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Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Horse tax - Volume 31 - Burghs (see 'More info' for burgh details), E326/9/31

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Survey of the CARRIAGE AND SADDLE HORSE TAX. in the Royalty of
Dysart from 5 April 1797 to 5 April 1798 James Millar Surveyor
[Page] 39

3 Horses p 25 & 29 G. 3 [per 25 and 29 George III.] @10/ [£0.10.0] £1.10.0
3 Horses p 36 G. 3 [per 36 George III.] @10/ [£0.10.0] £1.10.0
10 per Cent £0.3.0
£3.3.0

I James Millar Surveyor aforesaid hereby Certify that upon careful Examination
I find the above Rates & duties amount to Three pounds three shilling, Ster. [Sterling] And
that upon the .... Day of Janry [January] 1798 I delivered to Mr. John Jamieson Collector of
the said Duties an exact Duplicate of this Account which contained my Oath that notices
were left with the above Inhabitants or at their dwelling houses of the date foresaid
and that they were to be charged with the Sums hereby Certified to be due from them
James Millar Surveyor

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Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Horse tax - Volume 31 - Burghs (see 'More info' for burgh details), E326/9/31

This volume contains information on who paid horse tax in the Scottish burghs of Aberdeen, Annan, Anstruther Easter, Arbroath (Aberbrothock), Ayr, Banff, Brechin, Crail, Campbeltown, Cullen, Culross, Cupar, Dingwall, Dumbarton, Dumfries, Dunbar, Dundee, Dunfermline, Dysart, Edinburgh, Elgin, Forfar, Forres, Glasgow, Haddington, Inverary, Inverkeithing, Inverness, Irvine, Jedburgh, Kilrenny, Kinghorn, Kirkcaldy, Kirkcudbright, Lanark, Lauder, Linlithgow, Lochmaben, Montrose, North Berwick, Peebles, Perth, Queensferry (South Queensferry), Renfrew, Rutherglen, St Andrews, Sanquhar, Selkirk, Stirling, Stranraer, Tain, Whithorn, and Wigtown, 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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