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Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Horse tax - Volume 20 - Counties (A-K) (see 'More info' for county details), E326/9/20

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I George Stevenson Interim Surveyor Appointed by the Honble [Honourable]
Barons of Exchequer the first of December last Maketh oath
that a Just and true duplicate of the above was delivered to
John Durno Collector upon the Tenth of January 1798 Amounting
to Two hundred and sixty pounds thirteen Shillings
George Stevenson Interim Surveyor

Edinr. [Edinburgh] 29th January 1792

Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Horse tax - Volume 20 - Counties (A-K) (see 'More info' for county details), E326/9/20

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, and Kinross-shire, between the 5th of April 1791 until the 5th of April 1792.

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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