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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. Burgh of Kirkcudbright

I David Mcmillan Survr. [Surveyor] aforesaid do hereby Certify That upon careful examination
of the foregoing several Rates and duties I find they amount in whole to the Sum
of Nineteen pounds nineteen Shillings Sterling ; and that upon the [----]
day of January one Thousand Seven Hundred and ninety eight
years. I delivered to David McLellan Wr [Writer] Kirkcudbright Collector of the
said Duties for the Burgh aforesaid an exact Duplicate of the foregoing which
contained my oath that Requisitions or notices were delivered to or left
for the several foregoing Persons or at their dwelling place & the [foregoing]
made out from their returns or my best Information -

David Mcmillan Surveyor

T.O.C [Tax Office Copy]

Survey of the Carriage Saddle
Horse Tax in the Burgh of Kircudt. [Kirkcudbright ]
from the 5th day of April 1797 to
the 5th. day of April 1798
£19.19.0
Exd. GS [Examined General 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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