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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
1785 Decr [December] Cullicudden Parish
Mrs Grant of Ballimore Jean McKenzie 1 1 £0.1.10½
Alexander Anderson of Udale Ann Henderson 1 1 £0.1.10½
2 2 £0.3.9
Fotterty Parish
Capt [Captain] John McKenzie Castle Leod Elisabeth Rose 1 1 £0.1.10½
1 1 £0.1.10½
Loggie Parish
George McKenzie Meddat housemaid 1 1 1 £0.3.9
1 1 £0.3.9
Cromarty Town & Parish
George Ross of Cromarty Esqr Elizabeth Stronach 1 1 £0.3.9
Eppie Morrison 1 1 £0.3.9
Mr William Forsyth Elizabeth McCadie 1 1 £0.3.9
Margret Simpson 1 1 £0.3.9
Mr William Masson Housemaid 1 1 £0.1.10½
Mr George Henderson Housemaid 1 1 £0.1.10½
Mrs Anderson Udale Housemaid 1 1 £0.1.10½
Mrs Allan Housemaid 1 1 £0.1.10½
Doctor Alexander McKenzie Housemaid 1 1 £0.1.10½
9 5 4 £1.4.4½
Parishes Collected
Cullicudden Parish 2 2 £0.3.9
Fotterty Parish 1 1 £0.1.10½
Loggie Parish 1 1 1 £0.3.9
Cromarty Town & Parish 9 5 4 £1.4.4½
13 1 8 4 £1.13.9

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A Survey of the Rates & Duties on Female Servants arisin in the Shire of Cromarty
from 5th July 1785 to 5th April 1786 By Hugh MacFarquhar

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1 Bachelor Servt. [Servant] @ 1/10½ [£0.1.10½ ] £0.1.10½
9 Servants in @ 1/10½ [£0.1.10½] each £0.16.10½
4 Servants @ 3/9 each [£0.3.9] £0.15.0
£1.13.9 Total

I Hugh MacFarquhar Surveyor Aforesaid do hereby certify that upon carefull examination of the
foregoing several Rates & Duties, I find they Amount in whole to One pound thirteen shillings and nine
pence, and that upon the fourteenth day of this current month of February I delivered Mr.
William Ross Collector of the said Duties for the Shire aforesaid, an exact Duplicate of the Above
Acct [account] duly examined and compared with the foregoing which contained my Oath that the Above lists
contained the Number of Servants returned to me by their different masters & mistresses and that were
kept & employed by them According to the best of my knowledge & information.
[signed] HN McFarquhar Surveyor
Fourth Febry [February] 1786

Transcriber's notes

The total row for the parish is not the same as the single line entry for the parish. Should column three be 1 rather than 0?

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DANIALSAN, JaneH