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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brot [Brought] Over | 44 | 2 | 32 | 10 | £5.5.0 | |||
| 29 Nov 1785 | Elizabeth Traill | Elizabeth Brock | 1 | 1 | £0.1.10½ | |||
| Thomas Jamison Shopkeeper | Isobel Hercus Cicilia Groundwater | 2 | 2 | £0.7.6 | ||||
| Thomas Balfour | Barbara Eunson | 1 | 1 | £0.1.10½ | ||||
| Karron Christie | Cathrine Aitken | 1 | 1 | £0.1.10½ | ||||
| James Eskine Merchant | Betty Mowat Katherine Dick | 2 | 2 | £0.7.6 | ||||
| John Trail Westness | Ann Ritch | 1 | 1 | £0.1.10½ | ||||
| Mrs Ruddach | Helen Stove | 1 | 1 | £0.1.10½ | ||||
| Isobella Ruddach | Margaret Hewison | 1 | 1 | £0.1.10½ | ||||
| Mrs Kelday | Jean Peace | 1 | 1 | £0.1.10½ | ||||
| Mrs Balfour | Ann Kent | 1 | 1 | £0.1.10½ | ||||
| William Paterson | Jean Spence | 1 | 1 | £0.1.10½ | ||||
| John Wier | Isobell Tait Margaret Mowat | 2 | 2 | £0.15.0 | ||||
| Magnus Paul | Margaret Scott | 1 | 1 | £0.1.10½ | ||||
| Mrs Linay | Helen Harrald | 1 | 1 | £0.1.10½ | ||||
| Hugh Sclaitter | Catherine Peace Margaret Coarston | 2 | 2 | £0.7.6 | ||||
| [total] | 63 | 2-2-0 | 43 | 16 | £10.3.1½ |
Transcribe other information
ProofTo 2 Batchelors Servants 5/ each for a year for 3 Quarters is £0.7.6
To 2 Batchelors Servants 10/ each for a year for 3 Quarters is £0.15.0
To 43 Servants 2/6 each for a year for 3 Quarters is £4.0.7½
To 16 Servants 5/ each for a year for 3 Quarters is £3.0.0
£8.3.11/2
I Alexander Fraser Surveyor aforesaid Do hereby certify that the amount of the Female Servant
Tax within Kirkwall from fifth July Seventeen hundred and Eighty five to fifth april Seventeen
hundred and Eighty Six is Eight pounds three shillings one & one half penny Sterling
and I do make Oath that this day I delivered to Alexander Loutit Town Clerk of Kirkwall
and Collector of Window duties as also of the foregoing duties a Duplicate of the foregoing
Survey Alexander Fraser Surveyor
At Kirkwall 10th March 1786
Sworn before James Traill JP
[Written vertically on the bottom left side of the page]
Duplicate survey Female
Servants Tax within Kirkwall
from 5th July 1785 to 5th April
1786
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