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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
8 -- 1787 Burgh of Stranraer
William McNish Jean Murchie 1 1 £0.2.6
John Ross Bachelor Elizabeth Maxwell 1 1 1 £0.5.0
Lady Agnew Jean McGowan 1 1 £0.2.6
Revd. [Reverend] Mr. William Drysdale Secedg .[Seceding] Minr.[Minister]B. [Bachelor] Margariet McKie 1 1 1 £0.5.0
Capt. [Captain] Gordon Mary McHaffie 1 1 £0.2.6
Mrs Kennedy Jean Earle 1 1 £0.2.6
Miss Pearsons Mary McDonald 1 1 £0.2.6
Mrs Watt Elizabeth McMorland 1 1 £0.2.6
Mrs Clugston Susan McCubbin 1 1 £0.2.6
9 2 9 £1.7.6
9 2 7 £1.7.6

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Stranraer [Page]115
Survey of the Female Servants Tax in the Burgh of
Stranraer from the 5th April 1787 to 5th April 1788 by Anthony Macmillan Surveyor

Proof 2 Bachelor Sevts.[ Servants] at £0.2.6 is £0.5.0
9 Servants at £0.2.6 is £1.2.6
£1.7.6

I Anthony Macmillan Surveyor aforesaid do hereby certify that upon careful examination of the Several foregoing
Rates and Duties I find they amount in whole to be one Pound Seven Shillings and Sixpence Sterlg [Sterling]
and that upon the fifth day of January one thousand seven hundred & eighty eight years I delivered
to Mr James McDowal Collector of the said Duties for the Burgh aforesaid an exact Duplicate of the
foregoing which contained my oath that requisitions were left with, or at the dwelling Places
of the Several foregoing persons that were to be to be charged with the Sums hereby certified to be
due from them .
Anthony Macmillan

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