Volume contents
- 1 - 1797-8 counties , Aberdeenshire
- 13 - 1797-8 counties , Argyll
- 19 - 1797-8 counties , Ayrshire
- 31 - 1797-8 counties , Banffshire
- 35 - 1797-8 counties , Berwickshire
- 53 - 1797-8 counties , Buteshire
- 55 - 1797-8 counties , Caithness
- 57 - 1797-8 counties , Clackmannanshire
- 61 - 1797-8 counties , Cromartyshire
- 63 - 1797-8 counties , Dunbartonshire
- 71 - 1797-8 counties , Dumfriesshire
- 99 - 1797-8 counties , East Lothian
- 107 - 1797-8 counties , Fife
- 135 - 1797-8 counties , Angus
- 157 - 1797-8 counties , Inverness-shire
- 161 - 1797-8 counties , Kincardineshire
- 167 - 1797-8 counties , Kinross-shire
- 171 - 1797-8 counties , Kirkcudbrightshire
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386 Horses @ 10/ [£0.10.0] £193.0.0
13 Horses @ 15/ [£0.15.0] £9.15.0
40 Horses @ 17/6 [£0.17.6] £35.0.0
£237.15.0
10 p [per] Cent £23.15.6
Addl. [Additional] Duty per 36 G. [George] 3d £237.15.0
Total £499.5.6
I William Laidlaw Surveyor aforesaid hereby certify that upon careful
examination I find the foregoing duties amount to the Sum of
Four hundred and ninety nine pounds five Shillings & Sixpenece
Sterling and that I delivered to the Collector of said duties an
exact duplicate hereof which contained an oath that the
persons before named were duly served with requisitions and
that they are charged agreeably to their returns or according
to my knowledge and belief that they were liable
in Said duties William Laidlaw
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).