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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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Survey of the Carriage and Horse Tax. in the Burgh of Annan
from the 5th of April 1788 to the 5th of April 1789 by William Currie

Proof 6 Horses at 10/ [£0.10.0] Each is £3.0.0

I William Currie aforesaid do hereby Certify that upon Carefull Examination
of the foregoing Several Rates and duties I find they amount in whole to
Three pounds Sterling and that upon the 26 day of dec. [december] 1788 I delivered to
Mr. John Irving Collector for the said duties for the Burgh aforesaid an
Exact duplicate of the forgoing which Containd my Oath that Requisitions
were left with the several Inhabitants or at their dwelling Houses of the
date anexed to their Respective names and that the Above is an exact
duplicate of their Returns made out by them to me or when that faild by the
best Information I Could get
William Currie Surveyor

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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