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Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Horse tax - Volume 3 - Burghs (see 'More info' for burgh details), E326/9/3

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RUTHERGLEN 48

A Survey of the Duties on Carriage & Sadle Horses in the Royal Burgh of Rutherglen
from the 10th of Oct 1785 to the 5th April 1786 by William Mure Surveyor

Proof
6 Carriage & Sadle Horses at £0.10.0 each per year for one half year is £1.10.0
Grand Total £1.10.0

I William Mure Surveyor aforesaid do hereby certify That upon
carefull Examination of the foregoing Rates and Duties I find they
Amount in Whole to One pound Ten shillings Sterling and that
upon the [ ... ] I delivered to David Park, Collector
of the Said Duties for the Burgh aforesaid an exact Duplicate of the Above
Account duly examined and compared with the foregoing which contained
my Oath that Notices was left with Several Inhabitants or at their
Dwelling houses of the Dates annexed to their respective Names that
they were to be charged with the Sums hereby certified to be due from them
by me William Mure Surveyor

Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Horse tax - Volume 3 - Burghs (see 'More info' for burgh details), E326/9/3

This volume contains information on who paid horse tax in the Scottish burghs of Aberdeen, Annan, Anstruther Easter, Arbroath (Aberdrothock), Ayr, Banff, Brechin, Burntisland, Campbeltown, Crail, Cullen, Cupar, Dingwall, Dumbarton, Dumfries, Dunbar, Dundee, Dunfermline, Dysart, Edinburgh, Elgin, Forfar, Forres, Fortrose and Rosemarkie, Glasgow, Haddington, Inverary, Inverkeithing, Irvine, Jedburgh, Kinghorn, Kirkcaldy, Kirkcudbright, Kirkwall, Lanark, Lauder, Linlithgow, Lochmaben, Montrose, Nairn, New Galloway, North Berwick, Peebles, Perth, Pittenweem, Queensferry (South Queensferry), Rothesay, Rutherglen, St Andrews, Sanquhar, Selkirk, Stirling, Stranraer, Tain, and Wigtown, between the 10th of October 1785 until the 5th of April 1786.

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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