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Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Horse tax - Volume 12 - Counties (A-K) (see 'More info' for county details), E326/9/12

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I William Johnstone Surveyor aforesaid hereby Certify that upon
carefull examination I find the foregoing duties amount to Two hundred
and Eighty one Pounds Sterling And that upon 8 Decemr [December] 1789 I
delivered to David Renton Collector of said duties an exact duplicate
of this Accompt 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 12 - Counties (A-K) (see 'More info' for county details), E326/9/12

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 5th of April 1789 until the 5th of April 1790.

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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