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Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Horse tax - Volume 19 - Burghs (see 'More info' for burgh details), E326/9/19

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I James Allan Surveyor aforesaid, do hereby Certify,
that upon carefull Examination I find the foregoing duties, Amount
to the Sum of Twenty three pounds ten Shillings Sterg [Sterling] and that upon the
11th day of Decemr. [December] I delivered to Mr Thomas Paterson Collector of said
duties and exact duplicate of this Account duly examined and Compared
which contained my Oath that the Preceeding Inhabitants
were duly served with Requisitions, and that they were charged in
Conformity to their several returns now in my Possession, or
according to my knowledge and belief that they were liable in
said duties.
Alloa 13th. Decem. [December] 1790 James Allan Surveyor

Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Horse tax - Volume 19 - Burghs (see 'More info' for burgh details), E326/9/19

This volume contains information on who paid horse tax in the Scottish burghs of Aberdeen, Annan, Anstruther Easter, Anstruther Wester, Arbroath (Aberbrothock), Ayr, Banff, Brechin, Burntisland, Campbeltown, Crail, Cullen, Culross, Cupar, Dingwall, Dumbarton, Dumfries, Dunbar, Dundee, Dunfermline, Dysart, Edinburgh, Elgin, Forfar, Forres, 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, Whithorn, and Wigtown, between the 5th of April 1790 until the 5th of April 1791.

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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