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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
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brought Over | 303 | 163 | 25 | 87 | 28 | £204.7.6 | £20.8.9 | |
| Arngask Parish | 1 | 1 | £0.10.0 | £0.1.0 | ||||
| Dunbarnie Parish | 10 | 8 | 2 | £5.10.0 | £0.11.0 | |||
| Perth Parish | 8 | 7 | 1 | £4.5.0 | £0.8.6 | |||
| Forgain Parish | 7 | 2 | 5 | £5.7.6 | £0.10.9 | |||
| Kinnoul Parish | 6 | 6 | £3.0.0 | £0.6.0 | ||||
| 335 | 187 | 28 | 92 | 28 | £223.0.0 | £22.6.0 | ||
| £223.0.0 | ||||||||
| Prooff | ||||||||
| 187 at 10/- [£0.10.0] | £93.10.0 | |||||||
| 28 at 15/- [£0.15.0] | £21.0.0 | |||||||
| 92 at 17/6 [£0.17.6] | £80.10.0 | |||||||
| £223.0.0 | ||||||||
| 28 at £1 [£1.0.0] | £28.0.0 | |||||||
| £223.0.0 at 10 P [per] Ct [Cent] | £22.6.0 | |||||||
| £245.6.0 | £245.6.0 |
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[Page] 98 [Perthshire]
Carriage and Saddle Horse Tax
Perth 11 November 1794 I Laurence Buchan Surveyor aforesaid
do hereby certify That upon careful Examination of the foregoing Several Rates and
Duties I find they Amount in Whole to Two hundred and Forty [five]
pounds Six Shillings stg [Sterling] this date I delivered to James Maxton Esqr [Collector]
of the said duties for the Shire aforesaid an exact Duplicate of the Above [Account]
duly examined and compared with the foregoing Notes were left with the
several Inhabitants or at their dwelling houses to which requisitions for
the most part were made
Laurence Buchan Surveyor
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).