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Date	Masters/mistresses names and designations	Number of servants	Bachelor servants	One servant	Duty
3 Oct 1788	The Burgh of Peebles
	Francis Russel in Peebles	1		1	£0.2.6
	Thomas Alexander in Peebles	1	1		£0.5.0
	Patrick Honeyman Esq. in Peebles -- 10	4
	James Reid Surgeon in Peebles -- 2	2		1	£0.2.6
	William Leith in Peebles	1	1		£0.5.0
	William Dalglish Merchant in Peebles	1		1	£0.2.6
	Dougal Cambel Esq. in Peebles -- 2	2		1	£0.2.6
	14 [Children under 14]	12	2	4	£1.0.0
		6	2	4

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[Page] 97 PEEBLES

A Survey of the FEMALE SERVANTS TAX in the Burgh of Peebles
from the 5 of April 1788 to the 5 of April 1789 By William Brunton Surveyor.

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2 Female Servants @ £0.5.0 each is £0.10.0
4 Female Servants @ £0.2.6 each is £0.10.0
Sum Total £1.0.0

I William Brunton Surveyor aforesaid do hereby Certify that upon Carefull
examinations of the forgoing Taxs I find they Amount in Whole to the Sum of One Pound
Ster [Sterling] And that upon the 25 day of December I delivered to John Hyslop Collector
a Copy of the above duly compared Which Contained my Oath that Requisitions were left
with the forgoing persons that they were to be Charged with the Sums Set against
their Severall Names
William Brunton

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