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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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[Page] 15 - 6 - BANFF
A Survey of CARRIAGE AND SADDLE HORSE TAX. Arising in
Town of Banff from the 5th April 1792 to the 5th April 1793 by Patrick Mdonald

Prooff 15 Horses at 10/ [£0.10.0] each £7.10.0
5 Horses at 15/ [£0.15.0] each £3.15.0
7 Horses at 17/6 [£0.17.6] each £6.2.6
[Total] £17.7.6
Ten per Cent on £17.7.6 is £1.14.9
Total Amount £19.2.3

Duty on horses £17.7.6
Ten per Cent on £1.14.9
Total Amount £19.2.3

I Patrick Mdonald Sury. [Surveyor] do hereby certify that Upon careful examination of the
forgoing rates and duties I find they Amount in whole to Nineteen pound two Shilling
and three pence and that I dilivirid to James Anderson Collector of the Said duties an
exact duplicate of the Above Acct. [Account] duly examind and compaird which containd
My Oath that Requisitions were left with the Several Inhabitants or at their
Dwelling and the assessment Made Up from the lists And Answers in
My Possession Patrick McDonald Survy [Surveyor]

Amount of the forgoing Survy [Survey] £19.2.3

Sworn before me at Nairn this 24 Nov [November] November 1792
John Ross JP. [Justice of the Peace]

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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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