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53

Survey of the FEMALE SERVANTS TAX in Banff County
Continued

I Patrick McDonald Surveyor aforesaid Do hereby Certify that upon careful
Examination of the forgoing several Rates and Duties I find they amount in
Whole to Thirty Seven Pounds Twelve Shillings and Sixpence sterling and that
I Delivered to John Reid Collector of said Duties in the County of Banff upon
the 20th Decem. [December] 1786 an Exact Duplicate of the above account Duly examined
and Compared which contained my Oath that Notices were left with the whole
forgoing Inhabitants or at their Dwelling houses of the respective Duties aforesaid
In order that they might make a Report of the greatest Number of Female
Servants retained or Employed by them for the Period therein mentioned which
they Did in Substance as above

[Signed] Patrick McDonald Surveyor

Sworn before me at Forres this 11 Day of Jany. 1787 [11 Jan 1787] Alexander Grant J.P. [Justice of the Peace]

6 Batchelore Servants at £0.5.05 Each is £1.10.0
4 Batchelors Servants at £0.10.0 Each is £2.0.0
6 Batchelors Servants £1.0.0 Each is £6.0.0
57 Servants at £0.2.6 Each is £7.2.6
12 Servants at £0.5.0 Each is £3.0.0
36 Servants at £0.10.0 Each is £18.0.0
£37.12.6