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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 and Horse Tax. in the Burgh of
Sanquhar from the 5th of April 1787 to the 5th April 1788 by William Currie Surveyor

Proof 4 Horses at £0.10.0 is £2.0.0

I William Currie Surveyor aforesaid hereby Certify that upon
carefull Examination of the foregoing several rates and duties I
find the Amount in Whole to four Shillings and two pence Sterl. [Sterling]
and that upon the 21 day of Novr. [November] 1787 I delivered to Mr. William Whigan
Collr. [Collector] for the said duties of the Burgh aforesaid an exact duplicate
of the foregoing which contained my Oath that notices were Left with
the several Inhabitants or a their dwelling houses of the date
anexed to their respective Names that was to be Charged with the
sums hereby Certified to be due from them
William Currie

Transcriber's notes

The duties collected total and proof total are 4 horses for £2.0.0, the amount in whole in Surveyor Statement is only four shillings and two pence.

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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