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Volume contents
- 1 - 1787-8 counties , Aberdeenshire
- 15 - 1787-8 counties , Argyll
- 23 - 1787-8 counties , Ayrshire
- 43 - 1787-8 counties , Banffshire
- 47 - 1787-8 counties , Berwickshire
- 63 - 1787-8 counties , Caithness
- 69 - 1787-8 counties , Clackmannanshire
- 73 - 1787-8 counties , Cromartyshire
- 75 - 1787-8 counties , Dumbartonshire
- 81 - 1787-8 counties , Dumfriesshire
- 95 - 1787-8 counties , East Lothian
- 107 - 1787-8 counties , Fife
- 127 - 1787-8 counties , Angus
- 139 - 1787-8 counties , Inverness-shire
- 143 - 1787-8 counties , Kincardinshire
- 147 - 1787-8 counties , Kinross-shire
- 151 - 1787-8 counties , Kirkcudbrightshire
| Date | Masters/mistresses names and designations | Actual # | Carriage horses <br>(10s each) | Saddle horses <br>(10s each) | Duty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Within the County Parishes of Bute Shire | |||||
| 1787 | Island of Bute | ||||
| 11 Oct 1787 | William McLeod Ballantine of Kaimes Esq. | 2 | 2 | £1.0.0 | |
| Peter May Esquire Mount Stewart | 1 | 1 | £0.10.0 | ||
| Total | 3 | 3 | £1.10.0 |
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BUTE 6 [Page] 61
Carriage and Horse Tax.
5th April 1787 to 5th April 1788 by Robert Aiken Surveyor.
I Robert Aikin Surveyor aforesaid, Do hereby Certify, That upon
careful Examination of the foregoing Rates and Dates I find they
Amount in whole to One pound ten shillings sterling: And that
upon the twenty sixth day of January current I caused to be
delivered to Alexander May Esquire Collector of said Duties
an Exact duplicate of and duly Examined and Compared
with the foregoing Account which contained my Oath. That Notifications
were delivered or Left of the above date, And that the
Rates charged in said account were just and true to the best of
my skill and knowledge; and to the best of my belief no person
liable to be charged was omitted, and I am now possessed of the
said Alexander May's Letter of the above date acknowledging
the Receipt of said duplicate.
Robert Aiken Surveyor
Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Horse tax - Volume 6 - Counties (A-K) (see 'More info' for county details), E326/9/6
This volume contains information on who paid horse tax in the counties of Aberdeenshire, Argyll, Ayrshire, Banffshire, Berwickshire, Bute, Caithness, Clackmannanshire, Cromartyshire, Dunbartonshire, Dumfriesshire, Haddingtonshire (East Lothian), Fife, Forfarshire (Angus), Inverness-shire, Kincardineshire, Kinross-shire, and Kirkcudbrightshire, between the 5th of April 1787 until the 5th of April 1788.
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).