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| Date | Masters/mistresses names and designations | Servants names | Number of servants | Bachelor servants | One servant | Two servants | Three or more servants | Duty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26 1787 | Provost Andrew Robertson | Housemaid | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | |||
| Mr. Petter Hay Mercht. [Merchant] | Housemaid | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| Mr. Murdoch McKenzie | Housemaid | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| Mr. Bitton | Housemaid | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| Mr. Lewis McKenzie | Housemaid | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| Mr. Daniel Rose Min. [Minister] | Housemaid | 1 | 1 | 1 | £0.5.0 | |||
| 6 | 1 | 5 | £0.17.6 |
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DINGWALL[page] 49
A Survey of the Rates & Duties on Female Servants, Arisen in the Burgh of Dingwall
from 5th Aprile 1787 to 5th Aprile 1788. By Hugh MacFarquhar Surveyor.
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No. 6 Servants
1 Servant @ 5/ £0.5.0
5 Servants @ 2/6 [£0.2.6] each is £0.12.6
£0.17.6 Total
I Hugh MacFarquhar Surveyor Aforesaid do hereby certify, That upon careful examination
of the foregoing Duties, I find they amount in whole to seventeen shillings and sixpence
and upon the Seventeenth day of December current I delivered to Roderick Jameson Collector
of said Duties for the Burgh Aforesaid an exact Duplicate of the above Acct. [Account], duly
examined & compared with the foregoing, which contained my Oath that the Above Acct. [Account]
contained the number of servants returned to me & were kept or employed by the different
Masters or Mistress' According to the best of my knowledge or information
Tain 22nd Decr. [December] 1787 Hugh MacFarquhar Surveyor
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