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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
1786 Town of Forres
Mrs Duncanson Janet McBain 1 1 £0.1.10½
Colonel McIntosh Jean McEvaan 1 1 £0.1.10½
Mrs Provost Gordon 2 2 £0.7.6
Provost Grant 1 1 £0.1.10½
John Hoyes Mercht [Merchant] 1 1 £0.1.10½
Baillie Alexander Forsyth 2 2 £0.7.6
Miss Ross 1 1 £0.1.10½
5 Jan 1786 Mrs Baillie Dunbar 1 1 £0.1.10½
Mrs Baillie Warrand 1 1 £0.1.10½
Thomas Eddie Mercht. [Merchant] 1 1 £0.1.10½
Mrs Spence 2 2 £0.7.6
William Dunbar Town Clerk Margaret Whyte 1 1 £0.1.10½
Mrs McLennan 1 1 £0.1.10½
John Mitchell Vintner 2 2 £0.7.6
Alexander Watson Drumduan 1 1 £0.1.10½
Mrs Tulloh Tannachie Ann Rose 1 1 £0.1.10½
John Forbes Manufacturer Isobel Rhind 1 1 £0.1.10½
Mrs Chalmers 1 1 £0.1.10½
James Lilly Butcher 1 1 £0.1.10½
Mrs Grant Elchies 1 1 £0.1.10½
Thomas Barns Vintner Margaret Davidson
Janet Mitchell
2 2 £0.7.6
George Cumming Junr. [Junior] Ann Mitchell 1 1 £0.1.10½
Mrs Roy 1 1 £0.1.10½
Robert Muterer Mercht. [Merchant] Christian Angus 1 1 £0.1.10½
Mrs Loggan Marjory Grant 1 1 £0.1.10½
Mr McDonald Watchmaker 1 1 £0.1.10½
Mr William Bennet 1 1 £0.1.10½
Dr [Doctor] Dougall Isobel Gilgour 1 1 £0.1.10½
James Anderson Senr. [Senior] 1 1 £0.1.10½
Mrs Dunbar Springfield 1 1 £0.1.10½
Robert Tulloh Bogtoun 1 1 £0.1.10½
Mrs Grant Knockando 2 2 £0.7.6
John Gunn Junr. [Junior] 1 1 £0.1.10½
Mr Alexander Watt Minsr. [Minister] 2 2 £0.7.6
41 27 14 £5.3.1½

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FORRES
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Survey of the FEMALE-SERVANTS TAX. arisen within the
Town of Forres from the 5th day of July 1785 To the 5th day of Aprile 1786 By Archibald Duff Surveyor

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27 Servants at 2/6 [£0.2.6] each per year for 3 Quarters is £2.10.7½
14 Servants at 5/ [£0.5.0] each per year for 3 Quarters is £2.12.6
£5.3.1½

I Archibald Duff Surveyor aforesaid do hereby certify that upon careful exam=
ination of the foregoing several rates and duties I find they amount in whole
to five pounds three shillings and one penny halfpenny Sterling and that upon the
Eighteenth day of March Current I delivered to Mr Humphrey Grant Collr. [Collector] of the
said duties for the Town of Forres aforesaid on Exact Duplicate of the above Acct. [Account]
duly examined and compaired with the foregoing which contained my oath that
Notices were left with the Severall Inhabitants or at their dwelling
houses of the dates annexed to their respective names In order that they might
make a report of the greatest number of female Servants retained and em=
ployed by them for the period therein mentioned, which they did in Substance
as above.
Archibald Duff Surveyor

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