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Volume contents
- 1 - 1793-5 counties , Aberdeenshire
- 17 - 1793-5 counties , Argyll
- 23 - 1793-5 counties , Ayrshire
- 45 - 1793-5 counties , Banffshire
- 49 - 1793-5 counties , Berwickshire
- 65 - 1793-5 counties , Buteshire
- 67 - 1793-5 counties , Caithness
- 69 - 1793-5 counties , Clackmannanshire
- 73 - 1793-5 counties , Cromartyshire
- 75 - 1793-5 counties , Dumbartonshire
- 83 - 1793-5 counties , Dumfriesshire
- 101 - 1793-5 counties , East Lothian
- 111 - 1793-5 counties , Fife
- 143 - 1793-5 counties , Angus
- 159 - 1793-5 counties , Inverness-shire
- 163 - 1793-5 counties , Inverness-shire
| Date | Masters/mistresses names and designations | Actual # | 1 horse (10s) | 2 horses | 3-5 horses | 6 or more horses | Duty | 10% per 31 George III |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country part of Rothsay | ||||||||
| 9 [--] 1794 | William McLeod Bannatyne Esqre. Kaims | 2 | 2 | £1.5.0 | £0.2.6 | |||
| 2 | 2 | £1.5.0 | £0.2.6 |
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[Page] 65
6 BUTE
Survey of the Rates & Duties upon Carriages & Saddle Horses within the Shire of
Bute from 5th April 1794 to 5th April 1795 By Robert Aiken Surveyor
Proof
1 horse @ 10/ [£0.10.0] is £0.10.0
1 horse @ 15/ [£0.15.0] is £0.15.0
[Total] £1.5.0
10 P [Per] Cent thereon -- £0.2.6
Total by Proof -- £1.7.6
I Robert Aiken Surveyor Aforesaid Do hereby Certify
that upon Carefull Examination of the foregoing Rates
and Duties I find they amount to one pound five
Shillings Stg [Sterling] which with the ten per Cent duty
thereon being two shillings and sixpence Stg [Sterling]
makes them in whole amount to One pound
Seven Shillings & sixpence str [Sterling] And that upon
the fourth day of Oct [October] last I deliverd to
Alexander May Esq Collector of said duteis
for said County at his office an exact
Duplicate of And duely Examined & Compared
with the foregoing Account which Contained
my Oath That Notifications were Delivered or
left of the dates foresaid And that the Rates
& Duties Charged in said Account were just
and true to the best of my Skill & knowledge
And to the best of my belief no person liable to
be Charged was omitted
[signed] Robert Aiken
Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Horse tax - Volume 26 - Counties (A-I) (see 'More info' for county details), E326/9/26
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), and Inverness-shire, between the 5th of April 1793 until the 5th of April 1795.
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).