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    • Title:[Tax bill for C. Johnstone, Paddington, Middlesex, October 4th, 1856]
    • Publication:London : [s.n.], 1856.
    • Physical Description:1 sheet ; 6 x 17 cm
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    • Notes:Completed in pen and ink.
      Tax bill for C. Johnstone, Esq of Paddington, Middlesex totalling £10/9/11. Taxes to be paid include £4/10/0 for house tax, £1/11/6 for 3 male servants, £1/15/0 for 1 carriage with four wheels, £1/1/1 for 2 horses for riding or drawing carriage, £0/6/0 for 1 dog and £1/6/5 for 6 armorial bearings. Other taxable items include carriages with two wheels, hair powder, horse dealer's duty and land tax. Printed on blue paper. "Taxes" written on back.
      "Land and assessed taxes, 1856-7-- First Moiety, County of Middlesex. Parish or place Paddington. No. [2418]. Received of Mr. C.. Johnstone, Esq. the [4] day [October] 185[6], the sum of [ten] pounds [nine] shillings and [eleven] pence, for two quarters' taxes due 20th September, 1856, the particulars of which are stated in the margin. [Geo. Reading] Collector".
      "Note.-Persons removing the parish or place, without first paying the duties, render themselves liable to a penalty of £20".
    • Format:Archives or Manuscripts
    • Subjects:Johnstone, C., active 1856.
      Taxation--Great Britain--19th century.
      Taxation of personal property--Great Britain.
      Taxes.
      Great Britain--Social life and customs--19th century.
      Great Britain--Politics and government--1837-1901.
    • Subjects (Local Yale):Chron--1856.
    • Genre/Form:Taxation papers.
      Blank forms.
      Ephemera.
      Financial records.
    • Also listed under:Reading, George, (Tax collector)