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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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I R Maughan Surveyor do hereby certify that upon careful examination of the
[foregoing] Rates and Duties I find they amount in whole to Two Hundred and
[thirty] one Pounds Eleven shillings Sterling and that upon the 28th day of
[February] 1795 I delivered to Messrs George and Daniel McQueen Collectors
[of] said duties an exact duplicate of the foregoing Account duly examined
and Compared which contained my certificate that requisitions were left
with the several Inhabitants or at their dwelling houses of the dates
[annexed] to their respective names
[signed] R Maughan Surveyor

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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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