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Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Horse tax - Volume 14 - Burghs (see 'More info' for burgh details), E326/9/14

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Survey of the Carriage and Horse Tax. in the Royalty of
North Berwick from 5 April 1789 to 5 April 1790 by William Johnstone S. [Surveyor]

Proof 5 Carriage Horses at 10/ [£0.10.0] is £2.10.0
4 Saddle Horses at 10/ [£0.10.0] is £2.0.0
[Total] £4.10.0

I William Johnstone Surveyor Aforesaid do hereby Certify That upon carefull ex-
amination I find the foregoing duties amount to the sum of Four Pounds ten
shillings Ster. [Sterling] And that upon the 29 Decem. [December] 1789 I delivered to Henry Watson
Collector of these duties an exact duplicate of this account duely examined
and Compered which contained my Oath that the foregoing Inhabitants were
duely served with requisitions of the above date And that they were charged in
conformity to their several Answers Or according to my knowledge & belief that
they were liable in said duties.
William Johnstone Surveyor

Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Horse tax - Volume 14 - Burghs (see 'More info' for burgh details), E326/9/14

This volume contains information on who paid horse tax in the Scottish burghs of Aberdeen, Annan, Anstruther Easter, Anstruther Wester, 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, Stranraer, Tain, and Wigtown, 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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