Volume contents
- 1 - 1788-9 counties , Lanarkshire
- 29 - 1788-9 counties , Midlothian
- 71 - 1788-9 counties , Moray
- 75 - 1788-9 counties , Nairnshire
- 77 - 1788-9 counties , Orkney
- 79 - 1788-9 counties , Peeblesshire
- 85 - 1788-9 counties , Perthshire
- 93 - 1788-9 counties , Renfrewshire
- 109 - 1788-9 counties , Ross-shire
- 113 - 1788-9 counties , Roxburghshire
- 129 - 1788-9 counties , Selkirkshire
- 133 - 1788-9 counties , Stirlingshire
- 145 - 1788-9 counties , Sutherland
- 147 - 1788-9 counties , West Lothian
- 155 - 1788-9 counties , Wigtownshire
| Date | Masters/mistresses names and designations | Actual # | Carriage horses <br>(10s each) | Saddle horses <br>(10s each) | Duty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Jan 1789 | John Gillies Factor over the Estate of Gremsay | 1 | Saddle | £0.10.0 | |
| 10 Feb 1789 | Mr. John Falconer Minister of Stromness & Sandwick | 1 | Saddle | £0.10.0 | |
| Total | 2 | £1.0.0 |
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ORKNEY 5 [Page] 77
Survey Carriage and Saddle Horse Tax. within the Country of
Orkney from 5th. April 1788 to 5th. April 1789 By Alexander Fraser Surveyor
I Alexander Fraser Surveyor aforesaid having Examined the foregoing Survey
Finds the Same amounts to One pound and make the Oath that upon the Eighteenth
day of February Seventeen hundred & Eighty Nine I delivered to Alexander Fraser
Collector of Cess and the Said Tax for the Country aforesaid an exact Duplicate of the fore-
-going Survey duly Compared with the above
Alexander Fraser Surveyor
At Kirkwall 18th February 1789
Sworn Before John Wier J.P. [Justice of the Peace]
Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Horse tax - Volume 10 - Counties (L-W) (see 'More info' for county details), E326/9/10
This volume contains information on who paid horse tax in the counties of Lanarkshire, Midlothian (Edinburghshire), Morayshire (Elgin and Forres), Nairnshire, Orkney, Peeblesshire, Perthshire, Renfrewshire, Ross-shire, Roxburghshire, Selkirkshire, Shetland (lordship of Zetland), Stirlingshire, Sutherland, West Lothian (Linlithgowshire), and Wigtownshire, between the 5th of April 1788 until the 5th of April 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).