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Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Horse tax - Volume 8 - Burghs (see 'More info' for burgh details), E326/9/8

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Carriage and Horse Tax
From 5th. April 1787 to 5th April 1788 By Robert Aiken Surveyor

I Robert Aiken Surveyor aforesaid, Do hereby Certify, That upon Careful
Examination of the foregoing Rates and Duties, I find they Amount in
whole to one pounds Sterling; And that upon the twenty sixth day of January
Current I caused to be delivered to John Blair Esquire Collector of said
Duties for said Burgh, 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 dates foresaid, 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 John Blair
Letter of the above date, acknowledging the Receipt of said duplicate.

Robert Aiken Surveyor

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Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Horse tax - Volume 8 - Burghs (see 'More info' for burgh details), E326/9/8

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

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