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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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[I ] William Johnstone Surveyor aforesaid do hereby Certify that upon carefull examination
[I find] the foregoing Duties amount to Seventeen Pounds Sterling And That upon the 29th Oct. [October]
1788 I delivered to John Carfrae Collector of said Duties an exact duplicate of this Account
duely examined & Compared which contained my Oath that the preceeding Inhabitants were duely
served with requisitions And that they were charged in conformity to their several returns or
according to my knowledge & belief that they were liable in said duties.
William Johnstone 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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