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Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Horse tax - Volume 22 - Burghs (see 'More info' for burgh details), E326/9/22

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Survey in the Burgh of Dysart from 5th day of April 1790 to 5th day of
April 1791 by Charles Robb Assessor

Prooff
6 Horses at £.. 10/ [£0.10.0] Each pr [per] Annum £3.0.0 ... £0.6.0

I Charles Robb Assessor aforsaid do here by Certifie that upon Care
-full Examination of the foresaid duties I find the amount in whole to
three poun ten Starling and the ten per sent Duty to six shillings starling
and that upon the Eight Day November I Dilivered to Sime
Collector of the said Duties for the Burgh aforesaid an Exact duplicat
of the Above Account Duley Examined and compared with the foregoing
which Contained My Oath that Notices were Left with the severall
persons before named or at their dwelling houses of the Dates anexed
to there respective names requiring them within fourteen Days to give
in alist of there Carriages or Saddle horses retained or Employed by
them from the 5 Day of April 1790 to the 5 of April 1791 and
that the said Account or Survey is Made out from the list returned
to me and from the best information I Could procure of the Carr [Carriage] or
Saddle horses of those whous Lists are deficant neglected or refused to
Give in a list thes in terms of the Nottices Left with them as afore said

Charles Robb Assessor

Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Horse tax - Volume 22 - Burghs (see 'More info' for burgh details), E326/9/22

This volume contains information on who paid horse tax in the Scottish burghs of Aberdeen, Annan, Anstruther Easter, Arbroath (Aberbrothock), Ayr, Banff, Brechin, Campbeltown, Cullen, Culross, Dingwall, Dumbarton, Dumfries, Dunbar, Dundee, 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, Selkirk, Stirling, Stranraer, Tain, Whithorn, and Wigtown, 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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