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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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Survey of the Carriage & Horse Tax in the Royal Burgh of Rutherglen for the
Year from the 5th of April 1787 to the 5th of April 1788 by William Mure Surveyor

Prooff
2 Carriage Horses at £0.10.0 Each is £1.0.0
7 Saddle Horses at £0.10.0 Each is £3.10.0
Grand Total £4.10.0

I William Mure Surveyor Aforesaid, do hereby certify that upon carefull
Examination of the foregoing Several Rates & Duties, I find the Amount
in Whole, to Four Pounds Ten Shillings and That upon the
................... I delivered to Mr David Park Collector of the said Duties
for the Royal Burgh Aforesaid, an Exact Duplicate of the above
Account, Duely Examined & compared with the foregoing, which
contained my Oath that Notices were left with the Several Inhabitants,
or at their Dwelling houses, of the dates Annexed to their Respective names
that they were to be Charged with the Sums herby Certified to be due from
them
by me William Mure Surveyor

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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