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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
Portpatrick
16 Nov 1789 William Stewart Esqr. Portpatrick - 3 Agnes Clumpha
Agnes Shaw
1 1 £.0.2.6
Sir John Hunter Blair of Dunskey Bart. [Baronet] at Portpatrick - Minor Elizabeth Ker house maid 1 1 £0.2.6
2 2 £0.5.0
Kirkholm
16 Nov 1789 Major Ross Fineview Batchr [Bachelor] Isabella Browster
Margaret Shaw
2 2 £1.0.0
Inch
19 Nov 1789 Rt Honble. [Right Honourable] Earl of Stair Culhorn Sarah Rhind housekeeper
Janet Stewart Lady's maid
Agnes Aird housemaid
Catharine Thomson Laundrymd [laundrymaid]
4 4 £2.0.0
Parishes collected
Kirkenner - 9 2 2 £0.10.0
Sorbie 3 3 £1.10.0
Country part of Whithorn 5 2 3 £1.15.0
Glasserton 8 2 6 £3.10.0
Glenluce 6 3 3 £1.17.6
Kirkmaiden 3 3 £1.10.0
Stonykirk 2 2 £0.10.0
Leswade 2 2 £0.10.0
Portpatrick - 3 2 2 £0.5.0
Kirkholm 2 2 £1.0.0
Inch 4 4 £2.0.0
39 2 7 8 22 £14.17.6

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Survey of the FEMALE SERVANTS TAX in the shire of Wigton
continued
[Page] 184

Proof
2 Batchelor Servts Servants] at £0.10.0 each is £1.0.0

7 Servants at £0.2.6 each is £0.17.6
8 Servants at £0.5.0 each is £2.0.0
22 Servants at £0.10.0 each is £11.0.0
£14.17.6 Total

I Anthony Macmillan Surveyor aforesaid do here by Certify That upon carefull
examination of the foregoing Several Rates and duties I find they amount in
whole to the Sum of Fourteen Pounds Seventeen Shillings & Sixpence Sterling
And that upon the Eighth day of March one thousand Seven hundred
& Ninety years I delivered toRobert Adair Esq Clerk to the Signet Collec[tor]
of the A [afore]said duties for the Shire aforesaid an exact duplicate of the foregoing
which contained my oath that Requisitions or notices were left with the
Several foregoing, Persons or at their dwelling house & that were to be charged
with duties respectively due by them.
[Signed] Anthony Macmillan

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