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Volume contents
- 1 - 1793-5 counties , Kincardineshire
- 9 - 1793-5 counties , Kirkcudbrightshire
- 22 - 1793-5 counties , Lanarkshire
- 61 - 1793-5 counties , Midlothian
- 79 - 1793-5 counties , Moray
- 83 - 1793-5 counties , Nairnshire
- 85 - 1793-5 counties , Peeblesshire
- 91 - 1793-5 counties , Perthshire
- 101 - 1793-5 counties , Renfrewshire
- 113 - 1793-5 counties , Ross-shire
- 115 - 1793-5 counties , Roxburghshire
- 131 - 1793-5 counties , Selkirkshire
- 135 - 1793-5 counties , Shetland
- 137 - 1793-5 counties , Stirlingshire
- 147 - 1793-5 counties , West Lothian
- 155 - 1793-5 counties , Wigtownshire
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[page] 133
Page 3rd. Carriage and Saddle Horse Tax.
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69 Horses at Sh. [Shillings] 10 each is £34.10.0
16 Horses at Sh. [Shillings] 17.6 Each is £14.0.0
£48.10.0
£48.10.0 at Ten per Cent is £4.17.0
Sum Total £53.7.0
I William Brunton Surveyor aforesaid do hereby certify that upon carefull examination I find the above duties amount to the Sum of Fifty three pounds Seven Shillings and that upon the ..... day of .....I delivered to John Scott Collector of these duties for the Shire aforesaid an exact duplicate of the above which Contained my Oath that the preceeding inhabitants were duly served with Requisitions of the dates foresaid desiring them within 14 days to deliver or cause to be delivered to me upon Calling for that purpose an Attested list of all Servants Horses and Carriages used and employed by them from the 5th April 1794 to the 5 of April 1795 as well as an account of what Servants Horses and Carriages they might Use and employ any where Else and that the foregoing Report was made up from their Several Attested lists or Returns to me from the best information I coud procure or from my own certain knowledge of their Respective Establishments.
William Brunton
Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Horse tax - Volume 27 - Counties (K-W) (see 'More info' for county details), E326/9/27
This volume contains information on who paid horse tax in the counties of Kincardineshire, Kinross-shire, Kirkcudbrightshire, Lanarkshire, Midlothian (Edinburghshire), Morayshire (Elgin and Forres), Nairnshire, Orkney, Peeblesshire, Perthshire, Renfrewshire, Ross-shire, Roxburghshire, Selkirkshire, Shetland (lordship of Zetland), Stirlingshire, Sutherland, West Lothian (Linlithgowshire), and Wigtownshire, 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).