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Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Horse tax - Volume 11 - Burghs (see 'More info' for burgh details), E326/9/11

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LAUDER 37 [Page] 113
Survey of the Carriage and Horse Tax in the [Burgh of]
Lauder from 5 April 1788 to 5 April 1789 by William Johnstone.

I William Johnstone Surveyor do hereby Certify that upon carefull examination [I find the]
foregoing duties amount to Two pounds ten shillings Sterling and that upon the [...... I]
delivered to Robert Romaines Collector of said duties an exact duplicate of [the above duly examined]
and Compared which contained my Oath That the proceeding Inhabitants were [served with Requsitions]
And that they were charged in conformity to their several returns Or according to my [Knowledge and]
belief that they were liable in said duties. William Johnstone Surveyor.

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Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Horse tax - Volume 11 - Burghs (see 'More info' for burgh details), E326/9/11

This volume contains information on who paid horse tax in the Scottish burghs of Aberdeen, Annan, Anstruther Easter, Arbroath (Aberdrothock), Ayr, Banff, Brechin, Burntisland, Campbeltown, Cullen, Culross, Cupar, Dingwall, Dumbarton, Dumfries, Dunbar, Dundee, Dunfermline, Dysart, Edinburgh, Elgin, Forfar, Forres, Fortrose and Rosemarkie, Glasgow, Haddington, Inverary, Inverkeithing, Irvine, Jedburgh, Kilrenny, Kinghorn, Kirkcaldy, Kirkcudbright, Kirkwall, Lanark, Lauder, Linlithgow, Lochmaben, Montrose, North Berwick, Peebles, Perth, Pittenweem, Queensferry (South Queensferry), Renfrew, Rothesay, Rutherglen, St Andrews, Sanquhar, Selkirk, Stirling, and Stranraer, between the 5th of April 1787 until the 5th of April 1788.

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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