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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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Linlithgow County CARRIAGE AND SADDLE HORSE TAX. Survey Continued
Proof
142 Horses @ £0.10.0 £71.0.0
10 Horses @ £0.15.0 £7.10.0
23 Horses @ £0.17.6 £20.2.6
45 Horses @ £1.0.0 £45.0.0
£143.12.6
To the 10 P Ct. [Per Cent] thereof £14.7.3
Totall £157.19.9
I James Watson Surveyor aforesaid Do hereby Certify that upon carefull
Examination of the foregoing Rates and Duties I find they amount in
whole to the sum of one hundred and fifty seven pounds Nineteen
shillings and nine pence Ster. [Sterling] And that upon the Fourteenth day
of October current I delivered to Mr James Taylor Collector of the
foresaid County an exact Duplicate of the foregoing Survey which
contained my oath that the several persons beforenamed were
duly served with Requisitions and Notices whereby they were
to be charged with the several Duties hereby Certified to be due
by them. James Watson Surveyor
Linlithgow 25th October 1794
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).