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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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A Survey of the Dutie on Carriage & Sadle Horse in
the Town of Culross from 5th Apr. [April] 1787 to 5th Apr. [April] 1788 by Laurence Buchan Surveyor

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3 at £0.10.0 £1.10.0

Perth 29 January 1788 I Laurence Buchan
Surveyor aforesaid do hereby certify That upon careful Examination
of the foregoing Several Rates and Duties I find they Amount
in Whole to One pound Ten Shillings St. [Sterling] and this date
I sent by the Carrier to Mr David Ireland Toun Clark
of the Toune of Culross, an Exact Duplicate of the Above Account
duly Examined and Compared with the foregoing Notes duly
left with the Several Inhabetants or at their dwelling
Houses of the date Anexed to their Names
Laurence Buchan 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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