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Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Horse tax - Volume 28 - Burghs (see 'More info' for burgh details), E326/9/28

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A Survey of the Rates & Duies on Carriage & Saddle horses in the Burgh
of Arbroath from the 5th Aprill 1794 to the 5th. Aprill 1795 By Daniel Ross Surveyor
[Page] 11

I Daniel Ross Surveyor Do hereby Certify that upon Carefull Examination
I find the foregoing Duties Amot. [Amount] to Fife pounds four Shillings & Sixpence
And I Delivered To Mr ....... Coll. [Collector] of the said Duties an Exact
Duplicate of this Accot. [Account] which Contained my oath that the proceeding
Inhabitants were served with notices of the Date aforesaid & that they
were to be Charged with the Duties set Against their Names
from the Best Information I could Procure
At Dundee 4th Nov. [November] 1794 Daniel Ross

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Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Horse tax - Volume 28 - Burghs (see 'More info' for burgh details), E326/9/28

This volume contains information on who paid horse tax in the Scottish burghs of Aberdeen, Annan, Anstruther Easter, Anstruther Wester, Arbroath (Aberbrothock), 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, Rutherglen, St Andrews, Sanquhar, Selkirk, Stirling, Stranraer, Tain, Whithorn, and Wigtown, 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).

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