E326/6/7/47
| Date | Masters/mistresses names and designations | Servants names | Number of servants | Bachelor servants | One servant | Two servants | Three or more servants | Duty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1786 | Provost Andrew Robertson | housemaid | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | |||
| Mrs Alexander Kemp writer | housemaid | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| Mr. Petter Hay Mercht. [Merchant] | housemaid | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| Mr. Murdoch McKenzie | housemaid | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| Mrs. McKenzie Schoolmrs [Schoolmistress] | housemaid | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| Mrs. Stewart McKenzie | housemaid | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| Doctor Bethins relict | housemaid | 1 | 1 | £0.2.6 | ||||
| Mr Daniel Rose Minr. [Minister] | housemaid | 1 | 1 | £0.5.0 | ||||
| 8 | 1 | 7 | £1.2.6 |
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DINGWALL47
A Survey of the FEMALE SERVANTS TAX. Arisen in the
Burgh of Dingwall, from 5th April 1786 to 5th April 1787 By Hugh McFarquhar Surveyor
Prooff
8 Female Servants vizl.
1 Batchelor Servant @ £0.5.0
7 Servants @ 2/6 [£2.6.0] each £0.17.6
£1.2.6 Total
I Hugh MacFarquhar Surveyor aforesaid, Do hereby certify that upon careful examination
of the foregoing Rates & Duties, I find they amount in whole to One pound two shillings & six
pence & that upon the seventeenth day of this current month of November, I delivered to Roderick
Morris an Collector of Said Duties for the Burgh aforesaid, an exact Duplicate of the above
acct [account] duly examined & compared, which contained my Oath that the above list contained the
number of Servants returned to me by the Different Masters & Mistresses, and that were retained
or employed by them according to the best of my knowledge or Information
Hugh McFarquhar Surveyor
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