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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burgh of Dumbarton | ||||||||
| Provost Colquhoun | Mary Munro | 1 | 1 | £0.1.10½ | ||||
| Mrs McCorkle | 2 | 2 | £0.7.6 | |||||
| George Swan | 1 | 1 | £0.1.10½ | |||||
| Mr Riddel Levenside | Mrs Ann Bruce Giles Chalmers Elizabeth Clinton |
3 | 3 | £1.2.6 | ||||
| Mr Gray | Ann McCarty | 1 | 1 | £0.1.10½ | ||||
| George Mcfarlane | Sara McLean | 1 | 1 | £0.1.10½ | ||||
| Total | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | £1.17.6 |
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DUMBARTON[Page] 55
FEMALE SERVANTS TAX in the Burgh of
Dumbarton from 5th July 1785 to 5th April 1786 - By John Veitch Surveyor
Proof
4 Servants at £0.1.10½ = £0.7.6
2 Servants at £0.3.9 = £0.7.6
3 Servants at £0.7.6 = £1.2.6
= £1.17.6
I John Veitch Surveyor aforesaid do hereby Certify that upon Carefull Examination of the foregoing several
rates of Duties I find they amount in whole to One Pound Seventeen Shillings & Six pence Sterling and that
upon the 17 March 1786 I transmitted to Robert Colquhoun Collr [Collector] of said duties for Shire an Exact
Duplicate of the above Acct [Account] duly Examined & Compared with the foregoing which Contained my Oath that
requisitions were left with the several Inhabitants or at their dwelling houses of the Dates annexed to their
respective names and that the Assessments were made from the Answers sent me and now in my
possession.
John Veitch Junr [Junior] Surveyor
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