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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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A Survey of CARRIAGE AND SADDLE HORSE TAX. Arising in the
Town of Forres from the 5th April 1790 to the 5th April 1791 By Patrick Mcdonald Surveyor

Prooff 8 Horses @ £0.10.0 each for a Year is £4.0.0

I Patrick Mcdonald Surveyor aforesaid do hereby Certify that Upon careful
Examination of the forgoing rates And duties I find they Amount to
four pound Sterl [Sterling] And that I delivered to Thomas Eddie Coll. [Collector] of Said duties
in the Town of Forres an exact duplicate of the above Acctt [Account] examind
and Compard which Contain'd My Oath that the Several Inhabitan-
-ts were Served with requisitions and the assessment Made up from the
Lists and Answes in my Possession.
Patrick Mcdonald Survr [Surveyor]
Sworn before me John Grant J.P. [Justice of the Peace]

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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