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Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Horse tax - Volume 9 - Counties (A-K) (see 'More info' for county details), E326/9/9

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I John Rose Surveyor aforesaid do hereby Certify that upon
carefull Examination of the foregoing Rates & Duties they Amount to
Sixty Seven pounds Sterling, And that upon the Eight day of
December last I deliverd an Exact Duplicate of the Same to Mr
William Fraser Collector of the said Duties for the Shire
Above as Attested by me. John Rose Survr. [Surveyor]

Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Horse tax - Volume 9 - Counties (A-K) (see 'More info' for county details), E326/9/9

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 1788 until the 5th of April 1789.

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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