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Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Horse tax - Volume 29 - Counties (A-K) (see 'More info' for county details), E326/9/29

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262 Horses @ £0.10.0 each £131.0.0
18 Horses @ £0.15.0 each £13.10.0
77 Horses @ £0.17.6 each £67.7.6
57 Horses @ £1.0.0 each £57.0.0
£268.17.6
10 pr [per] Cent on £268.17.6
£26.17.9
£295.15.3
addl.[Additional] duty pr
[per] 36 George III £268.17.6
£564.12.9

I John Menzies Surveyor do hereby Certify that upon Carefull examination
of the foregoing Rates and duties I find that they amount in the whole
to the sum of Five hundred and Sixty four pounds Twelve
Shillings and nine pence Sterling and that upon the thirtyith
day of October I delivered to George Donaldson Deputy Collector of these
Taxes an exact duplicate of this account duly examined and Compared
which contained my oath that Requisitions were sent to the foregoing
Inhabitants of the preceeding dates and that they were charged the sums Annexed
to each of their names According to the Answers they made said Requisitions
or according to my knowledge and belief that the were liable in these duties
John Menzies Surveyor.

Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Horse tax - Volume 29 - Counties (A-K) (see 'More info' for county details), E326/9/29

This volume contains information on who paid horse tax in the counties of Aberdeenshire, Argyll, Ayrshire, Banffshire, Berwickshire, Bute, Caithness, Clackmannanshire, Cromartyshire, Dunbartonshire, Dumfriesshire, Haddingtonshire (East Lothian), Fife, Forfarshire (Angus), Inverness-shire, Kincardineshire, Kinross-shire, and Kirkcudbrightshire, between the 5th of April 1797 until the 5th of April 1798.

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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