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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
1789 Kirkbryde Parish £ S D
22 Jul 1789 William F. Cochrane Esqr Aran Castle Batr [Batchelor] Janet Ballantine 1 1 £0.5.0
Total 1 1 £0.5.0
Island of Bute
27 Jul 1789 Earl of Bute Mountstewart Abigal Muir 1 1 £0.2.6
William McLeod Bannatyne Esqr Batr [Batchelor] Mrs McLae House Keeper
Mary McGilp
Margaret Forsyth at Edinr [Edinburgh]
3 3 £3.0.0
28 Jul 1789 Mr Thorburn Minister Janet Gillies 1 1 £0.2.6
Peter May Esqr Mountstewart Margaret Frazer 1 1 £0.2.6
Total 6 3 3 £3.7.6
Country Parishes Collected
Kirkbryde 1 1 £0.5.0
Island of Bute 6 3 3 £3.7.6
Total 7 1-0-3 3 £3.12.6

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[Page] 55
BUTE

Country Parishes of Bute Shire
from 5th April 1789 to 5th April 1790 By Robert Aiken Surveyor

Prooff
1 Batr Servt [Batchelor Servant] at 5/ £0.5.0
3 Batr Servt [Batchelor Servant] at £1.0.0 £3.0.0
3 Servts at 2/6 [£0.2.6] £0.7.6
Total £3.12.6

I Robert Aiken Surveyor aforesaid Do hereby Certify That
upon careful Examination of the foregoing Rates and Duties I find they
Amount in whole to Three pounds twelve shillings and Sixpence
Sterling, And that upon the Thirteenth Day of March Current I
caused deliver to Mr Alexander May principal Collector of said Duties for
said Shire, an exact Duplicate of, and duly examined & compared
with the foregoing Account which contained my Oath that Notifications
were delivered or left of the dates foresaid, And that the Rates charged in
said Account were just and true to the best of my Skill & Knowledge;
And to the best of my beleif no person liable to be charged was omitted
Robert Aiken Surveyor

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