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Date Masters/mistresses names and designations Children under 14 Servants names Number of servants Bachelor servants One servant Two servants Three or more servants Duty
1789 Provost Andrew Robertson housemaid 1 1 £0.2.6
9 Oct 1789 Mr Petter May housemaid 1 1 £0.2.6
Mr Murdoch McKenzie housemaid 1 1 £0.2.6
Mrs Dr [Doctor] Bitten housemaid 1 1 £0.2.6
Mr Daniel Rose Minr. [Minister] housemaid 1 1 £0.5.0
5 1 4 £0.15.0

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DINGWALL
A Survey of the Rates & Duties on Female Servants, Arisen in the Burgh of Dingwall
from 5th Aprile 1789 to 5th Aprile 1790. By John Barclay Assistant Surveyor

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5 Servants
1 @ 5/ £0.5.0
4 @ 2/6 [£0.2.6] £0.10.0
£0.15.0

I John Barclay Surveyor aforesaid, do hereby certify, That upon examination of the
foregoing Rates and Duties, I find they Amount in whole to fifteen shillings, and that upon
the eight day of December current, I delivered to Roderick Morrison Collector of of the 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 foregoing, contained the number of Servants
returned to me or that were kept or employed by the Several masters or mistress's, according
to the best of my knowledge or information John Barclay asst [assistant] Surveyor.
Tain 21st Decr [December] 1789

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