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Description: | This page is from Robert Burns' Excise Survey book. It lists the places he visited as an exciseman and includes his reports and comments upon them. Thornhill, Penpont, Dunscore, Sanquhar and Enterkinfoot are all mentioned.
Burns had to calculate and collect the tax due on a wide range of goods, most notably, silk, tobacco and beer and spirits. For this he received ��50 per year plus ��50 per smuggler arrested and a share in any goods confiscated.
Burns commenced his duties as an Excise Officer in September 1789. Excise was a tax similar to VAT, but collected at the point of manufacture or import, rather than sale. He would often ride over 50 miles a day in the course of his duties. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 | Publisher: | Dumfries & Galloway Council - Nithsdale Museums | Temporal: | 1789-01-01 - 1791-12-31 | Source: | Burns Scotland | Identifier: | From Robert Burns' Excise Survey Book, s | Go to resource |
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