire, Kincardineshire, Kinross-shire, and Kirkcudbrightshire, between the 10th of October 1785 until the 5th of April 1786.

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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