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I James Allan Surveyor aforesaid do hereby Certify That upon carefull
Examination of the foregoing several rates & duties I find that they Amount in Whole to
Three hundred & thirty pounds nine Shillings & nine pence Sterling ; And that upon the []
Current I delivered to Mr. Thomas Wingate in Stirling Collector of the said duty for the
County Aforesaid an Exact duplicate of this Account duly Examined & compared with
the foregoing which contained my Oath that the requisitions were delivered to the several
Inhabitants or left at their dwelling Houses and that returns were made by them or
Charges made to the best of my knowledge and belief as set against their several Names
as is hereby Certified to be due from them
James Allan Surveyor
Alloa 29th. January 1798

Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Horse tax - Volume 30 - Counties (L-W) (see 'More info' for county details), E326/9/30

This volume contains information on who paid horse tax in the counties of Lanarkshire, Midlothian (Edinburghshire), Morayshire (Elgin and Forres), Nairnshire, Orkney, Peeblesshire, Perthshire, Renfrewshire, Ross-shire, Roxburghshire, Selkirkshire, Shetland (lordship of Zetland), Stirlingshire, Sutherland, West Lothian (Linlithgowshire), and Wigtownshire, 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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