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Volume contents
- 1 - 1788-9 counties , Aberdeenshire
- 17 - 1788-9 counties , Argyll
- 27 - 1788-9 counties , Ayrshire
- 47 - 1788-9 counties , Banffshire
- 51 - 1788-9 counties , Berwickshire
- 67 - 1788-9 counties , Buteshire
- 69 - 1788-9 counties , Caithness
- 71 - 1788-9 counties , Clackmannanshire
- 75 - 1788-9 counties , Cromartyshire
- 77 - 1788-9 counties , Dumbartonshire
- 89 - 1788-9 counties , Dumfriesshire
- 103 - 1788-9 counties , East Lothian
- 145 - 1788-9 counties , Angus
- 157 - 1788-9 counties , Inverness-shire
- 161 - 1788-9 counties , Kincardineshire
- 165 - 1788-9 counties , Kinross-shire
- 169 - 1788-9 counties , Kirkcudbrightshire
| Date | Masters/mistresses names and designations | Actual # | Carriage horses <br>(10s each) | Saddle horses <br>(10s each) | Duty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 Aug 1788 | Cliesh Parish | ||||
| Mr. Alexander Dalling Minister | 1 | 1 | £0.10.0 | ||
| Parishes Collected | |||||
| 1 | Kinross Town | 3 | 3 | £1.10.0 | |
| 2 | Kinross Parish | 6 | 2 | 4 | £3.0.0 |
| 3 | Orwell Parish | 5 | 5 | £2.10.0 | |
| 4 | Portmoak Parish | 4 | 2 | 2 | £2.0.0 |
| 5 | Cliesh Parish | 1 | 1 | £0.10.0 | |
| Totall | 19 | 4 | 15 | £9.10.0 |
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Kinross County Carriage and Horse Tax. Survey Continued
Proof
4 Carriage Horses at £0.10.0 Each is £2.0.0
15 Saddle Horses at £0.10.0 Each is £7.10.0
19. £9.10.0
I James Watsone Surveyor aforesaid Do hereby Certify that upon
careful examination of the forgoing Duties I find they amount in
whole to the sum of Nine pound 10/ [£0.10.0] Str. [Sterling] And that upon the twenty fourth
of November last I delivered to Mr. George Peat Collector of the said
County an exact Dupplicate of the above Survey which contained
my oath the Severall persons before named were duly Served with
Requisitions & Notices whereby they were to be charged with
the Sums hereby Certified to be due by them
James Watsone Surveyor
Linlithgow 4th Decemr. [December]
1788
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).