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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
Loggie Parish
25 Jul 1786 George McKenzie Meddat housemaid 1 1 £0.5.0
1 1 £0.5.0
Fodderty Parish
5 Aug 1786 Capt [Captain] John McKenzie Castleleod housemaid 1 1 £0.2.6
1 1 £0.2.6
Cullicudden Parish
24 Sep 1786 George Gun Munro of Points field housemaid 1 1 £0.5.0
Mrs Grant Brealangwall housemaid 1 1 £0.2.6
2 1 1 £0.7.6
Cromarty Town Parish
25 Sep 1786 Alexander Ross of Cromarty Elizabeth Stronach 1 1 £0.5.0
Effie Morrison 1 1 £0.5.0
Dr [Doctor] Alexander McKenzie Joan Simpson 1 1 £0.2.6
Mrs Anderson of Udale Rosmary 1 1 £0.2.6
Mr George Henderson Esther Thompson 1 1 £0.2.6
Mrs Masson C [Chamber] house maid 1 1 £0.2.6
Mrs Allan Margaret Ross 1 1 £0.2.6
Mr William Forsyth Margaret Simpson 1 1 £0.5.0
Anne Simpson 1 1 £0.5.0
John McLeod mercht [merchant] housemaid 1 1 £0.2.6
Capt [Captain] David Ross Rosefarm housemaid 1 1 £0.5.0
11 1 6 4 £2.0.0
Parishes Collected
Loggie Parish 1 1 £0.5.0
Fodderty Parish 1 1 £0.2.6
Cullicudden Parish 2 1 1 £0.7.6
Cromarty Town & Parish 11 1 6 4 £2.0.0
15 3 8 4 £2.15.0

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CROMARTY 77
A Survey of the FEMALE SERVANTS TAX. Arisen in the
Shire of Cromarty, from 5th Aprile 1786 to 5th Aprile 1787. By Hugh MacFarquhar Surveyor

Prooff
3 Batchelors Sertr [Servants] @ 5/ [£0.5.0] each £0.15.0
8 Servants @ 2/6 [£0.2.6] each £1.0.0
4 Servants @ 5/ [£0.5.0] each £1.0.0
£2.15.0 Total

Tain 22 Nov 1786
I Hugh MacFarquhar Surveyor of aforesaid, Do hereby certify, That upon careful examination
of the foregoing Rates & Duties, I find they Amount in whole to Tow pounds, fifteen Shillings
and that upon the eighteenth day of this currt [current] month of November I delivered to Mr
Walter Ross Collector of said Duties for the Shire of Aforesaid, An exact Duplicate of of the Above
Acct. [Account] duly examined & compared with the foregoing, which contained my oath that the
above list contained the full number of Servants returned to me by the different masters &
mistress's, & that they kept or employed according to the best of my knowledge & information
[Signed] Hugh MacFarqhuar Surveyor

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