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Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Horse tax - Volume 4 - Counties (H-W) (see 'More info' for county details), E326/9/4

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I John Veitch Surveyor aforesaid do hereby Certify that upon
Carefull examination of the foregoing several rates and duties
I find the amount in whole to the Sum of one hundred
and twelve pounds ten shillings Sterling and that upon the
23 December 1786 I transmitted to Robert Blair Collector of the
said Duties for the shire aforesaid an exact Duplicate of
the above account Duly examined and Compared with
the foregoing which Contained my oath that requisitions
were left with the several foregoing Inhabitants or at
their Dwelling Houses with the dates annexed to their
respective names and that the Assessments were made from
the answers sent me and now in my possession
John Veitch Junr [Junior] Surveyor

Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Horse tax - Volume 4 - Counties (H-W) (see 'More info' for county details), E326/9/4

This volume contains information on who paid horse tax in the counties of East Lothian (Haddingtonshire), Inverness-shire, Kincardineshire, Kinross-shire, Kirkcudbrightshire, Lanarkshire, 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 1786 until the 5th of April 1787.

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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