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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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[Page] 55

I John Maughan Surveyor aforesaid do hereby Certify that
upon carefull Examination of the aforegoing Rates and Duties I
find they Amount in the whole to Eighty Three Pounds Fifteen
lling [Shilling] Sterling and that upon the Thirtieth of March Seventeen Hundred
and Eighty Six I delivered to Mr George McQueen Collector of
the said Duties for the City of Edinr [Edinburgh] an Exact Duplicate of
the aforegoing Accompt duly examined & compared which
contained my oath that notices were left with the several
Inhabitants or at their Dwelling Houses of the dates annexed
to their respective names
[signed] John Maughan

Transcriber's notes

The surveyor has shown location in the date column. These are transcribed here, before the taxpayers names.
Some text has been lost in the centre fold of the volume.

The certification paragraph between the lists of figures has been transcribed under "other information"

Mr Gonan and Mr Hamilton each have three horses for hire. It is not specified whether they are carriage or saddle horses.

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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