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Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Horse tax - Volume 25 - Burghs (see 'More info' for burgh details), E326/9/25

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P [Page] 3d Survey of the Royal Burgh of Ayr Continued [Page] 13

Prooff
43 Horses at 10/ [£0.10.0] each is £21.10.0
2 Horses at 15/ [£0.15.0] each is...£1.10.0
5 Horses at £1.0.0 each is .............£5.0.0
.......................................................£28.0.0
10 per cent thereon........................£2.16.0
Total by prooff ................................£30.16.0

I Robert Aiken Surveyor aforesaid do hereby Certify that upon
careful Examination of the foregoing Rates and Duties I find they
amount to Twenty Eight pounds Sterling which with the ten
per cent thereon being Two pounds sixteen shillings sterl. [sterling]
makes them amount in whole to the sum of Thirty pounds sixteen
shillings Sterling and that upon the Thirteenth day of
December currt. [current] I delivered to Mr Thomas McClellan Collector of said
Duties for said Burgh at his office an exact duplicate of and
carefully examined and compared with the foregoing account which
contained my Oath that Notifications were delivered or left of the dates
foresaid and that the Rates and Duties therein charged were just and
true to the best of my skill and knowledge and to the best of my
belief no person liable to be charged was omitted
Rob Aiken

Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Horse tax - Volume 25 - Burghs (see 'More info' for burgh details), E326/9/25

This volume contains information on who paid horse tax in the Scottish burghs of Aberdeen, Annan, Anstruther Easter, Arbroath (Aberdrothock), Ayr, Banff, Brechin, Burntisland, Campbeltown, Crail, Cullen, 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, and Wigtown, between the 5th of April 1792 until the 5th of April 1793.

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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